Buckingham Palace on Tuesday shared an update on the new set of honours presented by the monarch, highlighting one distinguished individual for his service.
“At Windsor Castle today, The King invested 103-year-old Havildar Major Rajindar Singh Dhatt as an MBE for services to the South Asian Community in the UK,” the statement read alongside a carousel post.
“Born in 1921 in pre-partition India, Rajindar had almost finished school when the Second World War broke out, prompting him to join the British Army,” the Palace shared about the honourable recipient.
“Rajindar quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Havildar Major (Sergeant Major) in 1943. He was deployed to the Far East campaign, where he fought in Kohima, northeast India, supporting the Allied Forces in breaking through Japanese defenses.”
The statement revealed that after the war Rajindar returned to India before relocating with his family to Hounslow in 1963. There, he co-founded the ‘Undivided Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association’, to help unite British-Indian veterans.
The announcement came just a few hours after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dropped their Netflix docuseries, POLO.
The series follows elite global players, including Harry’s close pal Nacho Figueras, as they saddle up in Wellington, Florida, for the U.S. Open Polo Championship.
In the new show, Prince Harry seemingly ‘cut all ties’ to the royal family, despite them playing the sport for decades.
