Ved Prakash Malik - Revision history

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	[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|isbn=9788172111625 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&pg=PA85 \|access-date=9 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|isbn=9788172111625 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&pg=PA85 \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>

	==Honours and decorations==		==Honours and decorations==

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	\| honorific_prefix = [[General (India)\|General]]		\| honorific_prefix = [[General (India)\|General]]
	\| name = Ved Prakash Malik		\| name = Ved Prakash Malik
	\| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]]		\| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]]
	\| image = ~~File:General VP Malik~~.~~png~~		\| image = Gen vp malik1.jpg
	\| image_size = 200px		\| image_size = 200px
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| office = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)\|Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| office = 39th [[Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee]]
	\| ~~term~~ = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000		\| term = 1 January 1999 - 30 September 2000
	\| ~~predecessor~~ = ~~Gen~~ [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]		\| president = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
	\| ~~successor~~ = ~~Gen~~ [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]		\| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
	\| ~~office1~~ = 21st [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]		\| predecessor = [[Satish Sareen]]
	\| ~~term1~~ = 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997		\| successor = [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)\|Sushil Kumar]]
	\| ~~predecessor1~~ = M.L.Dar		\| office1 = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)\|Chief of the Army Staff]]
	\| ~~successor1~~ = Chandra Shekhar		\| term1 = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000
			\| president1 = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
			\| primeminister1 = [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] <br/> [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
			\| predecessor1 = [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]
			\| successor1 = [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]
			\| office2 = 21st [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]
			\| term2 = 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997
			\| president2 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] <br/> [[K. R. Narayanan]]
			\| primeminister2 = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] <br/> [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
			\| predecessor2 = M.L. Dar
			\| successor2 = Chandra Shekhar
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|11\|1\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|11\|1\|df=y}}
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
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	\| allegiance = {{flag\|India}}		\| allegiance = {{flag\|India}}
	\| branch = {{army\|India}}		\| branch = {{army\|India}}
	\| serviceyears = ~~1959 - 2000~~		\| serviceyears = 1959–2000
	\| rank = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg\|15px]] [[General (India)\|General]]		\| rank = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg\|15px]] [[General (India)\|General]]
	~~\| servicenumber = IC-11537<ref name="commission"/>~~		\| unit = 3 [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
	\| unit = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
	\| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.svg\|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)\|Southern Army]]<br />[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Mountain Division]]<br />10 [[Sikh Light Infantry\|Sikh LI]]		\| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.svg\|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)\|Southern Army]]<br />[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Mountain Division]]<br />10 [[Sikh Light Infantry\|Sikh LI]]
	\| battles = [[Kargil War]]<br />[[1988 Maldives coup d'état\|Operation Cactus]]		\| battles = [[Kargil War]]<br />[[1988 Maldives coup d'état\|Operation Cactus]]
	\| battles_label =		\| battles_label =
	\| ~~awards~~ = {{plainlist \|		\| military_blank1 = Award(s)
			\| military_data1 = {{plainlist \|
	* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg\|25px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]		* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg\|25px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
	* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg\|25px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]		* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg\|25px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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	[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July ~~2011~~}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|isbn=9788172111625 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&pg=PA85 \|access-date=9 July ~~2011~~}}</ref>		[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|isbn=9788172111625 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&pg=PA85 \|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>

	==Honours and decorations==		==Honours and decorations==
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	* ''Kargil: From Surprise to Victory''. HarperCollins. 2010. {{ISBN\|9788172239671}}		* ''Kargil: From Surprise to Victory''. HarperCollins. 2010. {{ISBN\|9788172239671}}
			* ''Operation Cactus: Drama in the Maldives''. HarperCollins. 2013. {{ISBN\|9789351361343}}

	==References==		==References==
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	\| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]		\| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]
	\| years = ~~1994 - 1995~~		\| years = 1994–1995
	\| before = B S Nalwa		\| before = B S Nalwa
	\| after = Baldev Singh}}		\| after = Baldev Singh}}
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	[[Category:Vice Chiefs of Army Staff (India)]]		[[Category:Vice Chiefs of Army Staff (India)]]
	[[Category:Indian generals]]		[[Category:Indian generals]]
	[[Category:~~Alumni of the~~ National Defence College, India]]		[[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]
			[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]


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	\| servicenumber = IC-11537<ref name="commission"/>		\| servicenumber = IC-11537<ref name="commission"/>
	\| unit = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]		\| unit = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
	\| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.~~jpg~~\|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)\|Southern Army]]<br />[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Mountain Division]]<br />10 [[Sikh Light Infantry\|Sikh LI]]		\| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.svg\|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)\|Southern Army]]<br />[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Mountain Division]]<br />10 [[Sikh Light Infantry\|Sikh LI]]
	\| battles = [[Kargil War]]<br />[[1988 Maldives coup d'état\|Operation Cactus]]		\| battles = [[Kargil War]]<br />[[1988 Maldives coup d'état\|Operation Cactus]]
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	[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&~~pg=PA85&dq~~=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&hl=~~en&ei=b-cXTtfzFq_ZiALw7YHSBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Ved%20Prakash%20Malik%22%20Ati%20Vishisht&f=false~~ \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>		[[General (India)\|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army\|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ \|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] \|date=13 November 1999 \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Services chiefs of India \|last=Abidi \|first=S. Sartaj Alam \|author2=Sharma, Satinder \|year=2007 \|publisher=Northern Book Centre \|pages=84–85 \|isbn=9788172111625 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&pg=PA85 \|access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>

	==Honours and decorations==		==Honours and decorations==

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	\|~~<center>~~[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
	\|		\|
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	\|~~<center>~~[[Samanya Seva Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Poorvi Star]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Poorvi Star]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Special Service Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Special Service Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Raksha Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Raksha Medal]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sangram Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sangram Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sainya Seva Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sainya Seva Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|High Altitude Service Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|High Altitude Service Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|30 Years Long Service Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|20 Years Long Service Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
	\|~~<center>~~[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|9 Years Long Service Medal]]~~</center>~~		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
	\|}~~</center>~~		\|}

	==Dates of rank==		==Dates of rank==
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			==Advisor==
			Currently, he is a member of the [[Advisory board\|Board of Advisors]] of [[I.I.M.U.N.\|India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.)]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=I.I.M.U.N. {{!}}{{!}} Board of Advisors\|url=https://new.iimun.in/pages/BoA.html\|access-date=2021-07-17\|website=new.iimun.in}}</ref>

			== Publications ==

			* ''Kargil: From Surprise to Victory''. HarperCollins. 2010. {{ISBN\|9788172239671}}

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Indian generals]]		[[Category:Indian generals]]
			[[Category:Alumni of the National Defence College, India]]


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| name = Ved Prakash Malik
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]
| image = File:General VP Malik.png
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| office = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
| term = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000
| predecessor = Gen [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]
| successor = Gen [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]
| office1 = 21st [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]
| term1 = 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997
| predecessor1 = M.L.Dar
| successor1 = Chandra Shekhar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|11|1|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Dera Ismail Khan]], [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North West Frontier Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]])
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| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears = 1959 - 2000
| rank = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[General (India)|General]]
| servicenumber = IC-11537<ref name="commission"/>
| unit = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.jpg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Mountain Division]] 10 [[Sikh Light Infantry|Sikh LI]]
| battles = [[Kargil War]] [[1988 Maldives coup d'état|Operation Cactus]]
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| awards = {{plainlist |
* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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[[General (India)|General]] '''Ved Prakash Malik''' [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/131581/ |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=13 November 1999 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> He was the Army Chief during the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Services chiefs of India |last=Abidi |first=S. Sartaj Alam |author2=Sharma, Satinder |year=2007 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |pages=84–85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&pg=PA85&dq=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&hl=en&ei=b-cXTtfzFq_ZiALw7YHSBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Ved%20Prakash%20Malik%22%20Ati%20Vishisht&f=false |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>

==Honours and decorations==

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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Samanya Seva medal.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Poorvi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
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|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
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|<center>[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center>
|
|-
|<center>[[Samanya Seva Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Poorvi Star]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Raksha Medal]]</center>
|-
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sangram Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|}</center>

==Dates of rank==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 7 June 1959<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=273 |date=7 November 1959 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 7 June 1961<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=214 |date=19 August 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 7 June 1965<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=505 |date=2 October 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 7 June 1972<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1174 |date=12 August 1972 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 10 March 1978<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1297 |date=15 November 1980 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel]] || Indian Army || 8 February 1985<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=412 |date=21 March 1987 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 2 April 1986<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1515 |date=7 November 1987 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general#India|Major General]] || Indian Army || 25 September 1990<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1769 |date=16 November 1991 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 26 January 1993<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=785 |date=30 April 1994 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
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|align="center" |[[File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[General (India)|General]] (COAS) || Indian Army || 30 September 1997
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==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/160-VP-Malik.html
* http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=ihbKIDcaeOhOyg5bsE8Dzw&ParentID=BXy2wClT6S80HuIzDoV4qw
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]]|years=1 January 1999-30 September 2000}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]]}}
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|title = [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of Army Staff]]
| years = 1997–2000
| after = [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]}}
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| before = [[Moti Dar]]
|title = [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]
| years = 1995–1996
| after = H M Khanna}}
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| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]
| years = 1994 - 1995
| before = B S Nalwa
| after = Baldev Singh}}
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[[Category:People from Panchkula]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Vice Chiefs of Army Staff (India)]]
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