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Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, OBE (28 January 1899 – 15 May 1993) was an Indian military officer and diplomat who was the Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army. He led Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Nov 6, 2017 · K odandera Madappa Cariappa is a man known for many firsts, but he is best remembered as the legend who made the Indian Army truly Indian. Perhaps this is why General Bipin Rawat, the current Indian Army chief, feels that the time has come to honour the late Field Marshal with the Bharat Ratna award.
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa (born January 28, 1899, Shanivarsanthe, Coorg district, Mysore [now Kodagu district, Karnataka state], India—died May 15, 1993, Bangalore) was an Indian military officer and the first chief of staff of the Indian army after India became independent of Great Britain.
Nov 4, 2017 · Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday pitched for Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, independent India’s first army chief, to be conferred the Bharat Ratna. However, few know of the man whose unrelenting patriotism and secular beliefs blazed a trail in the Indian Army.
K.M Cariappa Jayanti 2024: The birth anniversary of Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, is celebrated on January 28. A national hero with...
KM Cariappa was the first Indian Army commander-in-chief and was popularly known as the “Kipper”. His distinguished military career was spread across three decades. Born in...
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa saw action in Iraq, Syria and Iran from 1941-1942 and then in Burma in 1943-1944 and became the first Indian Officer to be given command of a unit in 1942. Field...
Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa: His Life and Times narrates, for the first time, the full story of the life and times of India's first Commander-in-Chief, a soldier and a diplomat...
May 15, 2017 · K M Cariappa was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff with the rank of Major General. On promotion to Lieutenant General, he became the Eastern Army Commander.
K.M. Cariappa, an intriguing choice as India’s High Commissioner to Australia, gave heart to those agitating for immigration reform and consistently drew attention to the logic of Australia seeing itself as part of Asia.
