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  1. General Shankar Roy Chowdhury PVSM ADC is a former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, and a former member of the Indian Parliament. [2] [3] Early life. General Roychowdhury was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India into the Zamindar family of Taki (India), a Bengali Kayastha family, on 6 September 1937.

  2. Nov 22, 1994 · General Shankar Roychowdhury assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 18th Chief of Army Staff, on 22 November 1994. Born in Calcutta on 06 September 1937, he was educated at St. Xavier’s School, Calcutta, Allen Memorial School and St. George’s College, Mussoorie.

  3. Apr 17, 2023 · General Shankar Roychowdhury, who served as the country’s 18th Chief of Army Staff in the mid-1990s, said on Sunday that the Pulwama massacre could have been averted had the CRPF jawans travelled to Srinagar by air rather than along a road that is always “vulnerable to attack”.

  4. Oct 12, 2006 · General Shankar Roychowdhury assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 18th Chief of Army Staff, on 22 November 1994. Born in Calcutta on 06 September 1937, he was educated at St. Xavier's School, Calcutta, Allen Memorial School and St. George's College, Mussoorie.

  5. Dec 4, 2023 · Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, an Indian-origin man, pleaded guilty to attempting to cause damage to an anti-abortion group's office in the US's Wisconsin by means of fire or an explosive in May last year.

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  6. Aug 21, 2021 · KOLKATA: Former Army chief Gen Shankar Roychowdhury said the government needs to step up outreach in Kashmir and reassure people there that India will continue to be a secular democracy as the Taliban victory in Afghanistan is likely to see a renewed offensive by Pakistan-based militants.

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  8. General Shankar Roychowdhury is a former Chief of Army Staff and a former member of Parliament.