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3 unusual facts about Ram Singh Thakur


Ram Singh Thakur

Ram Singh was recruited in the 3rd Battalion PAC at Lucknow Uttar Pradesh in 1948 by Shri Jagdish Prasad Bajpai Commandant - 3rd Bn. PAC, and later was promoted as the Band Master in the Rank of Inspector.

Imprisoned at the Kabul Lines of the Delhi Cantonment, Singh was released later as most of the INA troops were released without charge.

Singh and members of his orchestra band were invited to play the National Anthem on the occasion of the Prime Minister's inaugural address to the nation at the Red Fort.



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