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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/General_(India)" title="General (India)">General</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/PVSM" class="mw-redirect" title="PVSM">PVSM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">MVC</a> <a href="/wiki/Medal_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal Bar">**</a>, <a href="/wiki/AVSM" class="mw-redirect" title="AVSM">AVSM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADC</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/220px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/330px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/440px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="557" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">27th <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 December 1984 – 31 January 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zail_Singh" title="Zail Singh">Zail Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanley_Dawson" title="Oscar Stanley Dawson">O. S. Dawson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Radhakrishna_Hariram_Tahiliani" title="Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani">R. H. Tahiliani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">12th <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 August 1983 – 31 January 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hidayatullah" title="Mohammad Hidayatullah">Mohammad Hidayatullah</a> (acting) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Zail_Singh" title="Zail Singh">Zail Singh</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._V._Krishna_Rao" title="K. V. Krishna Rao">K. V. Krishna Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Sundarji" title="Krishnaswamy Sundarji">Krishnaswamy Sundarji</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">27 July 1926<br /><a href="/wiki/Alibag" title="Alibag">Alibag</a>, Kolaba District, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a><br /><small>(now in <a href="/wiki/Raigad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Raigad District">Raigad District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">10 August 1986<span style="display:none">(1986-08-10)</span> (aged 60)<br /><a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manner of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Assassination">Assassination</a> (gunshot wounds)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/23px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg/23px-Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg/35px-Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg/46px-Ensign_of_the_Royal_Indian_Army_Service_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1944–1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/15px-General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" 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href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Basantar" title="Battle of Basantar">Battle of Basantar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">Service number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">IEC-11597 (emergency commission)<br />IC-1701 (regular commission)<sup id="cite_ref-commission_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/23px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/35px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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Vishisht Seva Medal">Param Vishisht Seva Medal</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/23px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/35px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/46px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a> (Bar)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/23px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/46px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">Ati Vishisht Seva Medal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General_(India)" title="General (India)">General</a> <b>Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya</b><sup id="cite_ref-commission_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/PVSM" class="mw-redirect" title="PVSM">PVSM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">MVC</a> <a href="/wiki/Medal_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal Bar">& Bar</a>, <a href="/wiki/AVSM" class="mw-redirect" title="AVSM">AVSM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADC</a></span> (27 July 1926 – 10 August 1986) was an <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general</a>. He served as the 12th <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> from 1983 to 1986. Following his retirement, he was assassinated by <a href="/wiki/Harjinder_Singh_Jinda" title="Harjinder Singh Jinda">Harjinder Singh Jinda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Singh_Sukha" title="Sukhdev Singh Sukha">Sukhdev Singh Sukha</a> in August 1986, for his role in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a> in 1984. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_early_life">Family and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vaidya was born in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> on 27 July 1926 to a <a href="/wiki/Chandraseniya_Kayastha_Prabhu" title="Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu">Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu</a> (CKP) family,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Shridhar Balkrishna Vaidya <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">CIE</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a> and sometime district collector of Surat,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his wife Indira. After his early education at Pune, Vaidya studied at Elphinstone High School in Bombay before joining <a href="/wiki/Elphinstone_College" title="Elphinstone College">Elphinstone College</a> and later the M. T. B. Arts College at Surat, presumably transferring due to his father's posting there as district collector.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Elphinstone College, Vaidya joined the 1st Bombay Battalion of the University Training Corps (UTC) and was awarded Best Cadet in 1942 before transferring to the MTB College, where he also joined its UTC and attained the rank of Company Quarter-Master Havildar (CQMH).<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 March 1944, he joined the Officers' Training School at Belgaum as a cadet. He was selected for the Armoured Corps and underwent further training at <a href="/wiki/Ahmednagar" title="Ahmednagar">Ahmednagar</a>, receiving an emergency commission in the Royal Deccan Horse (later the <a href="/wiki/9th_Deccan_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Deccan Horse">9th Deccan Horse</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> on 20 January 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaidya fought in the <a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a> with the 14th Army during the final months of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, including at the battles of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Meiktila_and_Mandalay" title="Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay">Meiktila</a> and Rangoon.<sup id="cite_ref-services_chiefs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services_chiefs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His wife's name was Bhanu and they had three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_army_career">Early army career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early army career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vaidya received an emergency commission in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armoured_Corps" title="Indian Armoured Corps">Indian Armoured Corps</a> on 20 October 1945, with the service number IEC-11597, and received a regular army commission as a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> on 7 May 1947 (seniority from 20 April 1947), a few months before India's independence.<sup id="cite_ref-commission_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Independence">Post-Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1948, Vaidya was involved in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Polo">Operation Polo</a> as a member of the ad hoc armoured force organised from the Armoured Corps Centre and School. The force captured the <a href="/wiki/Daulatabad_Fort" title="Daulatabad Fort">Daulatabad Fort</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a> area and <a href="/wiki/Parbhani" title="Parbhani">Parbhani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, he was selected to attend the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Services_Staff_College" title="Defence Services Staff College">Defence Services Staff College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Cantonment" title="Wellington Cantonment">Wellington</a>, having secured a competitive vacancy.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently appointed <a href="/wiki/Brigade_major" title="Brigade major">brigade major</a> of the 70 Infantry Brigade. He served in this appointment in <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a> in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1965_Indo-Pakistani_war">1965 Indo-Pakistani war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1965 Indo-Pakistani war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vaidya was promoted <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-colonel">lieutenant-colonel</a> on 10 June 1965,<sup id="cite_ref-lt_col_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lt_col-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shortly before war broke out between India and Pakistan that year. He was in command of the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan Horse">Deccan Horse</a>. During the time, he was instrumental in saving the Command Trucks and fleeing Divisional Headquarters through his tanks through an encirclement by <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(Pakistan)" title="6th Armoured Division (Pakistan)">6th Armoured Division</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chawinda" title="Battle of Chawinda">Battle of Chawinda</a> which resulted in destruction of Pakistan's 1st Armoured Division and heavy loss of Pakistani lives. 70 tanks were destroyed of which 38 tanks were decimated by the Deccan Horse. The regiment won 22 gallantry awards and Vaidya as the Commandant was awarded India's second highest military decoration, the <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a> (MVC).<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the MVC in an investiture ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a> by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a> on 21 April 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maha_Vir_Chakra_Citation">Maha Vir Chakra Citation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Maha Vir Chakra Citation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The citation for the Maha Vir Chakra reads as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Gazette Notification: 9 Pres/66,1-1-66 </p><p>Operation: Date of Award: 16 September 1965 </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>CITATION</b><br /> <p><b>LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARUNKUMAR SHRIDHAR VAIDYA (IC-1701)</b><br /> </p> <b>THE DECCAN HORSE (9th HORSE)</b></div> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Arun Shridhar Vaidya was in command of Deccan Horse in the series of actions fought by his unit from the 6 to 11 September 1965 in Asal Uttar and Cheema (Punjab) in the operations against Pakistan. </p><p>In the battle he showed inspiring leadership and remarkable resourcefulness in organising his unit and fighting against heavy odds and inflicted severe casualties on the Patton tanks of the enemy. </p><p> With untiring effort he moved from sector to sector with complete disregard for his personal safety thereby inspiring his troops by his personal example. He was instrumental to a large extent in stemming thrusts by enemy armour in the battle of Asal Uttar and later at Cheema and delivered effective blows to the enemy tanks on 10–11 September.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Between the wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 July 1969, he was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a> and appointed Commander of 167 Mountain Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-brig._15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brig.-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under him, the brigade conducted operations against the Naga hostiles who were backed by China. Along with the leader, Mowu Angami, most of the hostiles were captured with their weapons and equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaidya was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">Ati Vishisht Seva Medal</a> on 26 January 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-AVSM_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AVSM-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 November 1970, he was appointed Commandant of the Armoured Corps Centre and School at <a href="/wiki/Ahmednagar" title="Ahmednagar">Ahmednagar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1971_Indo-Pakistani_war">1971 Indo-Pakistani war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1971 Indo-Pakistani war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>, Vaidya was in command of an <a href="/wiki/Armored_brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored brigade">armored brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Zafarwal" title="Zafarwal">Zafarwal</a> sector on the western front. In the Battle of Chakra and Dahira, the hostile terrain was combined with <a href="/wiki/Minefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Minefield">minefields</a>. He crossed through the minefield and moved forward. Thus the entire squadron was able to push through the lane and quickly deploy itself to meet the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>'s counter-attacks. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Basantar" title="Battle of Basantar">Battle of Basantar</a> (known as Battle of <a href="/wiki/Barapind" title="Barapind">Barapind</a> in Pakistan) in the same conflict, he displayed skill and leadership in getting his tanks through deep minefields. For this he was awarded a second <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a> (known as the Bar to MVC).<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bar_to_Maha_Vir_Chakra_Citation">Bar to Maha Vir Chakra Citation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bar to Maha Vir Chakra Citation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The citation for the bar to the Maha Vir Chakra reads as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Gazette Notification: 22 Pres/72,12-2-72 </p><p>Operation: 1971 Date of Award: 05 December 1971 </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>CITATION</b><br /> <p><b>BRIGADIER ARUNKUMAR SHRIDHAR VAIDYA, MVC, AVSM (IC-1701)</b><br /> Brigadier Arun Shridhar Vaidya was commander of an armoured brigade in the Zafanval sector during the operations against Pakistan on the Western Front. He moved his brigade swiftly to get to grips with the enemy, and took the enemy tanks by surprise. He employed his tanks relentlessly and aggressively and helped the division to maintain constant pressure and momentum of advance against the enemy. In the battle of Chakra and Dehira, the going was difficult due to deep minefield and terrain. In a cool and confident manner, Brigadier Vaidya undertook the crossing through the minefield. He personally moved forward, disregarding personal safety. Through his inspired leadership, the entire squadron pushed through the lane and quickly deployed itself to meet the enemy's counter-attacks. During the battle of Basantar he again displayed his professional skill and superb leadership. He got his tanks through one of the deepest minefields, expanded the bridgehead and repulsed a strong enemy counter attack. In this battle, 62 enemy tanks were destroyed. </p> Throughout, Brigadier Vaidya displayed outstanding courage, great professional skill, indomitable will, foresight and imagination in fighting against the enemy in keeping with the best traditions of the Army.</div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_career">Post-war career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-war career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 January 1973, Vaidya was promoted to the acting rank of <a href="/wiki/Major-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general">major-general</a> and appointed <a href="/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer Commanding">General Officer Commanding</a> (GOC) the elite <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(India)" title="1st Armoured Division (India)">1st Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-actg_maj_gen_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actg_maj_gen-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed in the substantive rank of major-general on 1 April 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-maj_gen_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maj_gen-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently moved to Army Headquarters as Director Military Operations (DMO).<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a stint as DMO, he took over as the <a href="/wiki/Master-General_of_the_Ordnance_(India)" title="Master-General of the Ordnance (India)">Master General of Ordnance</a> at Army HQ.<sup id="cite_ref-Corps_Commander_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corps_Commander-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vaidya was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-general">lieutenant-general</a> on 25 January 1980, with seniority from 16 August 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-lt_gen_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lt_gen-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 July 1980, he was appointed GOC <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(India)" title="IV Corps (India)">IV Corps</a>. He was also elected as Honorary <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADC</a> to the President of India.<sup id="cite_ref-Corps_Commander_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corps_Commander-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a short tenure, he was promoted Army Commander and appointed <a href="/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer Commanding-in-Chief">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Command_(India)" title="Eastern Command (India)">Eastern Command</a> on 3 May 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_Army_Staff">Chief of Army Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chief of Army Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 July 1983, Vaidya became the 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, taking over from General <a href="/wiki/K.V._Krishna_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="K.V. Krishna Rao">K.V. Krishna Rao</a>. The appointment was subject to controversy as the senior-most general, Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/Srinivas_Kumar_Sinha" title="Srinivas Kumar Sinha">S K Sinha</a> was super-ceded. Sinha was the <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Vice Chief of the Army Staff</a> and was being groomed to take over as the next Chief. With the appointment of Vaidya as the 13th COAS, Sinha resigned in protest.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Blue_Star">Operation Blue Star</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Operation Blue Star"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a></div> <p>In 1984, Vaidya designed and supervised<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a> – a military operation ordered by <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against militants commanded by <a href="/wiki/Shabeg_Singh" title="Shabeg Singh">Shabeg Singh</a>, a former Officer of the Indian Army, under <a href="/wiki/Jarnail_Singh_Bhindranwale" title="Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale">Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale</a>, Chief of <a href="/wiki/Damdami_Taksal" title="Damdami Taksal">Damdami Taksal</a>, in June 1984 at the <a href="/wiki/Golden_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden temple">Shri Harmandir Sahib</a> complex. Vaidya commanded a successful military operation which resulted in huge military losses to the militants holed up in Golden temple premises, there was also damage to the Akal Takht. Bhindranwale was killed and all militants were cleared out of the gurudwara complex but at a huge cost. </p><p>He retired on 31 January 1986, one of India's most decorated officers.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had completed over 40 years of service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the principal organiser of Operation Blue Star, Vaidya was well aware of being a high-profile target for assassins, but never regretted his role, stating in a 1985 interview- </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I do not see any difference in taking up arms against a foreign enemy or an enemy from within...one who takes up arms against his own brother-citizens, against his own Constitution and legally-constituted government is enemy enough, deserving the most ruthless punishment."</p></blockquote> <p><sup id="cite_ref-killing_general_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-killing_general-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Vaidya's retirement, he took up residence in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, where he built a three-bedroom bungalow for his retirement. Just six months later, on 10 August 1986, he was shot dead in his car while driving home from the market on Rajendrasinhji Marg, at around 11:45 a.m.<sup id="cite_ref-killing_general_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-killing_general-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shrineleaderkilled_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shrineleaderkilled-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to police, four reportedly clean-shaven men pulled up alongside the car on motorcycles, with the lead assassin firing three shots into Vaidya through the driver's-side window; the first two bullets penetrated his brain and killed him instantly. His car steered towards a cyclist named Digamber Gaikwad, and the cycle was crushed, though the cyclist escaped unharmed, the general's car stopping in front of a compound wall.<sup id="cite_ref-killing_general_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-killing_general-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-topgeneralassasinated_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topgeneralassasinated-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third bullet struck Vaidya in the shoulder, with another striking his wife Bhanumati in the neck. His bodyguard, who was also in the car, was wounded by four bullets in his back and thighs.<sup id="cite_ref-sikhskillexarmycheif_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sikhskillexarmycheif-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bleeding general was carried to the <a href="/wiki/Command_Hospital" title="Command Hospital">Command Hospital</a> in a passing green matador van, and was declared brought dead. The witnesses who deposed in court said that the assailants were clean shaven, but later in turban and beard in court.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Indian intelligence sources, Vaidya had been the number four assassination target on lists of Sikh militants as he was one of several people killed in retaliation for Operation Blue Star.<sup id="cite_ref-generalcremated_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalcremated-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vaidyamurdercase_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vaidyamurdercase-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaidya was cremated in Pune with full military honours; in attendance were his wife, daughters Nita Kochhar, Parijat Belliappa and Tarini Vaidya, Union ministers <a href="/wiki/V.P._Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="V.P. Singh">V.P. Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/V.N._Gadgil" class="mw-redirect" title="V.N. Gadgil">V.N. Gadgil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arun_Singh_(politician,_born_1944)" title="Arun Singh (politician, born 1944)">Arun Singh</a>, the three service chiefs, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Governor of Maharashtra</a> <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Maharashtra">Chief Minister of Maharashtra</a> <a href="/wiki/S.B._Chavan" class="mw-redirect" title="S.B. Chavan">S.B. Chavan</a>, along with over 50,000 other mourners.<sup id="cite_ref-killing_general_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-killing_general-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the assassination, the <a href="/wiki/Khalistan_Commando_Force" title="Khalistan Commando Force">Khalistan Commando Force</a> issued a statement declaring that Vaidya had been killed in retaliation for the Golden Temple operation.<sup id="cite_ref-generalcremated_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalcremated-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The assassination shocked India, and security measures for senior military commanders, particularly for those who had taken part in Blue Star, were immediately stepped up. Local anti-Sikh rioting broke out in Pune and Mumbai after Vaidya's assassination; a number of people were stabbed and several Sikh-owned businesses were attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-killing_general_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-killing_general-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, <a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Singh_Sukha" title="Sukhdev Singh Sukha">Sukhdev Singh Sukha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harjinder_Singh_Jinda" title="Harjinder Singh Jinda">Harjinder Singh Jinda</a> were sentenced to death for the killing. Despite admitting to the killing, they pleaded not-guilty, justifying their actions by stating that Vaidya was "guilty of a serious crime, the punishment for which could only be death".<sup id="cite_ref-vaidyamurdercase_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vaidyamurdercase-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two were executed on 9 October 1992. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Honours and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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width="100" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png/100px-Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png/150px-Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png/200px-Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="786" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a><br /><small>(posthumous)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">Param Vishisht Seva Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a>(<a href="/wiki/Medal_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal Bar">Bar</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishist_Seva_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ati Vishist Seva Medal">Ati Vishist Seva Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wound_Medal_(India)" title="Wound Medal (India)">Wound Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Service_Medal_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="General Service Medal 1947">General Service Medal 1947</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samanya_Seva_Medal" title="Samanya Seva Medal">Samanya Seva Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samar_Seva_Star" title="Samar Seva Star">Samar Seva Star</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paschimi_Star" title="Paschimi Star">Paschimi Star</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Medal" title="Raksha Medal">Raksha Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sangram_Medal" title="Sangram Medal">Sangram Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sainya_Seva_Medal" title="Sainya Seva Medal">Sainya Seva Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Medal" title="Indian Independence Medal">Indian Independence Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25th Anniversary of Independence Medal </td> <td>30 Years Long Service Medal </td> <td>20 Years Long Service Medal </td> <td>9 Years Long Service Medal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931945_Star" title="1939–1945 Star">1939–1945 Star</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burma_Star" title="Burma Star">Burma Star</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945" title="War Medal 1939–1945">War Medal: 1939–1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Service_Medal" title="India Service Medal">India Service Medal</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dates_of_rank">Dates of rank</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Dates of rank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="background:white"> <tbody><tr> <th>Insignia</th> <th>Rank</th> <th>Component</th> <th>Date of rank </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920%E2%80%931953)_OF-1a.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1a.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1a.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1a.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1a.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">Lieutenant</a></td> <td>British Indian Army</td> <td>7 May 1947 (seniority from 20 April)<sup id="cite_ref-commission_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920%E2%80%931953)_OF-1b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/35px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/53px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg/70px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931953%29_OF-1b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td>Lieutenant</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a></td> <td>15 August 1947<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-insignia_designs_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia_designs-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_designs_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia_designs-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a></td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>25 January 1980 (seniority from 16 August 1978)<sup id="cite_ref-lt_gen_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lt_gen-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/35px-General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/53px-General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/70px-General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(India)" title="General (India)">General</a><br />(COAS)</td> <td>Indian Army</td> <td>31 July 1983 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-insignia-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-insignia_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Upon independence in 1947, India became a <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion</a> within the British <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>. As a result, the rank insignia of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Crown (heraldry)">Tudor Crown</a> and four-pointed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Bath Star</a> ("pip"), was retained, as <a href="/wiki/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George VI of the United Kingdom">George VI</a> remained Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a>. After 26 January 1950, when India became a <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">republic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> became Commander-in-Chief, and the <a href="/wiki/Lion_Capital_of_Asoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Lion Capital of Asoka">Ashoka Lion</a> replaced the crown, with a five-pointed star being substituted for the "pip."</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-commission-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-commission_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 8 November 1952. p. 249.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Part+I-Section+4%3A+Ministry+of+Defence+%28Army+Branch%29&rft.pages=249&rft.date=1952-11-08&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-chandraseniya-kayastha-prabhu-s-aim-for-better-community-connect-1935881">"DnaIndia mumbai report (Dec 2013)"</a>. <q>CKP as a community has been known for its "writing and fighting skills". Some prominent faces that it boasts as members are Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a fighter in Shivaji's army, Ram Ganesh Gadkari, Marathi writer, B G Deshmukh, ex-chief secretary, Bal Thackeray, General Arun Kumar Vaidya, late army chief, and Tanuja and Smita Salaskar...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=DnaIndia+mumbai+report+%28Dec+2013%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnaindia.com%2Fmumbai%2Freport-chandraseniya-kayastha-prabhu-s-aim-for-better-community-connect-1935881&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nagpurtoday.in/fishy-weekend-coming-up/11051340">"Nagpur Today (Nov 2014)"</a>. <q>Among the famous CKP people are – Balasaheb Thackeray and the entire clan; Mr. C.D. Deshmukh, India's first Finance Minister and Governor of the RBI, film star Kajol's mother Tanuja who is daughter of famous erstwhile actress Shobhana Samarth. Nutan was her sister. Admiral Tipnis, Chief of Indian Air force; General Vaidya and many more such luminaries.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Nagpur+Today+%28Nov+2014%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nagpurtoday.in%2Ffishy-weekend-coming-up%2F11051340&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFkule" class="citation news cs1">kule, mukund. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/editorial/article/my-mumbai-ckp-community-alive/articleshow/74114975.cms">"My Mumbai Ckp Community Alive"</a>. <i>Maharashtra Times</i>. <q>तर नंतरच्या काळात राम गणेश गडकरी, प्रबोधनकार ठाकरे, सी. डी. देशमुख, १९१२ साली मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश असलेले महादेव चौबळ, मृणाल गोरे (मूळच्या मोहिले), अहिल्या रांगणेकर, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, मेजर जनरल अरुणकुमार वैद्य, लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस, भारताचे एडिसन म्हणून ओळखले जाणारे शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे, दत्ता ताम्हाणे, श्रीनिवास खळे, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, नलिनी जयवंत, विजया मेहता अशा किती तरी व्यक्तींनी वेगवेगळ्या क्षेत्रांत सीकेपी समाजाचं नाव रोशन केलेलं आहे.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Maharashtra+Times&rft.atitle=My+Mumbai+Ckp+Community+Alive&rft.aulast=kule&rft.aufirst=mukund&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmaharashtratimes.indiatimes.com%2Feditorial%2Farticle%2Fmy-mumbai-ckp-community-alive%2Farticleshow%2F74114975.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKarandikar" class="citation news cs1">Karandikar. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loksatta.com/blogs-news/whos-ckp-community-1788003/">"सीकेपी तितुका मेळवावा!"</a>. loksatta. <q>छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे सेनानी – बाजीप्रभू देशपांडे, मुरारबाजी देशपांडे, बाळाजी आवजी चिटणीस, खंडो बल्लाळ चिटणीस. मराठी साहित्यिक राम गणेश गडकरी, साहित्य संमेलनाच्या पहिल्या स्त्री अध्यक्षा कुसुमावती देशपांडे. अर्थशास्त्रज्ञ चिंतामणराव देशमुख. १९१२ मधील मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश महादेव भास्कर चौबळ. राजकारणी दत्ता ताम्हाणे, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, उद्धव ठाकरे, राज ठाकरे. माजी लष्कर प्रमुख अरुणकुमार वैद्य. हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस. नाट्यसृष्टीच्या सर्वच दालनांच्या सर्वज्ञा विजया मेहता.मराठी आणि हिंदी चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सुमती गुप्ते, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, तनुजा, नलिनी जयवंत, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान. विविध २०० प्रकारचे वैज्ञानिक शोध लावणारे आणि ४० पेटंट्स नावावर असलेले आणि ज्यांना भारताचे एडिसन म्हटले जाते ते शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे. संगीतातील फक्त एकच नाव घेतले पुरे आहे ते म्हणजे श्रीनिवास खळे. क्रिकेटपटू बाळू गुप्ते – सुभाष गुप्ते – नरेन ताम्हाणे. १९६५ च्या युद्धात अवघ्या २३ व्या वर्षी शाहिद झालेला लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, पत्रकार माधव गडकरी, आणखी कितीतरी….</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%21&rft.au=Karandikar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loksatta.com%2Fblogs-news%2Fwhos-ckp-community-1788003%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35586" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35586/page/2481">"No. 35586"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 5 June 1942. p. 2481.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35586&rft.pages=2481&rft.date=1942-06-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35586%2Fpage%2F2481&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biography-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biography_7-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-08-01_034.pdf">"Gen. A. S. Vaidya PVSM, MVC & Bar, AVSM"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Press Information Bureau of India – Archive</i>. 1 August 1983<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Press+Information+Bureau+of+India+%E2%80%93+Archive&rft.atitle=Gen.+A.+S.+Vaidya+PVSM%2C+MVC+%26+Bar%2C+AVSM&rft.date=1983-08-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpibarchive.nic.in%2Farchive%2FArchiveSecondPhase%2FDEFENCE%2F1983-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE%2FPDF%2FDEF-1983-08-01_034.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArun+Shridhar+Vaidya" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-services_chiefs-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-services_chiefs_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-services_chiefs_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbidiSharma2007" class="citation book cs1">Abidi, S. 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Shantaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_Sinha" title="Sharda Sinha">Sharda Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. 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Dhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._R._Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="H. V. R. Iyengar">H. V. R. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Jha" title="Bhola Nath Jha">Bhola Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Joshi" title="D. S. Joshi">Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rai_Krishnadasa" title="Rai Krishnadasa">Rai Krishnadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam">P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Lall" title="K. B. Lall">K. B. Lall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mehra" title="Om Prakash Mehra">Om Prakash Mehra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta" title="Mohan Sinha Mehta">Mohan Sinha Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Mishra" title="Brajesh Mishra">Brajesh Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Morarjee" title="Sumati Morarjee">Sumati Morarjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramasamy_Mudaliar" title="Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar">A. Ramasamy Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardarilal_Mathradas_Nanda" title="Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda">Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakravarthi_V._Narasimhan" title="Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan">Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braj_Kumar_Nehru" title="Braj Kumar Nehru">Braj Kumar Nehru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._D._Pande" title="B. D. Pande">Bhairab Dutt Pande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghananand_Pande" title="Ghananand Pande">Ghananand Pande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit" title="Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit">Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Rajeswar" title="T. V. Rajeswar">T. V. Rajeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Krishnaswamy_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao">C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._R._Rao" title="P. V. R. Rao">Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._R._Varadaraja_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">Bipin Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh_Ji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj">Kirpal Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Literature and <br />education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. Chattopadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabatosh_Datta" title="Bhabatosh Datta">Bhabatosh Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Dixit" title="Avinash Dixit">Avinash Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith" title="John Kenneth Galbraith">John Kenneth Galbraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Shastri_Joshi" title="Lakshman Shastri Joshi">Lakshman Shastri Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kaka Kalelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radheshyam_Khemka" title="Radheshyam Khemka">Radheshyam Khemka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. 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Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Nageshwara_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Nageshwara Reddy">D. Nageshwara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. Gajendragadkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Singh_Khehar" title="Jagdish Singh Khehar">Jagdish Singh Khehar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. 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