PZASH honors Pithawalla

Maj Gen Cyrus Addie Pithawalla of the Armoured Corps, recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal, took over command of the Andhra Sub-Area on January 16, 2013 in Secunderabad. The Maj Gen Office Commanding was visited a few days later, on January 29, by trustees of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad (PZASH) Jehangir R. Bisney and Omim Maneckshaw Debara who presented him with a bouquet on behalf of the Managing Committee and members of the Anjuman. They also handed over a congratulatory letter signed by PZASH president Gulbanoo Y. Chenoy inviting him to address the community and interact with young members who see him as a model of excellence and bravery, mentions Bisney in an email sent to Parsiana.
This is the first posting in south India for Pithawalla and his wife Farida. The General schooled and graduated from Delhi. His father hails from Navsari and his mother from Bangalore. Pithawalla’s daughter is married and settled in Vadodara in Gujarat while his son is studying at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, reveals the email.

Omim Debara, Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla and Jehangir Bisney