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Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar
| Service No & Branch | 1867 F(P) (Orig: GD(P)) |  | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth: -- --- ---- | Commissioned: 05 Apr 1942 | Course: 12 Course | |||||||||||||||||
| Service End: | Retired on 31 Mar 1976 Superannuated | Nick Name : | |||||||||||||||||
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 Plt Offr |  Gp Capt | ||||
| Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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| 05 Apr 1942 - | Acting Plt Offr | No.1 Service Flying Training School (India) | Ambala | Trainee Pilot | |
| 01 Oct 1942 - 03 Feb 1943 | Plt Offr | No.1 Armament Training Unit | Bairagarh | ||
| 07 Feb 1943 - | Plt Offr | No.3 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Flight | Dum Dum | ||
| 03 Sep 1944 - 30 Aug 1945 | Fg Offr | No.9 Squadron | Squadron Pilot Fm UK 1AGS | ||
| 01 Aug 1945 - 12 Jul 1946 | Fg Offr | No.4 Squadron | Yelahanka | Squadron Pilot | |
| 16 Sep 1946 - 09 Sep 1947 | Flt Lt | No.8 Squadron | Kolar | Flight Commander B Flt | |
| 10 May 1949 - 03 Jul 1950 | Sqn Ldr | No.10 Squadron | Palam | Commanding Officer | |
| 09 Jan 1952 - | Sqn Ldr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | AD (Ops III) | |
| 09 Aug 1953 - 14 Apr 1957 | Wg Cdr | Conversion Training Unit | Hakimpet | Chief Instructor | |
| 20 Jun 1960 - 25 Jul 1962 | Gp Capt | Operational Command | Delhi | Air-I | |
| 25 Jul 1962 - 07 Jan 1965 | Gp Capt | 7 Wing | Ambala | Commanding Officer | |
| 14 Sep 1965 - 14 Oct 1966 | Air Cmde | 1 Air Defence Area | Ambala | Air Officer Commanding | |
| 15 Oct 1966 - 20 Nov 1967 | Air Cmde | 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Ambala | Air Officer Commanding | |
| 02 Nov 1967 - 31 Mar 1968 | Air Cmde | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
| 02 Apr 1968 - 27 Jan 1969 | Air Cmde | Western Air Command | Delhi | Air-I | |
| 12 Jun 1970 - 11 Oct 1970 | Air Cmde | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director, Offensive Operations | |
| 21 Sep 1970 - 06 Jun 1971 | Air Cmde | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director (Ops, Joint Plg) | |
| - | AVM | Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations | |
| 15 Jul 1971 - 16 Sep 1973 | AVM | Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
| 17 Sep 1973 - 28 Feb 1974 | AVM | Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Officer Commanding | |
| 05 Mar 1974 - 15 Feb 1976 | AVM | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
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Awards and Decorations
Number of Awards: 2
| Ati Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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| AVM | Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 GD(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1968 | Announced 26 Jan 1968 |
| Details : | Air Commodore Charandas Gurudas Devasher was commissioned in 1942. He attended a Junior Commanders' Course at No. 1 Ground Training School and also a Staff Course at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1950-51. He assumed the Command of an Air Defence Control Centre at a critical time during the IndiaÂÂPakistan conflict of 1965. Under his able guidance the Air Defence proved a well balanced force. After the cessation of hostilities, he with foresight, imagination, administrative and operational guidance, consolidated the Air Defence structure in the area under his Command. He made use of the available resources to the maximum and with utmost economy to meet the requirements of air defence. | |||
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| Reference : GoI19680126 | ||||
| Param Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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| AVM | Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1972 | Announced 26 Jan 1972 |
| Details : | AIR VICE MARSHAL CHARANDAS GURUDAS DEVASHER, (1867) F (P) : Air Vice Marshal Devasher took over his appointment [SASO, EAC HQ] at a time when the Command itself was undergoing a process of reorganisation and the relations with Pakistan were becoming strained. He was responsible for reformulating the Command's war plans, making them bold in concept, yet simple to execute. These plans were put into action on the morning of 4th, December 1971 when our Armed Force went into action to liberate Bangia Desh. So effective were the plans that, within a few hours, the Indian Air Force had achieved total supremacy in the skies of Bangia Desh. During the period of the war in Bangia Desh) from 4th to 16th December, 1971, he controlled and co-ordinated all air activity in that sector, including para, transport and helicopter operations. The success of these opera- tions owed much to his aggressive spirit, knowledge of the use of air .power and ability to change tactics to suit the situation. On the night of 11th December, 1971, on receipt of an intercepted enemy message, he concluded that the Pakistanis had been able to build an emergency air strip in the neighbourhood of Dacca, and would attempt to land transport aircraft on it. Accordingly, he ordered night patrols by fighter aircraft over Dacca. As deduced by him, an emergency air strip was spotted at Narsingdi and put out of action, thus preventing the clandestine entry and exit of war material and personnel from Bangia Desh by air. Through- out his career in the Air Force, and especially during the recent war with Pakistan, Air Vice Marshal Devasher rendered distinguished service of the most exceptional order. | |||
| Unit : EAC | ||||
| Reference : GoI19720126 | ||||
Accidents and Incidents: 1
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Unit | Remarks |
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| 10 Jun 1942 | Audax (India) | K7484 | Plt Offr C G Devasher | 1SFTS | Overturned in FL in |
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