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Brij Mohan Kaul | |
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| Birth name | Brij Mohan Kaul |
| Nickname(s) | Bijji |
| Born | 1 May 1912 Lahore, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 18 April 1972 |
| Allegiance |  British India  India |
| Service | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1933-1962 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Service number | AI-162 |
| Unit | Rajputana Rifles Royal Indian Army Service Corps |
| Commands |  IV Corps, NEFA |
| Awards | Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
| Relations | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Other work | The Untold Story, Confrontation with Pakistan |
Brij Mohan Kaul (1912–1972) was a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army.[1] He served as the Chief of General Staff during 1961–1962 and was regarded as a key architect of Indian military response to the Chinese challenge.[2] In October 1962, he was given the command of a newly raised IV Corps to counter the impending Chinese invasion of NEFA (modern day Arunachal Pradesh),[3] but it got routed by the Chinese.[4] He resigned in the aftermath of the war, and was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 1960.
- ^ "The 7th Infantry brigade at the Battle of the Namkachu 1962". indianmilitaryhistory.com. 31 March 2002. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis (1990), pp. 143–144: "Kaul was the strongman in the army, not Thapar."
- ^ Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India (2010), p. 297.
- ^ Mahadeven, P. (1 July 2017). "Intelligence and the Sino-Indian War of 1962". In Floribert Baudet; Eleni Braat; Jeoffrey van Woensel; Aad Wever (eds.). Perspectives on Military Intelligence from the First World War to Mali: Between Learning and Law. Springer. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9789462651838.