Service No: IC-24068
Date of Birth : 25 Oct 1947
Birth Place : Kurnool, AP
Service: Army
Last Rank : Brigadier
Unit: Army HQs
ArmRegt : Corps of EME
Date of Martyrdom : Mar 23, 2001
Brigadier Osman Contractor
Brigadier Osman Contractor was born on 25 Oct 1947 and hailed from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, where he grew up and received his initial education. He went on to study Engineering from Tirupati and then joined the Army. He was commissioned into the Corps of EME on 21 Dec 1969, after passing 28 Tech Graduate course at IMA Dehradun.
Military Career : 1969-2001
Brig. Osman Contractor had an illustrious career of 32 years with the Indian Army, which was cut short by his untimely death in service of the Army – an organization he loved and cherished. As a young officer, he took part in 1971 Indo-Pak war , when his unit 974 Air defence workshop was deployed in Srinagar during the operations. As a young Captain, he served in the prestigious appointment of Adjutant, EME School – Baroda and subsequently as an instructor at OTS Madras (now OTA).
Brig Contractor (then Col) commanded the 639 EME Battalion at Yol between 1991-93 before moving on to an instructional appointment as Head of Department of Tactics and Management at the Military College of EME (MCEME). He was then posted as Deputy Military Attache at the Embassy of India, Moscow between 1995-98, where he was responsible for the identification and evaluation of next generation armoured fighting vehicles for the Indian Army as well as for ensuring critical and effective engineering support to the complete range of vehicles, armaments, missiles and air defence equipment of Russian origin used by the Indian Army.
Brig Osman served in Army HQs and held various appointments including Joint Director in Master General Ordnance Branch (1985-89) and Deputy Director General Equipment Management (DDGEM) between 2000 and 2001. He also served as the Commandant of the vital 505 Army Base Workshop based in New Delhi between 1998 and 2000.
Brig Osman was a committed soldier with professional skills of a very high order. A die hard soldier at heart, he was a good human being too, who commanded respect of his seniors as well as of those, who served under him. He left for his heavenly abode on 23 Mar 2001, but will always be remembered as an outstanding soldier , who served the nation till his last breath.
Brigadier Osman Contractor is survived by his wife, Mrs Yasmin Contractor, son, Danish and daughter, Seher.
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C MOHAMMAD ERFAN
2017 at 5:13 pmHe had been an intellectual beyond wisdom.He was an erudite officer .polyglot knowing many languages like English Russian Hindi Telugu Arabic Persian urdu
Ms Meenakkshi H Singh
2017 at 5:34 pmA die hard soldier and an outstanding professional committed to the army and also the men he commanded.My late husband Maj Gen Rajeshwar Singh AVSM VSM had the good fortune of serving with him.My husband would often talk so fondly of him.Met him socially and remember his as a gallant and a charming officer.God bless his wonderful soul and his family.
Shalini Singh
2017 at 6:05 pmWonderful Reading About Osman, Wishing Him A Very Happy Birthday Anniversary. Remembering You Always, with great Memories of Good Days.
Meenakshi shukla
2017 at 8:17 pmWishing him a very happy birthday anniversary.
God bless his wonderful soul!!
Zubaida khan
2017 at 10:46 pmI am writing this tribute with mixed feelings of pride and sadness as Brigadier Osman Contractor was my very dear son in law and all of us miss him very much My daughter Yasmin Contractor has faced all odds very bravely Their son Danish’ and daughter Seher are pride of the family l am sure Osman is blessing them from heaven and feel proud of all three of them.The country. will always remember you with Honour and. Pride and SALUTES you Jai Hind
Simrat
2017 at 5:34 pmAn outstanding officer of the corp of EME. It was great learning about his life. Long live his the remembrance .
Warm regards
ravi laxman
2017 at 7:09 pmI met Osman in the Engg. College where we were class fellows — way back in ’62. Soon we became room mates and bosom friends. We were so friendly and together always our colleagues used to call us “brothers”.
When he was selected in the army — S.S.B. Bangalore, instead of returning back to his town, he traveled to the town I was staying at that time — just to share the good news with me in person, and then proceeded to his place . Such was his affection.
Over the years, we kept in touch constantly. We could meet off and on as I had to travel extensively in my job responsibility. The first time I saw him in uniform was in Jammu when he was a captain posted in Srinagar. He drove down to Jammu just to meet me.
By dint of hard work and outstanding abilities, he grew up in his profession to dizzying heights. He would have been a richly deserved Lt. Gen. had fate had not been so cruel.
I spent over an hour with him in Referral Hospital , Delhi during his last days — chatting with him about good old days. Osman knew his time has come but, as always , he was brave and poised — a true soldier –enquiring about my welfare instead.
Am now left with all those fond memories of him and a dozen affectionate letters in that cultured hand writing of his.
My thanks are due to Mrs. Osman & children who do keep in touch — even till today..
May his soul rest in peace
Azher Hussain Siddiqui
2017 at 1:17 amWe salute this Indian army man
ZULFIQAR CONTRACTOR
2017 at 7:04 pmRemmbering Mr Brigadier Osman
Great service of his knowledge armoured against the country
ZULFIQAR CONTRACTOR
2017 at 7:08 pmRemmbering Mr Brigadier Osman
Great service of his knowledge armoured against the country