Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon (18 March 1914 – 6 February 2006) was an officer in the Indian National Army (INA) who was charged with "waging war against His Majesty the King Emperor". Along with Major General Shah Nawaz Khan and Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, he was tried at the end of World War II in the INA trials that began on 5 November 1945 at Red Fort. Dhillon also played an important role in the Indian independence struggle.
He passed out from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in March 1940, with seniority(date of commission) from 26th July 1939 with Indian Commission number IC-336.
He was honored with the Padma Bhushan the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India
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