P. P. Kumaramangalam

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P. P. Kumaramangalam was an Indian Army general who served as the 7th Chief of Army Staff and played a key role in modernizing India’s armed forces in the 1960s.

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P. P. Kumaramangalam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance British India ⓘ
India ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Vibushan ⓘ
commanded 33 Corps (Indian Army) ⓘ
4th Infantry Division (India) ⓘ
linked to: 4th Indian Division

Eastern Command (Indian Army) ⓘ
commissionedInto Royal Artillery ⓘ
commissionedYear 1933 ⓘ
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-03-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Madras Christian College ⓘ
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
familyName Kumaramangalam ⓘ
fullName Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam ⓘ
givenName Paramasiva ⓘ
knownFor modernization of the Indian Army in the 1960s ⓘ
reforms in India’s armed forces ⓘ
militaryBranch Indian Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd 1969-06-07 ⓘ
officeStart 1966-11-08 ⓘ
ordinalInOffice 7 ⓘ
parent P. Subbarayan ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Tiruchengode ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
placeOfOrigin Tamil Nadu ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ⓘ
predecessor J. N. Chaudhuri ⓘ
relative Mohan Kumaramangalam ⓘ
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
serviceNumber IC-1 ⓘ
spouse Rajalakshmi Kumaramangalam ⓘ
successor Sam Manekshaw ⓘ

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P. Subbarayan → child → P. P. Kumaramangalam ⓘ