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Reminiscences of Brij Mohan Kaul, 1964.

Creator: Kaul, Brij Mohan, 1912-1972
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 445 pages Sound recording 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Indian Army officer

Scope and Contents

Education, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1933; Rajputana Rifles; Secretary, Nationalization Committee, India, 1946-47; India's Military Attache, Washington, D.C., 1947; adviser, Indian delegation to United Nations Security Council, 1948; fought in the Kashmir War till the end of 1948; commander, infantry brigade and division, 1948-56; Chief of Staff, Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, Korea, 1953-54; visits to Peking and other parts of China, 1954; Quartermaster General, 1959-61; Chief of the General Staff, Indian Army, 1961-62; Chinese invasion of India, 1962; premature resignation from the Indian Army, December, 1962; impressions of Jawaharlal Nehru, Krishna Menon, and many others

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