Former chief of army staff General Om Prakash Malhotra passed away in Gurgaon on Tuesday. He was 93.
About Om Prakash Malhotra :
- General Mahotra was the 13th chief of army staff of the Indian Army and served as the army chief for three years between 1978 and 1981.
- He served as the Indian ambassador to Indonesia from 1981 to 1984 and was later appointed as the governor of Punjab from 1990-91 when militancy was at its height in the state.
- He was the commander of a number of regiments and from August 1965 to January 1966 he was the commander of an artillery brigade.
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