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Vaidya was born in [[Bombay]] on 27 | Vaidya was born in [[Bombay]] on 27 July 1926 to a Marathi [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] (CKP) family,<ref>{{cite news | title = DnaIndia mumbai report (Dec 2013)| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-chandraseniya-kayastha-prabhu-s-aim-for-better-community-connect-1935881|quote=CKP as a community has been known for its "writing and fighting skills". Some prominent faces that it boasts as members are Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a fighter in Shivaji's army, Ram Ganesh Gadkari, Marathi writer, B G Deshmukh, ex-chief secretary, Bal Thackeray, General Arun Kumar Vaidya, late army chief, and Tanuja and Smita Salaskar...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Nagpur Today (Nov 2014)| url = http://www.nagpurtoday.in/fishy-weekend-coming-up/11051340|quote=Among the famous CKP people are – Balasaheb Thackeray and the entire clan; Mr. C.D. Deshmukh, India's first Finance Minister and Governor of the RBI, film star Kajol's mother Tanuja who is daughter of famous erstwhile actress Shobhana Samarth. Nutan was her sister. Admiral Tipnis, Chief of Indian Air force; General Vaidya and many more such luminaries.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=mukund|last=kule |work=Maharashtra Times|title= My Mumbai Ckp Community Alive|url= https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/editorial/article/my-mumbai-ckp-community-alive/articleshow/74114975.cms |quote=तर नंतरच्या काळात राम गणेश गडकरी, प्रबोधनकार ठाकरे, सी. डी. देशमुख, १९१२ साली मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश असलेले महादेव चौबळ, मृणाल गोरे (मूळच्या मोहिले), अहिल्या रांगणेकर, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, मेजर जनरल अरुणकुमार वैद्य, लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस, भारताचे एडिसन म्हणून ओळखले जाणारे शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे, दत्ता ताम्हाणे, श्रीनिवास खळे, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, नलिनी जयवंत, विजया मेहता अशा किती तरी व्यक्तींनी वेगवेगळ्या क्षेत्रांत सीकेपी समाजाचं नाव रोशन केलेलं आहे.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=सीकेपी तितुका मेळवावा!|publisher=loksatta|author=Karandikar|quote=छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे सेनानी – बाजीप्रभू देशपांडे, मुरारबाजी देशपांडे, बाळाजी आवजी चिटणीस, खंडो बल्लाळ चिटणीस. मराठी साहित्यिक राम गणेश गडकरी, साहित्य संमेलनाच्या पहिल्या स्त्री अध्यक्षा कुसुमावती देशपांडे. अर्थशास्त्रज्ञ चिंतामणराव देशमुख. १९१२ मधील मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश महादेव भास्कर चौबळ. राजकारणी दत्ता ताम्हाणे, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, उद्धव ठाकरे, राज ठाकरे. माजी लष्कर प्रमुख अरुणकुमार वैद्य. हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस. नाट्यसृष्टीच्या सर्वच दालनांच्या सर्वज्ञा विजया मेहता.मराठी आणि हिंदी चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सुमती गुप्ते, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, तनुजा, नलिनी जयवंत, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान. विविध २०० प्रकारचे वैज्ञानिक शोध लावणारे आणि ४० पेटंट्स नावावर असलेले आणि ज्यांना भारताचे एडिसन म्हटले जाते ते शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे. संगीतातील फक्त एकच नाव घेतले पुरे आहे ते म्हणजे श्रीनिवास खळे. क्रिकेटपटू बाळू गुप्ते – सुभाष गुप्ते – नरेन ताम्हाणे. १९६५ च्या युद्धात अवघ्या २३ व्या वर्षी शाहिद झालेला लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, पत्रकार माधव गडकरी, आणखी कितीतरी….|url= https://www.loksatta.com/blogs-news/whos-ckp-community-1788003/}}</ref> the son of Shridhar Balkrishna Vaidya [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], a [[barrister]] and sometime district collector of Surat,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35586|supp=|page=2481|date=5 June 1942}}</ref> and his wife Indira. After his early education at Pune, Vaidya studied at Elphinstone High School in Bombay before joining [[Elphinstone College]] and later the M. I. B. College at Surat, presumably transferring due to his father's posting there as district collector.<ref name="biography">{{cite web|title=Gen. A. S. Vaidya PVSM, MVC & Bar, AVSM|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-08-01_034.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 August 1983|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
At Elphinstone College, Vaidya joined the 1st Bombay Battalion of the University Training Corps (UTC) and was awarded Best Cadet in 1942 before transferring to the MIB College, where he also joined its UTC and attained the rank of Company Quarter-Master Havildar (CQMH).<ref name="biography"/> On 30 March 1944, he joined the Officers' Training School at Belgaum as a cadet. He was selected for the Armoured Corps and underwent further training at [[Ahmednagar]], receiving an emergency commission in the Royal Deccan Horse (later the [[9th Deccan Horse]]) of the [[British Indian Army]] on 20 January 1945.<ref name="biography"/> Vaidya fought in the [[Burma Campaign]] with the 14th Army during the final months of the [[Second World War]], including at the battles of [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Meiktila]] and Rangoon.<ref name="services_chiefs"/><ref name="biography"/> | At Elphinstone College, Vaidya joined the 1st Bombay Battalion of the University Training Corps (UTC) and was awarded Best Cadet in 1942 before transferring to the MIB College, where he also joined its UTC and attained the rank of Company Quarter-Master Havildar (CQMH).<ref name="biography"/> On 30 March 1944, he joined the Officers' Training School at Belgaum as a cadet. He was selected for the Armoured Corps and underwent further training at [[Ahmednagar]], receiving an emergency commission in the Royal Deccan Horse (later the [[9th Deccan Horse]]) of the [[British Indian Army]] on 20 January 1945.<ref name="biography"/> Vaidya fought in the [[Burma Campaign]] with the 14th Army during the final months of the [[Second World War]], including at the battles of [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Meiktila]] and Rangoon.<ref name="services_chiefs"/><ref name="biography"/> | ||