Ved Prakash Malik
Ved Prakash Malik | |
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| 39th Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
| In office 1 January 1999 – 30 September 2000 | |
| President | K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Satish Sareen |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar |
| 18th Chief of the Army Staff | |
| In office 1 October 1997 – 30 September 2000 | |
| President | K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | Inder Kumar Gujral Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Shankar Roy Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Sundararajan Padmanabhan |
| 21st Vice Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 1 August 1996 – 30 September 1997 | |
| President | Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral |
| Preceded by | M.L. Dar |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Shekhar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1939 Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Spouse | Dr. Ranjana Malik |
| Children | Namita, Maj Gen Sachin Malik |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | India |
| Branch/service | Indian Army |
| Years of service | June 1959 – September 2000 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 3 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Commands | Southern Army XI Corps 8th Mountain (Infantry) Division 162nd Infantry Brigade 10 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Kargil War Operation Cactus |
| Award(s) | |
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General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 18th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000. He was the Army Chief during the Kargil War.