Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
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General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri was an Indian army general who served as the 5th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949.
General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
Major General Chaudhuri addressing crowd at Fateh Maidan after integration of Hyderabad in 1948 with Jawaharlal Nehru sitting on the parapet
Maj Gen Syed Ahmed El Edroos (right) offers his surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces to Maj Gen Chaudhuri at Secunderabad.
(From left to right): Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Nizam VII and Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri after Hyderabad's accession to India
Pran Nath Thapar
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General Pran Nath Thapar was the fourth Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. The Sino-Indian War was fought during his term, in which the Indian Army fared poorly. Thapar resigned during the last s
Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
…War and subsequent government inquiries revealing India's military unpreparedness and mismanagement resulted in the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Pran Nath Thapar's resignation on 19 November 1962. On 20 November, Chaudhuri succeeded Thapar as officiating COAS with the acting rank of general. Chaudhuri was…
General Pran Nath Thapar