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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