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 Dare To Differ....Nice anecdote..~~~~~

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Gen. K M Cariappa, India's first Army General

 – Inspiring.facts.

 

After gaining Independence a meeting was organized to select the first General of the

Indian Army. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru chaired that meeting. Leaders and Army officers

were discussing to whom this responsibility should be given. In between the discussion

Nehru said, "I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of Indian Army as we

don't have enough experience to lead the same." Everybody supported Nehru because if

the PM was suggesting something, how can they not agree?

But one of the army officers abruptly said, "I have a point, sir."

Nehru said, "Yes, gentleman. You are free to speak."

He said, "You see, sir, we don't have enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn't

we appoint a British person as first PM of India?"

The meeting hall suddenly went quiet.

Then, Nehru said, "Are you ready to be the first

General of Indian Army?"

He got a golden chance to accept the offer but he

refused the same and said, "Sir, we have a very

talented army officer, my senior, Lt Gen Cariappa,

who is the most deserving among us." (extreme right

in the photo)

The army officer who raised his voice against the PM

was Lt General Nathu Singh Rathore, the 1st Lt

General of the Indian Army.

On being appointed as the first Commander-in-Chief of an independent Indian Army on 15

January 1949, Gen. Cariappa was instrumental in the integration of troops and turning an

imperial army into a national army.

During the 1965 war, when his son, an Indian Air Force pilot, flew an aircraft. The plane

was shot down by Pakistan. He was captured and imprisoned as a Prisoner of War (POW).

When Ayub Khan learned about this, he informed Cariappa he would not be kept in a POW

Camp like other Indian POWs, since they had worked together before independence. But

Cariappa politely declined the offer, saying every soldier in the Indian Army was his son, so

he could not request special privileges for only one.

As a token of gratitude of the nation for the exemplary service rendered by him, the

Government of India conferred Cariappa with the rank of Field Marshal in 1983.

 On 15.May.1993.

93, Field Marshal K M Cariappa died in Bangalore, when he was 94. Let us all salute this

great Indian Soldier.

Source: Internet sources. Photo courtesy: The Hindu

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