Ved Prakash Malik | |
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39th Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
In office 1 January 1999 – 30 September 2000 | |
President | K. R. Narayanan |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Satish Sareen |
Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar |
18th Chief of the Army Staff | |
In office 1 October 1997 –30 September 2000 | |
President | K. R. Narayanan |
Prime Minister | Inder Kumar Gujral Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Shankar Roy Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | Sundararajan Padmanabhan |
21st Vice Chief of Army Staff | |
In office 1 August 1996 –30 September 1997 | |
President | Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan |
Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral |
Preceded by | M.L. Dar |
Succeeded by | Chandra Shekhar |
Personal details | |
Born | Dera Ismail Khan,North West Frontier Province,British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan) | 1 November 1939
Spouse | Dr. Ranjana Malik |
Children | Namita,Maj Gen Sachin Malik |
Military service | |
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Years of service | June 1959 –September 2000 |
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Commands | ![]() XI Corps ![]() 162nd Infantry Brigade ![]() |
Battles/wars | Kargil War Operation Cactus |
Award(s) | |
General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 18th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000. [1] He was the Army Chief during the Kargil War. [2]
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Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
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![]() | Second Lieutenant | Indian Army | 7 June 1959 [3] |
![]() | Lieutenant | Indian Army | 7 June 1961 [4] |
![]() | Captain | Indian Army | 7 June 1965 [5] |
![]() | Major | Indian Army | 7 June 1972 [6] |
![]() | Lieutenant-Colonel | Indian Army | 10 March 1978 [7] |
![]() | Colonel | Indian Army | 8 February 1985 [8] |
![]() | Brigadier | Indian Army | 2 April 1986 [9] |
![]() | Major General | Indian Army | 25 September 1990 [10] |
![]() | Lieutenant-General | Indian Army | 26 January 1993 [11] |
![]() | General (COAS) | Indian Army | 1 October 1997 [12] |
Currently, he is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.). [13]