Background
Manitoba Mohan Sinha was born on 8 January 1933 at Bhubaneswar, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India.
Manitoba Mohan Sinha was born on 8 January 1933 at Bhubaneswar, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India.
He was educated at the prestigious Saint Xavier"s High School, Patna.
He was honoured with a number of medals including the Param Vishist Sewa Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Vayusena Meda He joined the National defense academy (Indian military academy) in the then Inter services wing in 1948. He was then commissioned to the Indian Air Force as a pilot officer on 17 January 1953, serving in 3rd squadron (1953-1961).
Subsequently he became the Air Force Aide-de-Camp to Doctor Rajender Prasad (1961-1962) and Doctor Radhakrishnan (1962-1964), after which he transferred to 7th squadron (1964-1967), taking part in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war.
Number. 37 Squadron Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik (Black Panthers) moved to Tezpur from Chabua at the end of March 1966, where command of the Squadron passed to then Wing Commander Manitoba Mohan Sinha on 25 August 1967. After the war he sat for the staff college examination
Standing first amongst all three services in the staff college exam, he was thus sent to the Joint Service Defence College in England. Graduating in 1970, he flew in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
After which he first served as an instructor at the College of Air Warfare (then known as the Joint Air Warfare School) and then the Defence Services Staff College.Then joining the Indian Ministry of Defense in 1975.
He was a Commanding Officer for Eastern Air Command at Shillong from 8 February 1988 – 31 January 1991 at the post of He became Air vice Marshal in Manitoba Mohan then served as of the Indian Air force.