Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam

General P P Kumaramangalam DSO, MBE, FRHS
6th Chief of the Army Staff
In office 8 June 1966 – 7 June 1969
President	Zakir Husain V. V. Giri
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
Succeeded by	Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
Personal details
Born	Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913-07-01)1 July 1913 Kumaramangalam, Madras Presidency, British Raj
Died	13 March 2000(2000-03-13) (aged 86) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Resting place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Military career
Allegiance	British India (1933-1947)  India (after 1947)
Service/branch	British Indian Army  Indian Army
Years of service	1933–1969
Rank	General
Service number	IA-1282[1]
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands held	Eastern Army
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistan War of 1947 Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Nathu La and Cho La clashes
Awards	Padma Vibhushan Distinguished Service Order Member of the Order of the British Empire
Relations	P. Subbarayan (Father) Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother) Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam (Brother's Grandson)

General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, DSO, MBE, FRHS (1 July 1913 – 13 March 2000) was the 6th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army from 1967 to 1969. He was one of the last British-trained King's Commissioned Indian Officer (KCIO) to serve in the Indian Army, and the last KCIO to lead the Indian Army.