Military Career
In 1968, Bhawani Singh was second-in-command of the 10th Parachute Regiment (Commando), one of the two elite Special Forces battalions, the other being the 9 para commando regiment, in India at the time, and became the Commanding Officer (CO) later in 1968.
He was awarded India's second highest military honour, the Maha Vir Chakra, for his gallantry in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in 1974. In his retirement, he also served as Indian High Commissioner to Brunei from 1994 to 1997 .
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