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{{Use Indian English|date=May | {{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}} | ||
{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| 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 = | | 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 January 1999 - 30 September 2000 | ||
| | | president = [[K. R. Narayanan]] | ||
| | | primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] | ||
| | | predecessor = [[Satish Sareen]] | ||
| | | successor = [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]] | ||
| | | office1 = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] | ||
| | | 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 = | | 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]] | ||
| 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 = | ||
| | | 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 | [[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 = | | 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: | [[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] | |||
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