Military Digest | Not just Jacob: Unsung Jewish soldiers in Indian armed forces
Lt Gen J F R Jacob was chief of staff of the Eastern Command during the 1971 war, retired as the Eastern Army commander and was later the governor of Goa and Punjab.
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- Section
- India
- Topics
- Defence & security
- Places
- Goa, Punjab, Chandigarh
- First reported by
- The Indian Express
- Reporter
- man aman singh chhina
- Published
- Sunday, 11 October 2026, 12:29 pm IST
- Coverage
- One outlet so far
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