Rajinder Singh Sparrow

Rajinder Singh Sparrow (1911- 1993) was an Indian army major general and a two time member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament.

He was awarded two Mahavir Chakras, the second highest military decoration in India, first for his role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, and later for displaying gallantry in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war. During the 1965 war he was GOC of the 1st Armoured Division.

After retirement he joined politics and became minister in the short lived Gurnam Singh ministry in 1967. Later he was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1985 from Jalandhar constintuency as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He died in May 1994, at the age of 83.