251 Signal Unit


Date Raised : 1965-12-09 Location : Agra
251 SU was established at Agra with the P-30 (M) Radar and has functioned as ADDC for Agra sector since then. Over the years the unit has operated P-30 (M), P-40, TRS-2215, PSM-33 and P-18 Radars. It operates the Medium Powered Radar (MPR) since 10 September 2014

Commanding Officers


14 Feb 66 - 16 Dec 67
Wing Commander
Arvind Dalaya
4025 GD(P)
CO
Agra

29 Dec 67 - 30 Jul 70
Wing Commander
Tarun Kumar Dey
4348 GD(P)
CO
Agra

31 Jul 70 - 12 Aug 72
Wing Commander
Didar Singh Sabhikhi
4393 GD(N)
CO
Agra

21 Aug 72 - 10 Jun 73
Wing Commander
Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu
4090 GD(P)
CO
Agra

18 Jun 73 - 20 Jan 74
Wing Commander
Indu Virmani
4682 GD(P)
CO
Agra

21 Jan 74 - 10 Apr 76
Wing Commander
Daya Krishan Ahuja
4984 GD(P)
CO
Agra

11 Apr 76 - 02 Mar 80
Wing Commander
Krishna Kumar
5096 GD(N)
CO
Agra

03 Mar 80 - 18 Jul 82
Wing Commander
Gurdeep Singh Bindra
7210 GD(P)
CO
Agra

19 Jul 82 - 08 Jul 84
Wing Commander
Devendra Kumar Gurwara
7800 GD(N)
CO
Agra

09 Jul 84 - 27 Jun 86
Wing Commander
Anil Kumar Rastogi
8779 GD(P)
CO
Agra

07 Jul 86 - 25 Sep 88
Wing Commander
Sukhdev Singh Tiwana
10555 GD(P)
CO
Agra

26 Sep 88 - 31 Oct 92
Wing Commander
Binod Kishan Khanna
11616 GD(N)
CO
Agra

01 Nov 92 - 29 Jun 94
Wing Commander
Karunakaran Nair Velaudhan Nair
13082 ADM
CO
Agra

30 Jun 94 - 10 Sep 95
Wing Commander
Santosh Kumar Sharma
14128 AE(L)
CO
Agra

11 Sep 95 - 25 Apr 98
Wing Commander
Sumant Kochhar
13095 ADM
CO
Agra

25 May 98 - 28 Jun 02
Wing Commander
Ravinder Singh Chhatwal
14408 ADM
CO
Agra

08 Jul 02 -
Wing Commander
Anil Gadhiok
14699 ADM
CO
Agra

29 Mar 04 -
Wing Commander
Dinesh Singh
17746 ADM
CO
Agra

03 Oct 06 - 10 Dec 07
Wing Commander
Suresh Kumar
16658 ADM
CO
Agra

11 Dec 07 -
Group Captain
Suresh Kumar
16658 ADM
CO
Agra

20 Jul 09 -
Wing Commander
Ramchandran Shanker
17761 ADM
CO
Agra

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