Dalpat Singh (soldier)


Dalpat Singh Shekhawat
Portrait of Dalpat Singh Shekhawat
Birth nameDalpat Singh
Nickname(s)"Hero of Haifa"
Born(1892-01-26)26 January 1892
Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British Raj (modern-day Rajasthan, India
Died23 September 1918(1918-09-23) (aged 26)
Haifa, OETA (modern-day Israel)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom British Empire
Service/branch British Indian Army
Years of service1910–1918
RankMajor
Unit15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade
CommandsJodhpur Lancers
Battles/warsBattle of Haifa (1918)
First World War
AwardsMilitary Cross (posthumously)

Thakur Dalpat Singh MC (November 1892 – 23 September 1918) was a British Indian Army officer, known as the "Hero of Haifa" for his actions in the Battle of Haifa during World War I.[1]

  1. ^ "Haifa Day: 104 years ago, gallant Indian cavalrymen liberated this city in Israel from Ottoman rule". The Free Press Journal. 22 September 2022.

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