General JJ Singh Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Joginder Jaswant Singh
Profession	Army Personnel
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 78 kg in Pounds- 172 lbs
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Military Service
Service/Branch	Indian Army
Rank	General
Service Years	August 1964 - 30 September 2007
Unit	9 Maratha Light Infantry
Commands	• Western Army • Army Training Command (ARTRAC) • I Corps • 9th Infantry Division • 79th (Independent) Mountain Brigade • 5 Maratha LI • 9 Maratha LI
Wars/Battles	• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 • Kargil War
Politics
Party	• Bharatiya Janata Party (January 2022-present) • Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) (2019-2022) • Shiromani Akali Dal (2017-2018)
Political Journey	• He contested the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Patiala Urban seat as the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate and lost to Congress' Amarinder Singh. • In 2019, he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) and contested and lost the Lok Sabha election from Khadoor Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency). • On 18 January 2022, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Punjab assembly elections. [1]The Tribune
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 September 1945
Age (as of 2021)	76 Years
Birthplace	Sama Satta, Bahawalpur (princely state, now in Pakistan), Punjab, British India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patiala
School	St. Anne's, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India St Mary's Presentation Convent, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Model Academy, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
College	National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Educational Qualification	NDA pass-out
Commissioned	2 August 1964 (into the 9 Maratha Light Infantry)
Retirement	30 Sept 2007
Family	Father- Jaswant Singh Marwah (Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army) Mother- Jaspal Kaur Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Sikhism
Hobbies	Playing Basketball, Squash & Golf, Mountaineering
Favourites
Sports	Basketball, Squash, and Golf
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Wife	Anupama Singh
Children	Son- 1 Daughter- 1

Some Lesser Known Facts About General JJ Singh

• Does General JJ Singh drink alcohol:? Yes

• He was born in the small town Samma Satta in the Princely State of Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan).

• His father, Jaswant Singh Marwah, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army.

• His family originally belongs to Daultala (also in Pakistan).

• He is a 3rd-generation soldier of his family as his grandfather, Sepoy (Private) Atma Singh Marwah was enlisted as a drummer in the 1/67 Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1914 and fought in the First World War.

• His father, Jaswant, passed out from the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in April 1943 and is a veteran of the Second World War.

• When he was born, his father was posted at the Samma Satta.

• In August 1947, his family migrated to Patiala in India.

• He grew up in different regions of the Northern India as his father was frequently transferred.

• He did his schooling in Catholic Convent Schools.

• He joined the 25th course of the NDA (National Defence Academy) in January 1961.

• In 1962, when the Sino-Indian War broke out, he was still a cadet and due to the war urgency, the one year course of NDA was shortened to 7 months. JJ Singh and his classmates were commissioned early as Second Lieutenant on 2 August 1964.

• At the time of passing-out-ceremony, his grandfather blessed him saying- God willing, the son of a private shall be a colonel, and the son of the colonel shall be a general!

• At the Investiture Parade in 1968, he received the Colour of the Batallion from the then President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain.

• During his career, he was stationed at Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Joshimath in Uttranchal (now Uttarakhand).

• During his tenure with the Indian Army, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

• In 1991-92, he was wounded during a terrorist infiltration for which he was awarded the Chief of Army Staff’s Commendation.

• On 1 February 2005, he was appointed the Chief of Army Staff in the Indian Army.

• He is an ace shooter and loves to play Basketball, Squash & Golf.

• He is a keen mountaineer and has been trained at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling under Late Tenzing Norgay.

• In 2007, UK Sikh Forum awarded him the Sikh of the Year Award.

• In 2009, the World Punjabi Organization awarded him the Punjabi Ratan Award.

• In 2016, the French Government decorated him with the Legion of Honour. 

• In the 2017 Punjab Assembly Elections, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) nominated him a candidate from the Patiala constituency against Captain Amarinder Singh.