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100			_aShrinagesh, S. M.
245			_aCommanded by destiny : a general's rise from soldier to statesman
260			_bPenguin Veer, _c2025 _aGurugram :
300			_axvi, 306 p. ; _bill., _c23 cm
365			_b699.00 _c₹ _d01
520			_aThat is what General Satyawant Mallanah Shrinagesh wrote to his son Satish as he contemplated a career in the army. As one of the earliest chiefs of the army staff of newly independent India, he truly believed that no services or association in India provides a greater measure of unity or a finer example of nationalism than the armed forces. Witnessing the transition of the Indian Army from a colonial to a national one, he was steadfast in his belief that a free India needed a strong army to defend it. He was instrumental in modernizing the Indian Army as we know it today, and broke the myth that Indians were incapable of strong military leadership. As Corps Commander of Jammu & Kashmir during the 1947-48 War with Pakistan, he was the first to introduce tanks at Zoji La to overcome well-entrenched Pakistani defences at such heights. From missions abroad and senior appointments in the Army to becoming Chief of Army Staff, and later, the first ever military officer to be appointed as governor of a state, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (now Karnataka), this recounts in vivid detail the life of a man who led a distinguished career of service to the nation. Based on notes left by the late General and preserved by the family, is an exhaustive and inspirational account of an extraordinary soldier who would become one of India’s greatest generals.
650			_aIndia Army Officers
650			_aGovernors India
650			_aBiography
650			_aIndia Politics and government 1947-
650			_aShrinagesh, S. M. 1903-1977
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