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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. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949.
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 6, 2017 · One of Indian Army’s most decorated generals, Field Marshal KM Cariappa blazed a trail in the Indian Armed Forces with his unrelenting patriotism. 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.
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.
Field Marshal K M Cariappa, fondly known as 'Kipper', was born on 28 th January 1900 in Mercara state, now called Karnataka. He received the King's Commission in 1919 with the first group of Indian cadets, and in 1933, was the first Indian officer to join Staff College, Quetta. In 1942, Lt Col K M Cariappa raised 7 th Rajput Machine Gun Battalion (now 17 Rajput). In 1946, as a Brigadier, he joined the Imperial Defence College, UK.
Oct 12, 2006 · Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa is an unforgettable name in the history of Indian Army. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away and he has proved this proverb. He has been a legend in his lifetime and he has left an indelible impression that would inspire the people of India, for a long time to come.
Oct 11, 2013 · 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 and above...
May 15, 1993 · Field Marshal Cariappa was appointed as the first Commander-in-Chief of an independent Indian Army on 15 th Jan 1949. He was awarded the ‘Order of the Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit’ by American President, Harry S Truman. The Government of India conferred the rank of Field Marshal on Cariappa in 1986.
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 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.
