These 10 well-known individuals held important positions in the Indian military

1. MS Dhoni - Lieutenant Colonel - We all know practically everything about MS Dhoni - like how he finished games, his lightning-quick stumpings and of course his sharp cricketing acumen that turned many matches in Indias favour. But did you know the former captain of the Indian cricket team was accorded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011 along with Abhinav Bindra

2 .Sachin Tendulkar - Group Captain of the Indian Air Force - Sachin Tendulkar also known as the God of cricket joined the Indian Air Force with the rank of group captain in 2010 Yes, and became the first sportsperson to be conferred honorary and the first person without an aviation background to receive this honour.

3. Sachin Pilot - Lieutenant - Congress leader and former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot became the first Union Minister commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army after clearing the Preliminary Interview Board PIB at Western Command, Chandimandir and the Services Selection Board SSB at Bangalore along with his medical examination for joining the TA.

4 . Abhinav Bindra - Lieutenant Colonel - Bindra holds the rank of an honorary lieutenant colonel in Indias territorial army. Bindra has been conferred the honour for his outstanding contribution in the field of sports and his commitment to the Army on various occasions. He is also an Arjuna Award winner and has been given the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

5. Kapil Dev - Lieutenant Colonel - For the generations before us, the sight of Kapil holding the trophy on the Lords balcony is one that signifies the coming of age of Indian cricket. Former Indian cricket captain Was commissioned as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army in 2008.

6. Milkha Singh - JCO from Sepoy - We all know the story of Milkha Singh, the Flying Sikh who pretty much put India on the map when it came to track and field. Milkha, a four-time Asian Games gold medalist, had also won the gold medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

7. Mohanlal Vishwanath Nair - Lieutenant Colonel - Mohanlal Vishwanath Nair is the most popular star in South Industry who acted in over 300 Malayalam films. In 2018, Mohanlal was formally inducted into the Territorial Army Of India in the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the then Army Chief Deepak Kapoor, and became the first actor to receive that honour and also received a black belt in Taekwondo from Kukkiwon South Korea in 2012, making him again the first South Indian to receive that honour.

8. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - Lt-Colonel - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the winner of India’s first-ever Olympic Games individual silver in double trap shooting in Athens 2004. But not many know that Rathore served in the Indian Army and was commissioned into the army in 1990 as part of the 9th Grenadiers Mewar Regiment. He was then promoted to Lieutenant in 1992, going on to be Major by 2000 and eventually a Colonel in 2009 and fought in the Kargil war.

9. Deepak Rao - Major - Deepak Rao is a Sports Physician, a Published Author on Political Military Science, a Pragmatic Philosopher and MotivationalTEDx speaker also a Commando Trainer who trained about 20,000 soldiers from every elite armed force for 25 years since 1994 selflessly without accepting any compensation.

10 . Anurag Singh Thakur - Captain in the Territorial Army - Anurag Singh Thakur is a four-time BJP MP from Himachal Pradeshs Hamirpur who was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Lieutenant by then Chief of Army Staff COAS General Dalbir S Suhag TA in July 2016 and became the first serving MP to be appointed as Captain in the Territorial Army in 2021. Thakur was promoted to Captain in the 124 Sikh regiment.

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