Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri

General
J N Chaudhuri
OBE
9th High Commissioner of India to Canada
In office
July 1966 – August 1969
Preceded byB. K. Acharya
Succeeded byA.B. Bhadkamkar
11th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
3 March 1966 – 7 June 1966
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byBhaskar Sadashiv Soman
Succeeded byArjan Singh
5th Chief of the Army Staff
In office
20 November 1962 – 7 June 1966
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Preceded byPran Nath Thapar
Succeeded byP. P. Kumaramangalam
Military Governor of Hyderabad State
In office
17 September 1948 – 25 January 1950
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byMir Osman Ali Khan as Rajapramukh
Personal details
Born(1908-06-10)10 June 1908
Chatmohar, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India
Died6 April 1983(1983-04-06) (aged 74)
New Delhi, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Highgate School, London
Military career
Nickname(s)Muchhu
Allegiance British India
(1928–1947)
 India
(1947–1983)
Service/branch British Indian Army
(1928–1947)
 Indian Army
(1947–1966)
Years of service1928–1966
RankGeneral
Service numberIA-130[1]
Unit7th Light Cavalry
16 Light Cavalry
Commands heldSouthern Army
1st Armoured Division
16 Light Cavalry
Battles/warsSecond World War Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Operation Polo
Sino-Indian War of 1962
Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
Annexation of Goa
AwardsPadma Vibhushan
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Order Of Merit (Arab Union)

General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, OBE (10 June 1908 – 6 April 1983) was an Indian Army General Officer. He served as the 5th Chief of Army Staff from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. After his retirement from the Indian Army, he served as the Indian High Commissioner to Canada from 19 July 1966 until August 1969.[2]

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  2. ^ "High Commissioners of India in Canada – High Commission of India, Ottawa (Canada)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2014.