General Pran Nath ThaparPVSM (23 May 1906 – 23 June 1975) was the fourth[3] Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. The Sino-Indian War was fought during his term, in which the Indian Army fared poorly. Thapar resigned during the last stages of the war, handing charge to Lt. Gen. J. N. Chaudhuri.[4]
^"New Director of Military Intelligence: Brigadier Thapar Appointed" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 16 July 1947. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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^Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis (1990), p. 165.
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