Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam

General
P P Kumaramangalam
DSO, MBE, FRHS
General P P Kumaramangalam DSO, MBE, FRHS
6th Chief of the Army Staff
	In office; 8 June 1966 – 7 June 1969
President	Zakir Husain ; V. V. Giri
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
Succeeded by	Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
Personal details
Born	Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam; 1 July 1913; Kumaramangalam,; Salem District,; Madras Presidency,; British India; (now Namakkal district,; Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	13 March 2000 (aged 86); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Military career
Allegiance	British India (1933-1947) ; India (after 1947)
Service / branch	British Indian Army; Indian Army
Years of service	1933–1969
Rank	General
Service number	IA-1282
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Eastern Army
Battles / wars	World War II; Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; Sino-Indian War; Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Second Sino-Indian War
Awards	Padma Vibhushan; Distinguished Service Order ; Member of the Order of the British Empire
Relations	P. Subbarayan (Father); Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother); Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother's Grandson)

General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, DSO, MBE, FRHS (1 July 1913 – 13 March 2000) was the 6th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army from 1967 to 1969. He was one of the last British-trained King's Commissioned Indian Officer (KCIO) to serve in the Indian Army, and the last KCIO to lead the Indian Army.

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General P P Kumaramangalam DSO, MBE, FRHS


6th Chief of the Army Staff
In office 8 June 1966 – 7 June 1969
President	Zakir Husain V. V. Giri
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
Succeeded by	Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

Personal details
Born	Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913-07-01)1 July 1913 Kumaramangalam, Salem District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	13 March 2000(2000-03-13) (aged 86) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Military career
Allegiance	British India (1933-1947) India (after 1947)
Service / branch	British Indian Army Indian Army
Years of service	1933–1969
Rank	General
Service number	IA-1282^[1]
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Eastern Army
Battles / wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Second Sino-Indian War
Awards	Padma Vibhushan Distinguished Service Order Member of the Order of the British Empire
Relations	P. Subbarayan (Father) Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother) Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother's Grandson)