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	Major General '''Rajendra Nath''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|<small>PVSM</small>]] (born 1925)<ref~~>{{Cite web\|last~~=~~Yadav\|first=Yojana\|date=2019-09-04\|title=We fight more among ourselves than against enemy, it’s time to change: Major General Rajendra Nath (retd)\|url=https~~://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/we-fight-more-among-ourselves-than-against-enemy-it-s-time-to-change-major-general-rajendra-nath-retd/story-Oi5KN3RSM6Tv6WMnTm6LGO.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2021-02-14\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> is a retired [[Indian Army]] officer.		Major General '''Rajendra Nath''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|<small>PVSM</small>]] (born 1925)<ref name=":0"/> is a retired [[Indian Army]] officer.

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
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	[[Category:Commandants of Indian Military Academy]]		[[Category:Commandants of Indian Military Academy]]
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Major General '''Rajendra Nath''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|<small>PVSM</small>]] (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yadav|first=Yojana|date=2019-09-04|title=We fight more among ourselves than against enemy, it’s time to change: Major General Rajendra Nath (retd)|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/we-fight-more-among-ourselves-than-against-enemy-it-s-time-to-change-major-general-rajendra-nath-retd/story-Oi5KN3RSM6Tv6WMnTm6LGO.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> is a retired [[Indian Army]] officer.

== Military career ==
Nath graduated from the [[Indian Military Academy]] and was the commissioned into the [[11th Gorkha Rifles]] in 1947. In 1952, he served in the Military Intelligence Directorate in New Delhi. He volunteered to lead a reconnaissance team into [[Aksai Chin]]. The team was selected by Nath and included a military engineer, doctor and fifteen men. Interpreters and linguists were attached. They also carried with them gifts for distribution such as sweets, kerosene oil, sugar and medicines. Animals such as ponies were taken to carry supplies. The reconnaissance team started on 5 October and according to media reports trekked across [[Chang La]], [[Marsimik La|Marsmik La]], [[Chang Chenmo River|Chang Chenmo River valley]] ending the mission at [[Lanak La]]. They returned on 15 November. The findings of the reconnaissance remain a secret till date.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bajwa|first=Mandeep Singh|date=2013-01-22|title=Gen Naths recce in Aksai Chin|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gen-nath-s-recce-in-aksai-chin/story-Uhf9oNAzdHjgN9K0J2JCTK.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Malhotra|first=Iqbal Chand|date=2020-10-17|title=Why report on Capt Rajendra Nath’s 1952 expedition to Aksai Chin is classified to this day|url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/why-report-on-capt-rajendra-nath-1952-expedition-to-aksai-chin-is-classified/524885/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-15|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>

During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 war]], Nath was in charge of the 62 Mountain Brigade. Men under Major General Mohammad Hussain Ansari of 9 Pakistan Division surrendered to the Nath.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Yadav|first=Yojana|date=2019-09-04|title=We fight more among ourselves than against enemy, it’s time to change: Major General Rajendra Nath (retd)|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/we-fight-more-among-ourselves-than-against-enemy-it-s-time-to-change-major-general-rajendra-nath-retd/story-Oi5KN3RSM6Tv6WMnTm6LGO.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Praval|first=Major K.C.|date=29 March 2011|title=1971: Making Bangladesh a reality - II (Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence)|url=http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/1971-making-bangladesh-a-reality-ii/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Indian Defence Review|language=en-US|quote=On 16 December, Major General Ansari and his divisional staff surrendered to Barar at Kamarkhali, while his garrison at Faridpur, more than 3,000-strong, laid down arms before Brigadier Rajendra Nath.}}</ref>

From 1959-61 he got the opportunity to attend a course at the [[Canadian Army Command and Staff College|Canadian Army Staff College]].<ref name=":0" /> He taught at [[Defence Services Staff College]] in [[Wellington Cantonment]], from 1965-68.<ref name=":0" /> He was also commander of an infantry division in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":0" /> He later served as [[Commandant of the Indian Military Academy]] in 1979-80.<ref name=":0" />

He retired in 1982.<ref name=":0" />

== Later career ==
Nath has been associated with the Institute for the Blind in Chandigarh since 1982. He has been awarded for his social work, including a Haryana Ratan in 2005.<ref>[http://instituteforblind.org/?q=node/78 Institute for Blind Chandigarh]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Patial|first=RC|date=2017-02-03|title=The Lure of the Mountains|url=https://salute.co.in/the-lure-of-the-mountains/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Salute|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== Publications ==
'''Books'''
* 1990: ''Military Leadership in India: Vedic Period to Indo-Pak Wars''. Lancer Books. {{ISBN|9788170950189|}}
* 2009: ''Flash Points in South Asia''. (With Kuldip Ludra). {{ISBN|9788170951179|}}
* 2016: ''Strategic Ladakh: A Historical Narrative 1951-53 and a Military Perspective''. Vij Books. {{ISBN|9789385563492|}}
'''Essays'''

* ''[https://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/gulf-war-and-security-of-south-asia/ Gulf War and Security of South Asia]'' (January - March 1989) USI Journal.
* [https://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/battles/XI%20Corps%20and%20Battle%20of%20Asal%20Uttar.pdf ''Indian XI Corps and Battle of Asal Uttar 1965.''] Indian Military History.

== See also ==

* [[SL Tugnait]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
[[Category:Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Military Academy alumni]]
[[Category:Commandants of Indian Military Academy]]

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