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	For his services he was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=37730\|supp=y\|page=4713\|date=17 September 1946}}</ref>		For his services he was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=37730\|supp=y\|page=4713\|date=17 September 1946}}</ref>

	In 1945 he was selected to join the staff of General Sir [[Montagu Stopford]], GOC XXXIII Corps and later GOC-in-C of 12th Army [[Burma]].{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2022~~}} He ended the war a temporary captain.<ref>{{cite book \|date=1946 \|title=The Indian Army List for October 1946 (Part II) \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Government of India \|page=1527 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285031/page/n197/mode/2up}}</ref>		In 1945 he was selected to join the staff of General Sir [[Montagu Stopford]], GOC XXXIII Corps and later GOC-in-C of 12th Army [[Burma]].{{citation needed\|date=February 2019}} He ended the war a temporary captain.<ref>{{cite book \|date=1946 \|title=The Indian Army List for October 1946 (Part II) \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Government of India \|page=1527 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285031/page/n197/mode/2up}}</ref>

	==Post-Independence==		==Post-Independence==
	In 1947 he was posted as instructor to [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He was then moved to [[5 Gorkha Rifles]] as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with [[Brigade of the Guards]]. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards.{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2022~~}}		In 1947 he was posted as instructor to [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He was then moved to [[5 Gorkha Rifles]] as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with [[Brigade of the Guards]]. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards.{{citation needed\|date=February 2019}}

	Dalvi was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 13 October 1957.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=172 \|date=18 July 1959 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1989-1959-0029-89820.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 2 October 1960 he was promoted acting Brigadier, and appointed Brigadier Administration to XV Corps.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=300 \|date=19 November 1960 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1948-1960-0047-87706.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In January 1962, he was given the Command of 7th Infantry Brigade in [[North-East Frontier Agency\|NEFA]], with promotion to colonel on 15 March.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=395 \|date=23 November 1963\|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0047-83560.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		Dalvi was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 13 October 1957.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=172 \|date=18 July 1959 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1989-1959-0029-89820.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 2 October 1960 he was promoted acting Brigadier, and appointed Brigadier Administration to XV Corps.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=300 \|date=19 November 1960 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1948-1960-0047-87706.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In January 1962, he was given the Command of 7th Infantry Brigade in [[North-East Frontier Agency\|NEFA]], with promotion to colonel on 15 March.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=395 \|date=23 November 1963\|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0047-83560.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

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	For his services he was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=37730\|supp=y\|page=4713\|date=17 September 1946}}</ref>		For his services he was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=37730\|supp=y\|page=4713\|date=17 September 1946}}</ref>

	In 1945 he was selected to join the staff of General Sir [[Montagu Stopford]], GOC XXXIII Corps and later GOC-in-C of 12th Army [[Burma]].{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2019~~}} He ended the war a temporary captain.<ref>{{cite book \|date=1946 \|title=The Indian Army List for October 1946 (Part II) \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Government of India \|page=1527 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285031/page/n197/mode/2up}}</ref>		In 1945 he was selected to join the staff of General Sir [[Montagu Stopford]], GOC XXXIII Corps and later GOC-in-C of 12th Army [[Burma]].{{citation needed\|date=February 2022}} He ended the war a temporary captain.<ref>{{cite book \|date=1946 \|title=The Indian Army List for October 1946 (Part II) \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Government of India \|page=1527 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285031/page/n197/mode/2up}}</ref>

	==Post-Independence==		==Post-Independence==
	In 1947 he was posted as instructor to [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He was then moved to [[5 Gorkha Rifles]] as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with [[Brigade of the Guards]]. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards.{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2019~~}}		In 1947 he was posted as instructor to [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He was then moved to [[5 Gorkha Rifles]] as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with [[Brigade of the Guards]]. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards.{{citation needed\|date=February 2022}}

	Dalvi was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 13 October 1957.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=172 \|date=18 July 1959 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1989-1959-0029-89820.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 2 October 1960 he was promoted acting Brigadier, and appointed Brigadier Administration to XV Corps.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=300 \|date=19 November 1960 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1948-1960-0047-87706.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In January 1962, he was given the Command of 7th Infantry Brigade in [[North-East Frontier Agency\|NEFA]], with promotion to colonel on 15 March.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=395 \|date=23 November 1963\|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0047-83560.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		Dalvi was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 13 October 1957.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=172 \|date=18 July 1959 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1989-1959-0029-89820.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 2 October 1960 he was promoted acting Brigadier, and appointed Brigadier Administration to XV Corps.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=300 \|date=19 November 1960 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1948-1960-0047-87706.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In January 1962, he was given the Command of 7th Infantry Brigade in [[North-East Frontier Agency\|NEFA]], with promotion to colonel on 15 March.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=395 \|date=23 November 1963\|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0047-83560.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

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Brigadier '''John Parashuram Dalvi''' (3 July 1920 – 1980) was an Indian Army officer. During the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962, he was the commander of the Indian 7th Brigade, which was destroyed, leading Dalvi to be captured by the [[People's Liberation Army]] on 22 October 1962.

==Background==
Dalvi was born on 3 July 1920 in [[Basra]], [[Iraq]] where his father was serving with the British administration. He returned to India in 1923 and studied at St. Mary's High School, [[Bombay]]. He graduated and joined to study under the Jesuits at St. Xavier's College, Bombay. In 1940 with the outbreak of World War II he joined [[Indian Army]].<ref>Dalvi, Brig. J.P., "Himalayan blunder – the curtain raiser to the Sino-Indian war of 1962" [Bombay, 1969, Rep. Natraj, Dehradun 1997] pp 498</ref>

== Career==
Dalvi was commissioned into the [[Baloch Regiment|Baluch Regiment]]. To the end of World War II he served with the regiment's 5th Battalion. He took part in Field Marshal [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|Sir William Slim]]'s pursuit of Japanese Army. From October 1944 to March 1945 he saw fighting with 19th Indian Division notably at the Crossing of the [[Irrawaddy River|Irrawaddy]].
For his services he was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In 1945 he was selected to join the staff of General Sir [[Montagu Stopford]], GOC XXXIII Corps and later GOC-in-C of 12th Army [[Burma]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In 1947 he was posted as instructor to [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He was then moved to [[5 Gorkha Rifles]] as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with [[Brigade of the Guards]]. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In October 1960 he was given an accelerated promotion to be appointed as Brigadier Administration to XV Corps. In January 1962, he was given the Command on 7th Infantry Brigade in [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] and fought in the [[Sino-Indian War]]. He was taken [[Prisoner of War]] on 22 October 1962 and was repatriated in May 1963.<ref>Dalvi, Himalayan Blunder, pp 496–497</ref>

He died of cancer in 1980.<ref>"After he had been repatriated, Brigadier John Dalvi served on in the same rank for a few more years, retiring as Commander of the Madras Sub-Area. He spent his years in retirement between his farm in the lovely Doon Valley in Dehra Dun and his home in New Delhi, dying of cancer in 1980" (p. 217) in {{cite book|last=Singh|first=Amarinder|title=Lest We Forget|year=1999|publisher=The Regiment of Ludhiana Welfare Association|page=217|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HApuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

==Books authored==
On his return to India, he authored a book about the 1962 war, titled ''[[Himalayan Blunder|The Himalayan Blunder: The curtain raiser to the Sino-Indian War of 1962]]''.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/8185019665 Himalayan Blunder</ref>

His book is in direct contradiction with the book authored by his erstwhile commanding officer, [[Brij Mohan Kaul]].<ref>Lt. Gen. B.M. Kaul, "The untold story" [Jaica Publishing House, New Delhi, 1967]</ref> In his book Brig. Dalvi bitterly described about his return to India:

<blockquote>We landed in [[Dum Dum airport]] in Calcutta on May 4, 1963. We were received cordially, appropriately. But the silence there was disquieting. I realized later. We had to prove we weren't brainwashed by Chinese ideology. We had to prove we were still loyal to India. My own army maintained a suspicious distance. The irony cannot be harsher: this treatment from a country, which for more than a decade had brainwashed itself into holding the Chinese baton wherever it went.</blockquote>

==Bibliography==
* Dalvi, Brig. J.P., "Himalayan blunder – the curtain raiser to the Sino-Indian war of 1962" [Bombay, 1969, Rep. Natraj, Dehradun 1997]
* Kaul, Lt. Gen. B.M., "The untold story" [Jaica Publishing House, New Delhi, 1967]
* Maxwell, Neville, "India's China War" [Bombay 1970, Rep. Natraj Dehradun, 1997]

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