Sundararajan Padmanabhan

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Sundararajan Padmanabhan
Nickname	Paddy
Born	(1940-12-05)5 December 1940
Allegiance	Republic of India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	1959-2002
Rank	General
Unit	Regiment of Artillery

Sundararajan Padmanabhan (born 5 December 1940 in Trivandrum, Travancore) was the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army^[1] Padmanabhan succeeded General V.P. Malik on September 30, 2000.^[1] He also served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee^[2]

Padmanabhan was schooled at the Rashtriya Indian Military College. In 1956 Padmanabhan joined the National Defence Academy and in 1959 was enrolled into the Regiment of Artillery.^[1]

Author

Padmanabhan is also an author of Indian military fiction, including the 2004 novel Writing on the Wall, the plot of which involves India fighting a war simultaneously with Pakistan while improving relations with China.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan, new Army Chief". The Hindu. 2000-08-02. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-24/india/27299840_1_cosc-admiral-madhvendra-singh-chiefs-of-staff-committee

Military offices
Preceded by Ved Prakash Malik	Chief of Army Staff 2000–2002	Succeeded by Nirmal Chander Vij
Preceded by	Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee ? - 2002	Succeeded by Madhvendra Singh

Chief of the Army Staff (India)

Persondata
Name	Padmanabhan, Sundararajan
Alternative names
Short description	Indian Army general
Date of birth	1940-12-05
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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