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	[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948, in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) is an Indian former commander. He was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].		[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948, in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) is an Indian former commander. He was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].

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	[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948, in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].		[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948, in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) is an Indian former commander. He was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948 in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].		[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948, in [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[India]]) was the third and final [[Force commander (military)\|Force commander]] of [[United Nations\|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
[[Lieutenant General]] '''Siva Kumar''', <small>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]</small> (born January 29, 1948 in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]]) was the third and final [[Force commander (military)|Force commander]] of [[United Nations|UN]] troops serving in [[Rwanda]].

==Biography==
Kumar was born in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]]. As a youth, he attended [[St. Thomas High School, India|St. Thomas High School]], [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]] and [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] where he earned a [[Bachelor of Science]]. He is a graduate of the staff course at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] and has attended both [[Higher Command]] and [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]].

In August 1967, Kumar was commissioned from [[Officers Training Academy]] at the age of 19. He joined the [[Jat Regiment]] on June 23, 1968, and later commanded the regiment in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]]. He also commanded a division of the [[Assam Rifles]] in the [[Ukhrul|Ukhrul district]] of [[Manipur|Northeastern Manipur]].

He has been awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] and the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]].

==UNAMIR Service==
Kumar acted as second-in-command of [[UNAMIR]] until [[Guy Tousignant]]'s parting on December 8, 1995, when he assumed acting command until the mission's completion in March 1996. He oversaw 1,252 troops and military support personnel, 146 military observers, 56 United Nations Volunteers and approximately 160 international and 160 local civilian staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/co_mission/unamirF.htm |title=UNAMIR |publisher=Un.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-09}}</ref> The Indian army contingent under UNAMIR consisted of an Infantry Battalion 1/3 Gurkha Rifles, an Engineers company commanded by Maj B Pandey and a Signals company commanded by Maj AV Malhotra. Kumar was also the head of the Indian contingent.

In March, Kumar left Rwanda and flew to [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], with five bodyguards, stating to the media present, "We did a good job here under very difficult circumstances. I am proud of what the troops achieved."<ref>''[[The Guardian]]'', 20 April 1996.</ref>

==After Rwanda==
In the autumn of 1998, he presented a scholastic paper entitled "The Role of Non-governmental Organizations (NGO), the Civil Society Living in the Area of the Peacekeeping Operations, and the Media in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations" at the first South Asian Peacekeeping Experience Seminar<ref>[http://www.pacom.mil/forum/Fall_98/Banglad_r.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040112110816/http://www.pacom.mil/forum/Fall_98/Banglad_r.html |date=January 12, 2004 }}</ref> in [[Bangladesh]].

In April 2004, he was posted as Chief Army Instructor at the [[Defence Services Staff College]].

On July 1, 2006, took over as [[Chief of staff (military)|Chief of Staff]] for India's Eastern Command. He retired from this appointment on January 31, 2008.

==References==
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