In 1997, Colonel Kuldeep Singh Garcha could have easily retired after 32 years in the Indian army.
The former commandant of 61st Cavalry instead spent the year wrapping up his two-year-old family-run concern ESQ Business Services, a software company involved with developing forex-related and anti-money laundering software processes for a US bank.
On the side, he cemented his long association with Maharani Gayatri Devi