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Sundararajan Padmanabhan

Sundararajan Padmanabhan
19th Chief of the Army Staff
In office
1 October 2000 – 31 December 2002
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byVed Prakash Malik
Succeeded byNirmal Chander Vij
Personal details
Born(1940-12-05)5 December 1940
Trivandrum, Travancore, India
(now Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Died18 August 2024(2024-08-18) (aged 83)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
AwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal
NicknamePaddy
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service13 December 1959 – 31 December 2002
Rank General
Unit Regiment of Artillery
Commands Southern Army
Northern Army
XV Corps

General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM (5 December 1940 – 18 August 2024)[1] was a General Officer of the Indian Army. He served as the 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.[2] General Padmanabhan succeeded General V.P. Malik on 30 September 2000.[2] He also served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.[3]

  1. ^ "General Sundararajan Padmanabhan passes away at 83". Hindustan Times. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan, new Army Chief". The Hindu. 2 August 2000. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Navy chief to head COSC - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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