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at the idea and told him to give his son no better treatment than any other POW. Singh recounts that
Cariappa replied, "He is my son no longer. He is the child of this country, a soldier fighting for his motherland like a true patriot. My many thanks for your kind gesture, but I request you to release all or release none. Give him no special treatment."
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679:. He met a large number of soldiers and civilians in various nations. The tour proved to be educational for him. After this he was able to settle down. He was given the nickname "Kipper" by a British officer's wife, who found his name difficult to pronounce, while he was serving in Fatehgarh. In 1927, Cariappa was promoted to
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immediately announced the capture of the younger
Cariappa. General Ayub Khan himself contacted General Cariappa, who was living a retired life at Mercara, his hometown, with information about his son's safety. When Ayub Khan offered to release his son immediately, Cariappa is reported to have scoffed
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Cariappa, such as his refusal to induct former Indian National Army personnel into the Army, kept the organisation out of political affairs and maintained its autonomy despite being put under a lot of pressure by Nehru. Nehru only relented when he threatened to resign.
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to be his military assistant (MA). The military secretary noted that a military assistant must hold the rank of lieutenant colonel which required a minimum of six-and-a-half years of service. Sinha was only a major with five years of service. On learning this, Cariappa backed off the idea not
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Indians and Pakistanis. He explained to the hierarchy that without the assistance of British officers, there was a risk of inexperienced Indian officers taking over higher commands. Despite this, his concerns went unaddressed by the hierarchy. During
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Committee was set up to examine the options for the Indianisation of the Indian Army's officer ranks. As Cariappa was one of the most senior Indian officers with about 19 years of service, the committee held several discussions with him. He expressed his displeasure at the
877:(1962–1969) – served under him. Unlike previous commanders who tried to keep the local tribes under control by force, Cariappa adopted an alternate approach by extending friendly relations to them- which proved a far more effective tactic. When Head of the Interim Government,
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until 1956. With a view toward ex-servicemen's welfare, Cariappa founded the Indian Ex-Servicemen's League (IESL) in 1964. He was also instrumental in setting up the
Directorate of Resettlement (later Directorate General Resettlement), an inter-service organisation under the
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Cariappa's rank junior to the officers who
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European officers were entitled but Indian officers were not.
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Cariappa who extended support during its formative years. These two complementary branches of the Army later proved to be very helpful in the wars India fought in later years.
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stayed at the commandant's house till the next day. According to the rules, children were forbidden to attend the officers' mess. As chief, Cariappa could have taken them to the mess, but he did not.
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2816:(2nd ed.). New Delhi: Niyogi Books.
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1830:Anwesha Madhukalya (24 February 2016).
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1037:Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
3494:Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
2904:
932:
3686:Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
2688:from the original on 8 August 2017.
1716:became Commander-in-Chief, and the
1704:remained Commander-in-Chief of the
1123:Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare
658:37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras
16:Indian military officer (1899–1993)
13:
3083:Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
2802:
2043:"Viewing Page 3324 of Issue 33718"
2015:"Viewing Page 5805 of Issue 33310"
852:
629:
14:
4249:
2924:
1062:Cariappa on a 1995 stamp of India
1002:Lieutenant General Sir Roy Bucher
949:at Udhampur. He appointed Lt Gen
762:of General (later Field Marshal)
646:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
3611:
3470:
2496:Directorate General Resettlement
1985:. 9 November 1923. p. 7663.
1924:. 8 December 1922. p. 8723.
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563:, the first Indian to command a
390:
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353:
333:
321:
3056:Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army
2890:. Bangalore: Sapna Book House.
2854:. New Delhi: Dev Publications.
2812:(2007). Chaudhuri, Dipa (ed.).
2731:
2720:
2692:
2626:. 4 October 1946. p. 4946.
2206:
2109:. 12 August 1938. p. 5189.
2035:
1800:
1742:Marshal of the Indian Air Force
766:'s 10th Division. He served in
721:
696:Royal United Services Institute
166:Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army
3317:Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
1869:. 15 January 1949. p. 41.
1791:
1778:
1184:
943:worsening situation in Kashmir
734:began, Cariappa was posted as
536:, Kodagu, Cariappa joined the
1:
4098:Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
2909:. New Delhi: Roopa & Co.
2752:
2739:"Cariappa made Field Marshal"
2438:"Previous High Commissioners"
1050:succeeded him as the C-in-C.
797:43rd Indian Armoured Division
4183:British Indian Army officers
4173:Chiefs of Army Staff (India)
3621:Chief of the Army Staff and
2886:Seshagiri Rao, L.S. (2001).
1962:. 5 July 1921. p. 5359.
1784:Indian military officers of
1640:
1618:
1596:
1576:
1554:
1534:
1512:
1490:
1466:
1446:
1426:
1404:
1380:
1213:wanting to break the rules.
7:
4208:University of Madras alumni
4198:People from Kodagu district
3392:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
2814:Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa
1727:
1486:17 July 1946 (substantive)
1422:17 July 1921 (substantive)
1420:1 December 1920 (temporary)
1400:17 July 1920 (substantive)
1398:1 December 1919 (temporary)
1321:Order of the British Empire
828:Order of the British Empire
620:Presidency College, Chennai
186:Rajendra Prasad (from 1950)
10:
4254:
3671:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
3212:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
2972:Chief of the General Staff
1766:
1700:("pip"), was retained, as
1592:21 November 1947 (acting)
1311:General Service Medal 1947
1238:National Military Memorial
1088:His sister Bollava's son,
951:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
939:chief of the general staff
519:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
501:Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
452:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
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2978:
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2961:
2956:
2936:Profile on Bharat Rakshak
2782:Sharma, Satinder (2007).
1614:15 January 1949 (acting)
1329:
1316:Indian Independence Medal
1251:
1103:Post-retirement and death
996:C-in-C of the Indian Army
778:in 1941–1942 and then in
704:Royal School of Artillery
540:shortly after the end of
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23:
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3731:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
3652:Chief of the Army Staff
3437:Norman Anil Kumar Browne
3382:Sundararajan Padmanabhan
3337:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
2941:29 December 2016 at the
2786:. Northern Book Centre.
2784:Services Chiefs of India
1662:
1528:1 November 1944 (acting)
1506:1 November 1944 (acting)
1484:15 July 1942 (temporary)
1236:Bust of Cariappa at the
1093:Biddanda Chengappa Nanda
1081:and rose to the rank of
906:Imperial Defence College
587:Early life and education
569:Imperial Defence College
4233:The Daly College Alumni
4168:Field marshals of India
4088:Nagarhole National Park
3625:Indian Army (1948–1955)
3589:Indian Army (1947–1948)
3576:Chief of the Army Staff
3292:Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
2869:Muthanna, I.M. (1964).
2850:Khanduri, C.B. (2002).
2831:Khanduri, C.B. (1995).
1686:Commonwealth of Nations
1530:1 May 1945 (temporary)
1508:1 May 1945 (temporary)
812:South East Asia Command
750:which was stationed in
466:Mentioned in Despatches
3761:Joginder Jaswant Singh
3701:Tapishwar Narain Raina
3681:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
3412:Joginder Jaswant Singh
3327:Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
3267:Tapishwar Narain Raina
3232:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
3227:Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
3158:Chief of Defence Staff
2873:. Mysore: Usha Press.
1245:Awards and decorations
1241:
1201:
1152:
1063:
895:Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
859:Bannu Frontier Brigade
550:2/88 Carnatic Infantry
3791:Manoj Mukund Naravane
3721:Krishnaswamy Sundarji
3696:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
3661:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3643:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3638:Kodandera M. Cariappa
3457:Birender Singh Dhanoa
3357:Vijai Singh Shekhawat
3272:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
3252:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
3242:Adhar Kumar Chatterji
3066:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3012:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
1235:
1192:
1146:
1061:
1048:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
1029:However INA's slogan
927:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
875:President of Pakistan
760:quartermaster general
756:Mention in Despatches
379:Years of service
266:, British India (now
232:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3741:Shankar Roychowdhury
3736:Bipin Chandra Joshi
3716:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
3706:Om Prakash Malhotra
3623:Commander-in-Chief,
3587:Commander-in-Chief,
3534:British Armed Forces
3407:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
3362:Shankar Roychowdhury
3312:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
3307:Oscar Stanley Dawson
3262:Sourendra Nath Kohli
1867:The Gazette of India
1692:, incorporating the
1210:Srinivas Kumar Sinha
1022:National Cadet Corps
1020:in 1949. Though the
1012:of the Indian Army.
883:Indian National Army
830:(OBE) in June 1945.
820:26th Indian Division
814:was formed, and the
748:10th Indian Division
382:1919–1953, 1986–1993
3427:Pradeep Vasant Naik
3347:Bipin Chandra Joshi
3342:Laxminarayan Ramdas
3282:Om Prakash Malhotra
3184:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
3162:Indian Armed Forces
3107:M. S. Duleepsinghji
2905:Weis, Edel (2002).
1706:Indian Armed Forces
1684:within the British
1547:British Indian Army
1525:British Indian Army
1503:British Indian Army
1479:British Indian Army
1459:British Indian Army
1439:British Indian Army
1417:British Indian Army
1394:British Indian Army
1345:India Service Medal
1340:War Medal 1939–1945
1164:Government of India
1127:Ministry of Defence
740:20th Indian Brigade
708:North-West Frontier
650:2/125 Napier Rifles
538:British Indian Army
361:British Indian Army
3816:Seconded from the
3756:Nirmal Chander Vij
3746:Ved Prakash Malik
3726:Vishwa Nath Sharma
3532:Seconded from the
3432:Nirmal Kumar Verma
3397:Nirmal Chander Vij
2761:Singh, Vijay Kumar
2623:The London Gazette
2300:"Press Communique"
2219:The London Gazette
2106:The London Gazette
2048:The London Gazette
2023:. 9 September 1927
2020:The London Gazette
1982:The London Gazette
1959:The London Gazette
1921:The London Gazette
1714:President of India
1585:Lieutenant-General
1482:July 1942 (acting)
1475:Lieutenant-Colonel
1353:(Chief Commander)
1242:
1202:
1198:Dalbir Singh Suhag
1168:Rashtrapati Bhavan
1153:
1090:Lieutenant general
1064:
1010:Commander-in-Chief
847:Military Secretary
839:Lieutenant General
792:lieutenant colonel
624:Daly Cadet College
613:revenue department
511:Commander-in-Chief
295:, Karnataka, India
207:C. Rajagopalachari
84:M.S. Duleepsinghji
4140:
4139:
4108:Harangi Reservoir
3826:
3825:
3771:Vijay Kumar Singh
3711:K. V. Krishna Rao
3542:
3541:
3372:Ved Prakash Malik
3322:Denis La Fontaine
3297:K. V. Krishna Rao
3287:Idris Hasan Latif
3201:Sir Charles Pizey
3125:
3124:
3118:Succeeded by
3100:Diplomatic posts
3090:Succeeded by
3063:Succeeded by
3036:Succeeded by
3009:Succeeded by
2979:Succeeded by
2957:Military offices
2916:978-81-7167-944-7
2897:978-81-2801-755-1
2861:978-81-87577-02-7
2842:978-1-897829-75-2
2823:978-81-89738-26-6
2793:978-81-7211-162-5
2774:978-0-7619-3322-9
2502:on 14 August 2016
2448:on 16 August 2016
2203:, pp. 30–31.
2122:, pp. 28–29.
1696:and four-pointed
1660:
1659:
1389:Second Lieutenant
1357:
1356:
1305:
1304:
1110:high commissioner
933:Post-Independence
891:Prem Kumar Sahgal
784:second-in-command
700:Small Arms School
692:Peshawar District
644:(graduated) from
495:
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58:High Commissioner
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3676:Pran Nath Thapar
3666:S. M. Shrinagesh
3615:
3596:Sir Rob Lockhart
3569:
3562:
3555:
3546:
3545:
3474:
3387:Madhvendra Singh
3257:Om Prakash Mehra
3207:Subroto Mukerjee
3190:Sir Edward Parry
3178:Sir Rob Lockhart
3151:
3144:
3137:
3128:
3127:
3105:Preceded by
3073:Preceded by
3046:Preceded by
3039:S. M. Shrinagesh
3019:Preceded by
2992:Preceded by
2962:Preceded by
2954:
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1097:Northern Command
1079:Indian Air Force
1018:Territorial Army
968:—to capture the
887:Adjutant General
879:Jawaharlal Nehru
581:Western Commands
546:first lieutenant
513:(C-in-C) of the
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1105:
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1044:Rajput Regiment
998:
947:S.M. Shrinagesh
935:
899:Shah Nawaz Khan
855:
853:Post-war career
816:Fourteenth Army
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