INDIA - DEFENCE - TERRITORIAL ARMY November 01, 2011:   Deepak Rao, an Indian military trainer, scientist, author, and physician, was commissioned into the Para TA Regiment with the honorary rank of Major by the President of India on this day. On this very day, Mahendra Singh Dhoni Para (TA) and Abhinav Bindra 124 SIKH (TA) were conferred the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel for their respective contributions in the fields of cricket and shooting.