<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - ULal wathatha isikhundla sokuba uMphathi Wesikhombisa Wezikhulu Zomkhakha Wezindiza ngo-1969. Ngaphansi komyalo wakhe, i-IAF yathola ukunqoba okunqumayo ngokumelene nePakistan eMpini yase-Indo-Pakistani ka-1971, okwaholela ekwakhiweni kweBangladesh  <response>: ngo-December 1971. Wanikezwa iPadma Vibhushan nePadma Bhushan, umklomelo wesibili nowesithathu ophakeme kakhulu waseNdiya. Ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ku-IAF, uLal wasebenza njengoSihlalo noMqondisi Omkhulu CMD we-Indian Airlines futhi kamuva waba nguSihlalo we-Air India. 