(1910-10-20)20 October 1910[1] Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)[2]
Died
17 September 1981(1981-09-17) (aged 70)
Allegiance
British India (1931-1947) India (1947-1965)
Service/branch
British Indian Army Indian Army
Years of service
1931–1965
Rank
Lieutenant-General
Service number
AI-77
Unit
16/10 Baluch Regiment 8th Gorkha Rifles
Commands held
GOC-in-C, Southern Command GOC-in-C, Eastern Command 161st Indian Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars
World War II
Burma Campaign
Battle of Hill 170
Indo-Pakistan War of 1947
Sino-Indian War
Awards
Distinguished Service Order
Other work
authored Slender was the Thread
Lieutenant-General Lionel Protip "Bogey" Sen, DSO (20 October 1910 – 17 September 1981) was a decorated Indian Army general. He served as the Chief of the General Staff during 1959–1961 and commanded the Eastern Command during 1961–1963. He was the general responsible for countering the Chinese invasion of NEFA during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Sen is also the author of Slender was the Thread, a military history of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.
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British India (1931-1947) 
India (1947-1965)
British Indian Army
Indian Army
Lieutenant-General