Jaswant Singh Gill â Singaporeâs first Navy commander and son of a Punjab farmer
Jaswant Singh Gill, who emigrated from Punjab to Singapore with his uncle when he was 6 years old, died Saturday at the age of 97.
Pia Krishnankutty 21 December, 2020 7:17 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Jaswant Singh Gill, Singapore’s first Navy commander and a tall figure in the Sikh community, died Saturday from pneumonia. He was 97.
Gill was six years old when he had emigrated from Punjab to the island nation along with his uncle.
He was the son of a farmer and his uncle was a clerk in the Singapore Police Force at the time, according to an independent news portal for Sikhs in Asia.