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<p>185.106.24.16: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = K. B. Lall<br /> | birth_date = 1917<br /> | birth_place = Channi<br /> | death_date = 2005<br /> | death_place = Mumbai<br /> | occupation = Principal Defence Secretary of India<br /> | children = [[Rajiv Lall]]<br /> | networth = <br /> }}<br /> '''K.B. Lall''' (1917–2005) was an eminent and highly respected civil servant of [[India]] and a member of [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]. <br /> He was Principal Defence Secretary of India in Indo-Pak war in 1971. Earlier, he served as Commerce Secretary as well as Ambassador to the [[European Common Market]], as the European Union was then known. <br /> <br /> Ambassador Lall was also accredited to the Grand Duchy of [[Luxembourg]]. In this capacity he inaugurated with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Mr. [[Gaston Thorn]], the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the Municipal Park in Luxembourg-City on 21 June 1973. The bronze bust sculpture by the famous modernist artist [[Amar Nath Sehgal]] (1922-2007) was a gift by the philanthropist [[Henry J. Leir]]. <br /> <br /> Greatly respected by Defence minister Jagjivan Ram, Lall's stewardship of the Ministry of defence contributed materially to the smooth conduct of, and victory in the [[1971 War]].<br /> <br /> He was conferred [[Padma Vibhushan]] award in 2000.<br /> <br /> He died at the age of 88 in 2005.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310213300/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2103/stories/20040213001108800.htm]<br /> <br /> {{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lall, K. B.}}<br /> [[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian civil servants]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in civil service]]<br /> [[Category:2005 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Defence Secretaries of India]]<br /> [[Category:1917 births]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-politician-stub}}</div>

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