Claim: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo became Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army on June 1, 1971; then after 26 years, was promoted to Brigadier on October 10.
Evidence: Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM (born 6 August 1941), the scion of Dhenkanal is a former Member of Parliament and a retired Indian Territorial Army officer. Singh Dev was commissioned a Territorial Army second lieutenant in the Regiment of Artillery on 1 June 1971. On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.