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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}}
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| name          = Ved Prakash Malik
| name          = Ved Prakash Malik
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]
| image        = File:General VP Malik.png
| image        = Gen vp malik1.jpg
| image_size    = 200px
| image_size    = 200px
| caption      =  
| caption      =
| office        = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
| office        = 39th [[Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee]]
| term          = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000      
| term          = 1 January 1999 - 30 September 2000
| predecessor  = Gen [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]
| president    = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| successor    = Gen [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| office1       = 21st [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]
| predecessor  = [[Satish Sareen]]
| term1         = 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997
| successor    = [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]]
| predecessor1 = M.L.Dar
| office1      = 18th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
| successor1   = Chandra Shekhar  
| term1        = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000
| president1    = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| primeminister1 = [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] <br/> [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| predecessor1  = [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]
| successor1    = [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]
| office2       = 21st [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of Army Staff]]
| term2         = 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997
| president2    = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] <br/> [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| primeminister2 = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] <br/> [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
| predecessor2 = M.L. Dar
| successor2   = Chandra Shekhar  
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1939|11|1|df=y}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1939|11|1|df=y}}
| death_date    =  
| death_date    =  
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| allegiance    = {{flag|India}}
| allegiance    = {{flag|India}}
| branch        = {{army|India}}
| branch        = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears  = 1959 - 2000
| serviceyears  = 1959–2000
| rank          = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[General (India)|General]]
| rank          = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[General (India)|General]]
| servicenumber = IC-11537<ref name="commission"/>
| unit          = 3 [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
| unit          = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
| 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]]
| commands      = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.jpg|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]]
| battles_label =  
| battles_label =  
| awards        = {{plainlist |
| military_blank1 = Award(s)
| military_data1  = {{plainlist |
* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]]&nbsp;[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]]&nbsp;[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]]&nbsp;[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|25px]]&nbsp;[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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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&pg=PA85&dq=%22Ved+Prakash+Malik%22+Ati+Vishisht&hl=en&ei=b-cXTtfzFq_ZiALw7YHSBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Ved%20Prakash%20Malik%22%20Ati%20Vishisht&f=false |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>
[[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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|<center>[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center>
|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|<center>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center>
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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|<center>[[Samanya Seva Medal]]</center>
|[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Poorvi Star]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Poorvi Star]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Raksha Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Raksha Medal]]
|-
|-
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sangram Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sangram Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
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|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]</center>
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}</center>
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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}}
* ''Operation Cactus: Drama in the Maldives''. HarperCollins. 2013. {{ISBN|9789351361343}}


==References==
==References==
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{{succession box
{{succession box
| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]
| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]
| years = 1994 - 1995
| years = 1994–1995
| before = B S Nalwa
| before = B S Nalwa
| after = Baldev Singh}}
| after = Baldev Singh}}
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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:National Defence College, India alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]




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