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[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Ramaswamy Rajaram''', [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (1917-1969) was a senior officer in the [[Indian Air Force]]. He died in harness while serving as the [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Air Staff]] (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force. He was the [[Air Officer Commanding|Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].
==Early
Rajaram was born to B S Ramaswamy Iyer, a Superintending Engineer with the Public Works Department (PWD) in [[Madurai]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] in 1917. He joined the [[Chennai_International_Airport#Madras_Flying_Club|Madras Flying Club]] and received his flying license in 1935. He attended the [[Presidency College, Chennai]]. He then joined the [[Madras Law College]] in 1938. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], civilian pilots were invited to join the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reverse.{{fact}}
==Military Career==
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