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{{Short description|Indian Army general}} | {{Short description|Indian Army general}} | ||
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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant-General]] | | honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant-General]] | ||
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| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] [[Lieutenant-General]] | | rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] [[Lieutenant-General]] | ||
| servicenumber = AI-77 | | servicenumber = AI-77 | ||
| unit = 16/10 [[ | | unit = 16/10 [[10th Baluch Regiment|Baluch Regiment]]<br>[[8th Gorkha Rifles]] | ||
| commands = GOC-in-C, [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]<br>GOC-in-C, [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]]<br>[[161st Indian Infantry Brigade]] | | commands = GOC-in-C, [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]<br>GOC-in-C, [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]]<br>[[161st Indian Infantry Brigade]] | ||
| battles = [[World War II]] | | battles = [[World War II]] | ||
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| awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]] | | awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]] | ||
| relations = | | relations = | ||
| laterwork = | | laterwork = authored ''Slender was the Thread'' | ||
| signature = | | signature = | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Lionel Protip "Bogey" Sen''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (20 October 1910 – 17 September 1981) was a decorated [[Indian Army]] general. He commanded the [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] during the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962. | [[Lieutenant-General]] '''Lionel Protip "Bogey" Sen''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (20 October 1910 – 17 September 1981) was a decorated [[Indian Army]] general. He served as the [[Chief of General Staff (India)|Chief of the General Staff]] during 1959–1961 and commanded the [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] during 1961–1963. He was the general responsible for countering the Chinese invasion of [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] during the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962. Sen is also the author of ''Slender was the Thread'', a military history of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
A [[King's Commissioned Indian Officer]] (KCIO), Sen attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Indian Army on 27 August 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33748|supp=|page=5624|date=28 August 1931}}</ref> He was formally appointed to the Indian Army as an officer with the | A [[King's Commissioned Indian Officer]] (KCIO), Sen attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Indian Army on 27 August 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33748|supp=|page=5624|date=28 August 1931}}</ref> He was formally appointed to the Indian Army as an officer with the [[10th Baluch Regiment]] on 26 October 1932 (seniority from 29 January 1931).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33924|supp=|page=2043|date=24 March 1933}}</ref> He was promoted lieutenant on 29 April 1933,<ref name="lt_gazette"/> and to captain on 29 January 1939.<ref name="capt_gazette"/> | ||
During the Second World War, Sen fought in the [[Burma Campaign]] with the 16th Battalion of 10 | During the Second World War, Sen fought in the [[Burma Campaign]] with the 16th Battalion of 10 Baluch. In early 1945, his battalion took a prominent role in the [[Battle of Hill 170]], during which he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37349|supp=y|page=5574|date=13 November 1945}}</ref> The citation recommending Sen for the DSO (which was not published) noted:<ref name="DSO_cite">{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7370259|title=Recommendation for Award for Sen, Lionel Protip. Rank: Sub Captain, Temporary Major, Acting Lieutenant Colonel |website=The National Archives (UK)|publisher=UK Government |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> | ||
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As the | As the Baluch Regiment, Sen's parent regiment, was among those regiments allotted to Pakistan following Indian independence, Sen transferred to the 8th Gorkha Rifles. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]], he was promoted to acting brigadier and commanded the [[161st Indian Infantry Brigade]], receiving a mention in dispatches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Defence-Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-04-09_208.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 April 1948|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> On 16 March 1955, Sen was promoted acting major-general and appointed Director of Military Training (DMT).<ref name="maj_gen_actg"/> He was appointed [[Master-General of the Ordnance (India)|Master-General of the Ordnance]] (MGO) on 8 May 1957,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=129 |date=25 May 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and was further appointed Colonel-Commandant of the Army Physical Training Corps on 26 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=280 |date=9 November 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||
Sen was promoted to acting lieutenant-general on 1 August 1958,<ref name="lt_gen_actg"/> and to the substantive rank on 29 January 1959.<ref name="lt_gen_subs"/> On 8 May 1961, he was appointed GOC-in-C, Eastern Command,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=128 |date=20 May 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> in which capacity he served during the Sino-Indian War the following year. After the conflict, Sen was appointed GOC-in-C, [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]], on 10 May 1963.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=209 |date=22 June 1963 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He retired from this posting on 8 May 1965, after nearly 34 years of service.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=306 |date=12 June 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | Sen was promoted to acting lieutenant-general on 1 August 1958,<ref name="lt_gen_actg"/> and to the substantive rank on 29 January 1959.<ref name="lt_gen_subs"/> On 8 May 1961, he was appointed GOC-in-C, Eastern Command,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=128 |date=20 May 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> in which capacity he served during the Sino-Indian War the following year. After the conflict, Sen was appointed GOC-in-C, [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]], on 10 May 1963.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=209 |date=22 June 1963 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He retired from this posting on 8 May 1965, after nearly 34 years of service.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=306 |date=12 June 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||
Sen died in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/pensioner/Family_Pensioners%20AI%20EC%20RC%20TC.xls|title=Indian Army - List of Family Pensioners (AI, EC, RC, TC) |website=Indian Army |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132633/https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/pensioner/Family_Pensioners%20AI%20EC%20RC%20TC.xls| archive-date =1 January 2021| url-status = dead}}</ref> | Sen died in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/pensioner/Family_Pensioners%20AI%20EC%20RC%20TC.xls|title=Indian Army - List of Family Pensioners (AI, EC, RC, TC) |website=Indian Army |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132633/https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/pensioner/Family_Pensioners%20AI%20EC%20RC%20TC.xls| archive-date =1 January 2021| url-status = dead}}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | |||
In 1939, he married [[Kalyani Sen|Kalyani Gupta]].<ref name="C&MG.Nov1939">{{cite news |date=2 November 1939 |title=Allied army chiefs in France |page=9 |work=Civil & Military Gazette |location=Lahore |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19391102/148/0009 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Their first daughter, Radha, was born in 1941,<ref name=Pass1949>{{cite news |title=Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class |work= UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 | |||
|date=1949|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/28697775:1518?tid=&pid=&queryId=5f69ca6e5dd9c645a4c29c57aeb4281b&_phsrc=cYQ3&_phstart=successSource|via=ancestry.co.uk|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and [[Mala Sen|Mala]] in 1947.<ref name=Roy2011/><ref name=EEWM/> The marriage ended in divorce in 1953.<ref name=Roy2011>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Amit |title=The woman who tamed a bandit |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-woman-who-tamed-a-bandit/cid/391084 |access-date=18 November 2022 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119072237/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-woman-who-tamed-a-bandit/cid/391084|archive-date=19 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=EEWM>{{cite web |title=Mala Sen: Writer and race equality activist |url=https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/mala-sen-writer-and-race-equality-activist |website=East End Women's Museum |access-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119071950/https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/mala-sen-writer-and-race-equality-activist|archive-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> | |||
==Awards and decorations== | ==Awards and decorations== | ||
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|before = [[S. P. P. Thorat]] | |before = [[S. P. P. Thorat]] | ||
|title = [[General officer commanding#Usage in the Indian Army|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] | |title = [[General officer commanding#Usage in the Indian Army|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] | ||
|years = | |years = 1961–1963 | ||
|after =[[Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam]] | |after =[[Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam]] | ||
}} | |||
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|before = S. D. Verma | |||
|title = [[Chief of the General Staff (India)|Chief of the General Staff]] | |||
|years = February 1959–8 May 1961 | |||
|after =[[Brij Mohan Kaul]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{S-end}} | {{S-end}} | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army personnel]] | [[Category:Indian Army personnel]] | ||
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] | [[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]] | |||