In Photos: Check Out These Interesting Facts About Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee On His Birth Anniversary

Born on 5 March 1911 Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee OBE was an Indian military officer who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force

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Air Marshal Mukerjee was commissioned in IAF as a pilot in 1932

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In 1928, Mukerjee was one of the six Indians to undergo two years of flying training at the college in Royal Air Force College Cranwell

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In 1936-37 Mukerjee served in the northern Wazirstan in North-West frontier province (now Khyber Phuktwana province, Pakistan) when rebellion erupted

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Mukerjee was made an officer of the British Empire in 1945

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Being a avid fotball player, Subroto Cup Football Tournament is dedicated to this legend Air marshal who had a dream of conducting inter-school all-India football tournament

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Subroto Park in the Delhi Cantonment is named after after the Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee.

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The Centre for Air Power Studies organises the Subroto Mukerjee International Seminar annually

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