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|name= Harcharan Singh Mangat<br />
|honorific_suffix=[[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]]<br />
|birth_date=6 June 1932<br />
|birth_place=[[Ludhiana]], [[India]]<br />
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[[Air commodore (India)|Air Commodore]] '''Harcharan Singh Mangat''' [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] (6 June 1932 – ) was an ex-officer of the [[Indian Air Force]], who participated in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] for which he was awarded the [[Maha Vir Chakra]], India's second highest military award.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Mangat was born on 6 June 1932 in [[Ludhiana]], [[India]]. His father's name was Shri Ram Singh Mangat.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] in the western sector, Wing Commander Harcharan Singh Mangat was commanding officer of the [[No. 32 Squadron IAF]], an Operational Bomber Squadron, operating [[Sukhoi Su-7]] aircraft. Wing Commander Harcharan Singh Mangat undertook a number of interdiction, close support missions and photographic reconnaissance missions, without fighter escort, deep into Pakistan territory. The information brought by him from the reconnaissance missions was used in the operational planning and success of [[Indian Army]] and the [[Indian Air Force]] operations.<br />
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For gallantry, professional skills and leadership of the high order, he was awarded India's second highest military award, the [[Maha Vir Chakra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4666|title=Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&dq=Air+Commodore+Harcharan+Singh+Mangat&pg=PA237|title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners|last=Chakravorty|first=B.|publisher=Allied Publishers|year= 1995|isbn=9788170235163 |location=237 |pages= 387|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He later rose to the rank of Air Commodore before retiring.<br />
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