Gagandeep Bakshi or GD Bakshi Is a retired Indian Army officer. He served in the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. He has been awarded several medals for his distinguished service in the Indian Army.
Wiki/Biography
Bakshi was born in 1950 (age 70 years as in 2020) in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Since childhood, he had a desire to serve in the Indian Army. His brother, Captain Raman Bakshi, was the first martyr in the Indo-Pak war of 1965 at the young age of 23. In honor of his brother, a road in Jabalpur has been named ‘Raman Bakshi Marg’. He completed his basic education from St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur. For higher education, he joined the National Defense Academy and the Indian Military Academy from where he completed his graduation.
Family
The names of his family members are not known. The only information is about his brother Raman Bakshi who was killed in the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
military career
He was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1971 and played an important role in the Indo-Pak War of 1971. He also played an important role in countering terrorist activities in Punjab in 1984. In the 1999 Kargil War, he commanded a battalion and successfully led the operation against Pakistan.
Additionally, Bakshi commanded the Romeo Force to counter terrorist activities in the Rajouri-Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and was successful in pacifying the region. He has been Director General of Military Operations twice and was the first BGS(IW) at Headquarters Northern Command (India), where he handled information warfare and psychological operations.
controversies
- In 2016, when he was giving his speech on national security at IIT Madras, a student named Abhinav Surya termed his speech as hate speech. In this regard, Abhinav Surya sent a letter to the department, on which he wrote, “I am still unable to digest the fact that the institute has given a platform to such a speech filled with hatred and inciting violence among students. A lecture which was filled with extreme hostility, inhumanity and glorification of cruelty.
- Many times, he has poked fun at Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters.
- In July 2020, he used abusive language in a live debate on a news channel. While appearing as a panelist in a live debate on Republic TV, he called one of the panelists a mother****. Mr. Bakshi received heavy criticism for using such abusive language.
Awards/Honors
- Vishisht Seva Medal for commanding a battalion in the Kargil war
- Army Medal for anti-terrorist operations in the rugged mountains of Kishtwar
fact
- Bakshi is also a writer. He has written several books on military matters. He has written about 24 books and more than 100 papers in popular magazines.
- He has been a teacher at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
- Bakshi has also been a teacher at the prestigious Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu.
- He also taught at the National Defense College, Delhi for two years before retiring in 2008.
- His hobbies are; Reading, exercising, doing yoga.
- His latest book, Bose: An Indian Samurai, was published in 2016.
Bose: An Indian Samurai, book written by GD Bakshi
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