Chandigarh, December 22

Major Gurdit Singh “Azadi Ghulatiya” passed away yesterday at nearly 100 years of age. He was cremated with honours by the UP government, his brother Narinder Singh Jallo said.Major Gurdit was born in Balarhwal village of Gurdaspur district in May 1916. In 1937, he joined the army as a clerk and was commissioned in 1941 in the Frontier Force. Due to an accident during the war time, he was transferred to the Army Service Corps. In 1945-46, the Major held command of a company in Ernakulam-Cochin. — TNS