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| unit = [[File:Badge_of_1st_Punjab_Regiment_1945-56.jpg|20px]] [[1st Punjab Regiment]] | | unit = [[File:Badge_of_1st_Punjab_Regiment_1945-56.jpg|20px]] [[1st Punjab Regiment]] | ||
| commands = [[File:Flag COAS.svg|20px]] Chief of Army Staff<br/>[[File:IA Western Command. | | commands = [[File:Flag COAS.svg|20px]] Chief of Army Staff<br/>[[File:IA Western Command.svg|20px]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Army]]<br/>[[File:IA Southern Command.svg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]]<br/>[[161st Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br/>[[File:Badge_of_1st_Punjab_Regiment_1945-56.jpg|20px]] [[1st Punjab Regiment|1/1 Punjab]] | ||
| battles = [[World War II]]<br/>[[Sino-Indian War]] | | battles = [[World War II]]<br/>[[Sino-Indian War]] | ||
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| spouse = Bimla Thapar | | spouse = Bimla Thapar | ||
| | | children = [[Karan Thapar]] (son) | ||
|relations = [[Daya Ram Thapar]] (brother)<br/>[[Romesh Thapar]] (nephew)<br/>[[Romila Thapar]] (niece)<br/>[[Valmik Thapar]] (great-nephew)<br/>[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (distant relative)<ref name="The Devil's Advocate">{{cite news | title = When the Devil's Advocate has the Last Word |work=The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/when-the-devils-advocate-has-the-last-word/article4799504.ece |date=10 June 2013|access-date = 14 January 2014 | first = Prashant | last = Jha }}</ref><ref name="ThePrint">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Nandita |title=Why is Karan Thapar complaining? His dynasty holds a key to Lutyens' Delhi |url=https://theprint.in/lutyens-league/why-is-karan-thapar-complaining-his-dynasty-holds-a-key-to-lutyenss-delhi/87308/ |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=The Print |date=2 January 2019}}</ref> | |||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
General Pran Nath Thapar was born at [[Lahore]] into a prominent [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Khatri]] family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|language=en}}</ref> He was the youngest son of Diwan Bahadur Kunj Behari Thapar of [[Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why is Karan Thapar complaining? His dynasty holds a key to Lutyens' Delhi|url=https://theprint.in/lutyens-league/why-is-karan-thapar-complaining-his-dynasty-holds-a-key-to-lutyenss-delhi/87308/|last=Nandita Singh|date=2018-07-24|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> The journalist [[Karan Thapar]] is his son.<ref>https://theprint.in/lutyens-league/why-is-karan-thapar-complaining-his-dynasty-holds-a-key-to-lutyenss-delhi/87308/</ref> The historian [[Romila Thapar]] is his niece and the | General Pran Nath Thapar was born at [[Lahore]] into a prominent [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Khatri]] family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|language=en}}</ref> He was the youngest son of Diwan Bahadur Kunj Behari Thapar of [[Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why is Karan Thapar complaining? His dynasty holds a key to Lutyens' Delhi|url=https://theprint.in/lutyens-league/why-is-karan-thapar-complaining-his-dynasty-holds-a-key-to-lutyenss-delhi/87308/|last=Nandita Singh|date=2018-07-24|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> The journalist [[Karan Thapar]] is his son.<ref>https://theprint.in/lutyens-league/why-is-karan-thapar-complaining-his-dynasty-holds-a-key-to-lutyenss-delhi/87308/</ref> The historian [[Romila Thapar]] is his niece and the conservationist and tiger expert, [[Valmik Thapar]] is his great nephew. His elder brother was [[Daya Ram Thapar]], an officer in the [[Indian Medical Service]] and later [[Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)|Director General Armed Forces Medical Services]]. | ||
Thapar was distantly related to the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] through his wife. In March 1936, Thapar married Bimla Bashiram, the eldest daughter of Rai Bahadur Bashiram Sahgal and granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Ramsaran Das. Bimla Thapar was a sister of Gautam Sahgal, whose wife [[Nayantara Sahgal]] was a daughter of [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru.<ref name="The Devil's Advocate"/><ref name="ThePrint"/> General Thapar and Smt. Bimla Thapar had four children, of whom the youngest is the journalist [[Karan Thapar]].{{fact|date=October 2019}} | Thapar was distantly related to the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] through his wife. In March 1936, Thapar married Bimla Bashiram, the eldest daughter of Rai Bahadur Bashiram Sahgal and granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Ramsaran Das. Bimla Thapar was a sister of Gautam Sahgal, whose wife [[Nayantara Sahgal]] was a daughter of [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru.<ref name="The Devil's Advocate"/><ref name="ThePrint"/> General Thapar and Smt. Bimla Thapar had four children, of whom the youngest is the journalist [[Karan Thapar]].{{fact|date=October 2019}} | ||
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After resigning from the army, he was appointed as Indian Ambassador to [[Afghanistan]] from August 1964 to January 1969. He died on his farm, White Gates, in Chhattarpur, New Delhi, on 23 June 1975 at the age of 69.{{fact|date=October 2019}} | After resigning from the army, he was appointed as Indian Ambassador to [[Afghanistan]] from August 1964 to January 1969. He died on his farm, White Gates, in Chhattarpur, New Delhi, on 23 June 1975 at the age of 69.{{fact|date=October 2019}} | ||
==Awards and | ==Awards 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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|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] | |[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] | ||
|[[General Service Medal 1947]] | |[[General Service Medal 1947]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Videsh Seva Medal]] | ||
|[[Indian Independence Medal]] | |[[Indian Independence Medal]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:People of the Sino-Indian War]] | [[Category:People of the Sino-Indian War]] | ||
[[Category:Indian generals]] | [[Category:Indian generals]] | ||
[[Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta]] | |||
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Defence Studies]] | |||