Background
PREM, D. was born in 1916 in Muzaffargarh, now West Pakistan. Son of the late Dewan and Mistress Khem Chand.
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D. PREM
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Education
Government College, Lahore and Staff College, Quetta.
Career
Served in General Staff, Army Headquarters, New Delhi 1947, later appointed Military Assistant to Chief of Army Staff. Commanded Regimental Centre of First Gurkha Rifles.
Instructor, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.
Subsequently appointed Deputy Director of Military Training, Director of Personnel Services, Director of Military
Intelligence, New Delhi. Chief of Staff, Headquarters Western Command, Simla 1961, Commanded Brigade and Division in Western Command.
General-Officer, Katanga Area, United Nations Operation in the Congo 1962-1963.
Commanded Division in Eastern Command, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Eastern Command, Calcutta. Director General National Cadet Corps. Retired 1967 then held admin, post in industrial concern.
Commander United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNF1CYP) 1969-1976.
United Nations Secretary General’son Representative for Rhodesia 1977. United Nations Transition Assistance Group Force Commander, Namibia February since 1989.
Head of United Nations Transition Assistance Group, Namibia since 1989. Rank of Lieutenant-General 1974.
Param Vishisht Seva.
