Rai Bahadur Bakshi

Bakshi

-Punjabi surname:The surname Bakshi is found among Sikh, Hindu and Muslim Punjabis. It is derived from the Persian word for paymaster. Bakshis were traditionally members of the Khatri and Brahmin castes. They traditionally are from areas of Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province that now fall...

 Badri Nath Chhibber (1897-1988), was a highly decorated police officer in British

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

 and independent India

India

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. He was a Muhiyal belonging to the Bhera

Bhera

Bhera is a city on the Jhelum river in Sargodha District, Punjab province of Pakistan. It lies at latitude 32.48 N, longitude 72.92.-Location:...

branch of the Chhibber clan.

Career in Police

He remained firmly loyal to the British Indian Government right up to the independence of India, and was entrusted with key investigations including the Babbar Akali Conspiracy Case of 1922, the Alipore Conspiracy Case of 1931 and the 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny. He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the coronation of King George V.-Issue:...

 (1936), Letter of Appreciation from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck

Claude Auchinleck

Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE , nicknamed "The Auk", was a British army commander during World War II. He was a career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, where he developed a love of the country and a lasting affinity for the soldiers...

 (1941), War Services Medal (1947), King's Police and Fire Services Medal (1948) and the President of India's Police & Fire Services Medal (1953).

Family

Rai Bahadur Bakshi Badri Nath Chhibber's family included some other well known persons as well. He was a descendant of Bakshi Amar Singh, a governor during Sikh rule, and his son-in-law Air Vice Marshal AD Datt and son Air Vice Marshal KK Bakshi retired as senior officers of the Indian Air Force. Others from his family include his son Sachin Bakshi, retired from RAW and son-in-law Dr. D.S Mehta a well known Neurosurgeon. In 1963, he became related to Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal

Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal

Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal was a journalist, a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement, a Khudai Khidmatgar and a political leader of the Indian National Congress Party from Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province of British India...

, another prominent Mohyal

Mohyal

Mohyal is the name of an endogamous ethnic group that originates from the Gandhara region and consists of seven Brahmin lineages of that area that left the usual priestly occupation of Brahmins long ago to serve as soldiers and in government services.The...

, through the marriage of the latter's granddaughter, Dr. Hriday Jyoti Datta to his nephew, Dr. Shyam Sundar Chibber.

Another eminent personality from the family of Rai Bahadur Bakshi Badri Nath is Mr. Gaurav Bakshi who is currently the Regional Head of Monte Carlo (Oswal Woollen Mills) for Maharashtra and Gujrat.