Shankar Roychowdhury

For the fictional character, see Shankar Roy Chowdhury (character).

General
Shankar Roy Chowdhury
PVSM ADC
37th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
1 October 1996 – 30 September 1997
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
K. R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded byVijai Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded bySatish Sareen
17th Chief of Army Staff
In office
22 November 1994 – 30 September 1997
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
K. R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded byBipin Chandra Joshi
Succeeded byVed Prakash Malik
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
19 August 1999 – 18 August 2005
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born (1937-09-06) 6 September 1937 (age 87)
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service1957–1997
Rank General
Unit20 Lancers
Commands Army Training Command (ARTRAC)
16 Corps
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965, Bangladesh Liberation War
Service numberIC-8417[1]
Awards

General Shankar Roy Chowdhury PVSM ADC is a former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, and a former member of the Indian Parliament.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 21 January 1995. p. 97.
  2. ^ "Executive Profile of Shankar Roychowdhury (Retd.)". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 13 May 2014.[dead link]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference iagsrc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).