Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-01-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Madikeri,_Coorg,_British_India
gptkbp:children gptkb:K._C._Cariappa
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Cariappa_Park,_Delhi
gptkb:Cariappa_Road,_Bangalore
Statue at Army Headquarters, New Delhi
gptkbp:deathDate 1993-05-15
gptkbp:deathPlace Bangalore, Karnataka, India
gptkbp:education gptkb:Daly_College,_Indore
gptkb:Presidency_College,_Chennai
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Kodava
gptkbp:father gptkb:Madappa
gptkbp:firstIndianCommanderInChief Indian Army
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kodandera_Madappa_Cariappa
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Field_Marshal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa
gptkbp:knownFor first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army
leadership during Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
gptkbp:legacy Cariappa Day observed on January 15
gptkbp:militaryBranch Indian Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kipper
gptkbp:notableWork autobiography 'Thus Speaks Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa'
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:postRetirementRole Indian High Commissioner to Australia
advocate for ex-servicemen welfare
gptkbp:promotedToFieldMarshal 1986
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:serviceYears 1919-1953
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Muthu_Machia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brigade_of_the_Guards
gptkb:Coorgi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5