P P Kumaramangalam | |
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| 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 1 July 1913 Kumaramangalam, Madras Presidency, British Raj |
| Died | 13 March 2000 (aged 86) Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Resting place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  British India (1933-1947)  India (after 1947) |
| Service |  British Indian Army Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1933–1969 |
| Rank |  General |
| Service number | IA-1282[1] |
| Unit | Regiment of Artillery |
| Commands |  Eastern Army |
| Battles / wars | World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Second Sino-Indian War |
| Awards |  Padma Vibhushan Distinguished Service Order _Ribbon.svg){kind=small} 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.