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{{Short description|Indian military officer (1926–2016)}} | {{Short description|Indian military officer (1926–2016)}} | ||
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[[Lieutenant General]] '''Srinivas Kumar Sinha''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (January 7, 1926 – November 17, 2016) was an [[Indian Army]] General who served as the [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]. After his retirement, he served as [[Governors of states of India|Governor]] of the states of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former J&K; Governor Lt Gen Srinivas Kumar Sinha Passes Away |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/17/former-jandk-governor-lt-gen-srinivas-kumar-sinha-passes-away/ |date=17 Nov 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118140142/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/17/former-jandk-governor-lt-gen-srinivas-kumar-sinha-passes-away/ |archive-date=18 Nov | [[Lieutenant General]] '''Srinivas Kumar Sinha''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (January 7, 1926 – November 17, 2016) was an [[Indian Army]] General who served as the [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]. After his retirement, he served as [[Governors of states of India|Governor]] of the states of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former J&K; Governor Lt Gen Srinivas Kumar Sinha Passes Away |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/17/former-jandk-governor-lt-gen-srinivas-kumar-sinha-passes-away/ |date=17 Nov 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118140142/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/17/former-jandk-governor-lt-gen-srinivas-kumar-sinha-passes-away/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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On 1 August 1978, Sinha was promoted to lieutenant-general. In July 1983, [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Army Commander]] [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya|A S Vaidya]] was appointed the [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]], despite Sinha's seniority. Following this, Sinha sought premature retirement from the Army in 1983.<ref name="lt_gen">{{cite news |date=2 June 1979 |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=501 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7AhAQAAIAAJ |title = The Indian Army: Its Contribution to the Development of a Nation|isbn = 9780195653168|last1 = Cohen|first1 = Stephen P.|year = 2001}}</ref> | On 1 August 1978, Sinha was promoted to lieutenant-general. In July 1983, [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Army Commander]] [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya|A S Vaidya]] was appointed the [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]], despite Sinha's seniority. Following this, Sinha sought premature retirement from the Army in 1983.<ref name="lt_gen">{{cite news |date=2 June 1979 |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=501 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7AhAQAAIAAJ |title = The Indian Army: Its Contribution to the Development of a Nation|isbn = 9780195653168|last1 = Cohen|first1 = Stephen P.|year = 2001}}</ref> | ||
Vaidya was in charge when [[Operation Blue Star]] (the June 1984 storming of the Golden Temple) took place. Sinha remained in national focus after quitting the Army through his lectures on academic subjects in universities and articles in national newspapers.<ref name="Rao">{{cite news |title=Where did General S.K. Sinha go wrong? |author=I. Ramamohan Rao |url=http://newsagency.thecheers.org/South-Asia/news_29364_Where-did-General-SK-Sinha-go-wrongArticle.html |newspaper=Cheers Magazine |date=27 June 2008 |access-date=9 July | Vaidya was in charge when [[Operation Blue Star]] (the June 1984 storming of the Golden Temple) took place. Sinha remained in national focus after quitting the Army through his lectures on academic subjects in universities and articles in national newspapers.<ref name="Rao">{{cite news |title=Where did General S.K. Sinha go wrong? |author=I. Ramamohan Rao |url=http://newsagency.thecheers.org/South-Asia/news_29364_Where-did-General-SK-Sinha-go-wrongArticle.html |newspaper=Cheers Magazine |date=27 June 2008 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> | ||
== Later career == | == Later career == | ||