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|birth_date= 23 September 1916 | |birth_date= 23 September 1916 | ||
|death_date= 19 May 2003 | |death_date= 19 May 2003 | ||
|birth_place=[[Ottapalam]], [[ | |birth_place=[[Ottapalam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[India]] | ||
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[[Lieutenant General]] '''Kunhiraman Palat Candeth''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] ([[Hindi]]: के पी कंडेथ; 23 October 1916 – 19 May 2003) | [[Lieutenant General]] '''Kunhiraman Palat Candeth''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] ([[Hindi]]: के पी कंडेथ; 23 October 1916 – 19 May 2003) was a senior [[Army ranks and insignia of India|army officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] who played a commanding role in [[Indian annexation of Goa|Liberation of Goa]] from [[Portuguese India|Portuguese control]] in 1961, and briefly tenured as the [[List of Governors of Goa|Military Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu]]. | ||
He later served as the [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of Army Staff]] based on [[GHQ India|GHQ in New Delhi]] at the midst of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] in 1965, and later effectively commanded the [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with Pakistan in 1971. | He later served as the [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of Army Staff]] based on [[GHQ India|GHQ in New Delhi]] at the midst of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] in 1965, and later effectively commanded the [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with Pakistan in 1971. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/05/20/stories/2003052002461300.htm K.P. Candeth's obituary in ''The Hindu''] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070427113529/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/05/20/stories/2003052002461300.htm K.P. Candeth's obituary in ''The Hindu''] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060714020422/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastgov.php https://web.archive.org/web/20060714020422/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastgov.php] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060714020422/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastgov.php https://web.archive.org/web/20060714020422/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/pastgov.php] | ||
{{Indo-Pakistani War of 1971}} | {{Indo-Pakistani War of 1971}} | ||