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