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Pran Nath Thapar | |
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| 4th Chief of the Army Staff | |
| In office 8 May 1961 – 19 November 1962 | |
| President | Rajendra Prasad Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya |
| Succeeded by | General JN Chaudhuri |
| Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office August 1964 – 1 January 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda Indira Gandhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1906 Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan)[1] |
| Died | 23 January 1975 (aged 68) New Delhi, India |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  British India India |
| Service |  British Indian Army Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1926 - 19 Nov 1962 |
| Rank |  General |
| Service number | IA-558[2] |
| Unit |  1st Punjab Regiment |
| Commands |  Chief of Army Staff Western Army Southern Army161st Indian Infantry Brigade 1/1 Punjab |
| Battles / wars | World War II Sino-Indian War |
| Spouse(s) | Bimla Thapar |
| Children | Karan Thapar (son) |
| Relations | Daya Ram Thapar (brother) Romesh Thapar (nephew) Romila Thapar (niece) Valmik Thapar (great-nephew) |
General Pran Nath Thapar PVSM (23 May 1906 – 23 June 1975) was the fourth[3] 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 stages of the war, handing charge to Lt. Gen. J. N. Chaudhuri.[4]
- ^ "New Director of Military Intelligence: Brigadier Thapar Appointed" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 16 July 1947. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
maj_gen_subswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ B-R Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis (1990), p. 165.