Ved Prakash Malik | |
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| 39th Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
| In office 1 January 1999 - 30 September 2000 | |
| President | K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Satish Sareen |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar |
| 18th Chief of the Army Staff | |
| In office 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000 | |
| President | K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | Inder Kumar Gujral Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Shankar Roy Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Sundararajan Padmanabhan |
| 21st Vice Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997 | |
| President | Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral |
| Preceded by | M.L. Dar |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Shekhar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1939 Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Spouse | Dr. Ranjana Malik |
| Children | Namita, Maj Gen Sachin Malik |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | June 1959– September 2000 |
| Rank |  General |
| Unit | .svg){kind=small} 3 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Commands |  Southern Army XI Corps  8th Mountain (Infantry) Division162nd Infantry Brigade 10 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Kargil War Operation Cactus |
| Award(s) | |
General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 18th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.[1] He was the Army Chief during the Kargil War.[2]
- ^ "Wait and watch then talk with Pak, says Gen Malik". Indian Express. 13 November 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Abidi, S. Sartaj Alam; Sharma, Satinder (2007). Services chiefs of India. Northern Book Centre. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9788172111625. Retrieved 9 July 2011.