MILITARY PERSONNEL

Padma Bandopadhyay

1944 - Today

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Air Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, PHS (born 4 November 1944) is a decorated former flight surgeon in the Indian Air Force. She was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a three-star rank, after Surgeon Vice Admiral Punita Arora. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Padma Bandopadhyay is the 1,718th most popular military personnel (up from 2,040th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from India (up from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Padma Bandopadhyay ranks 1,718 out of 2,058Before her are Ivan Maslennikov, Antonio Luna, Roy Urquhart, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Shirase Nobu, and Bartolina Sisa. After her are Irvin McDowell, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Alfons Rebane, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Honoré Charles Reille, and Walther Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Padma Bandopadhyay ranks 461Before her are Uschi Glas, Sherry Lansing, Dominique Lavanant, Francesco Morini, Li Changchun, and John Abercrombie. After her are Pedro de Felipe, Gilles Berolatti, Benjamin Kogo, Oscar Temaru, William Sanderson, and François Migault.

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In India

Among people born in India, Padma Bandopadhyay ranks 604 out of 1,861Before her are Antony Padiyara (1921), Azim Premji (1945), Harihara I (1336), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), Om Puri (1950), and Barry Hay (1948). After her are Humpy Koneru (1987), Samantha Akkineni (1987), Brian Horrocks (1895), Nayanthara (1984), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), and R. K. Narayan (1906).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Padma Bandopadhyay ranks 11Before her are Kenneth Anderson (1891), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), and William Birdwood (1865). After her are Somnath Sharma (1923), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Bakht Khan (1797), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Bipin Rawat (1958), and Vikram Batra (1974).