Brij Mohan Kaul

Brij Mohan Kaul
Birth nameBrij Mohan Kaul
Nickname(s)Bijji
Born(1912-05-01)1 May 1912
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died(1972-04-18)18 April 1972
AllegianceBritish Raj British India
 India
Service/branchIndian Army
Years of service1933-1962
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberAI-162
UnitRajputana Rifles
Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Commands held IV Corps, NEFA
AwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal
RelationsJawaharlal Nehru
Other workThe Untold Story, Confrontation with Pakistan

Brij Mohan Kaul (1912–1972) was a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army.[1] He served as the Chief of General Staff during 1961–1962 and was regarded as a key architect of Indian military response to the Chinese challenge.[2] In October 1962, he was given the command of a newly raised IV Corps to counter the impending Chinese invasion of NEFA (modern day Arunachal Pradesh),[3] but it got routed by the Chinese.[4] He resigned in the aftermath of the war, and was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 1960.

  1. ^ "The 7th Infantry brigade at the Battle of the Namkachu 1962". indianmilitaryhistory.com. 31 March 2002. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis (1990), pp. 143–144: "Kaul was the strongman in the army, not Thapar."
  3. ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India (2010), p. 297.
  4. ^ Mahadeven, P. (1 July 2017). "Intelligence and the Sino-Indian War of 1962". In Floribert Baudet; Eleni Braat; Jeoffrey van Woensel; Aad Wever (eds.). Perspectives on Military Intelligence from the First World War to Mali: Between Learning and Law. Springer. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9789462651838.

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