He attended the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant on to the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 29 August 1929. Arriving in India on 13 October 1929, he was attached on 14 October 1929, to the 2nd Battalion of the
Duke of Wellington's Regiment of the
British Army stationed in India. He was accepted into the
Indian Army and posted to the 5th battalion
5th Mahratta Light Infantry on 5 November 1930. He was promoted
lieutenant 29 November 1931. He was appointed an Assistant Recruiting Officer from 1 January 1935 to 14 October 1936. He was promoted
Captain 29 August 1938 (the date of promotion was later antedated to 1 August 1938). He was appointed acting
major 15 September to 14 December 1941, then temporary major from 15 December 1941 By October 1942, he was serving with the 3rd battalion
5th Mahratta Light Infantry. He was promoted substantive major 29 August 1946 (the date of promotion was later antedated to 1 July 1946). After the 1947 Partition, he opted for the
Indian Army. As a temporary
lieutenant colonel (acting
brigadier), he was appointed
Commander,
161 Infantry Brigade based in Uri during the Kashmir War
General Officer Commanding Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) Forces on 6 December 1949, with the local rank of
major general. He was promoted to
colonel on 1 January 1950 and to major-general on 29 August 1954. As a major general, he would later command the
20th Infantry Division. As a
lieutenant general, he commanded
Eastern Army from 8 November 1963 to 14 March 1964. He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal I on 5 March 1964, which was subsequently renamed the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in 1967. ==Later life==