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