Ved Prakash Malik

General
Ved Prakash Malik
PVSM, AVSM
General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM
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)
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; 8th Mountain (Infantry) Division; 10 Sikh Light Infantry
Battles/wars	Kargil War; Operation Cactus
Award(s)	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal;

General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th 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.

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