General Sunith Francis Rodrigues

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General Sunith Francis Rodrigues was an Indian Army officer and former Chief of Army Staff who later served as a senior administrator and public official.

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instanceOf Chief of Army Staff of India
Governor of Punjab, India
Indian Army officer
human
allegiance India NERFINISHED
awardReceived Ati Vishisht Seva Medal NERFINISHED
Param Vishisht Seva Medal NERFINISHED
Vishisht Seva Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1933-09-19
birthPlace Bombay Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
Goan Catholic community
commissionedIn Indian Army NERFINISHED
commissionedYear 1952
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 NERFINISHED
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
deathDate 2022-03-04
education Defence Services Staff College, Wellington NERFINISHED
National Defence Academy, India NERFINISHED
National Defence College, India NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Goan Catholic NERFINISHED
familyName Rodrigues NERFINISHED
fullName Sunith Francis Rodrigues NERFINISHED
givenName Sunith NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix General
knownFor modernization of the Indian Army
service as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
militaryBranch Indian Army NERFINISHED
militaryUnit Regiment of Artillery NERFINISHED
occupation governor
public administrator
soldier
officeEnd Administrator of Chandigarh, 2010-01
Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, 1993-06
Governor of Punjab, 2010-01
officeStart Administrator of Chandigarh, 2004-11
Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, 1990-07
Governor of Punjab, 2004-11
positionHeld Administrator of Chandigarh NERFINISHED
Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army NERFINISHED
Governor of Punjab
precededBy O. P. Verma as Governor of Punjab
Vishwa Nath Sharma as Chief of Army Staff of India NERFINISHED
rank General
religion Christianity
residence Chandigarh NERFINISHED
serviceNumber IC-5880
spouse Jean Rodrigues NERFINISHED
succeededBy Bipin Chandra Joshi as Chief of Army Staff of India NERFINISHED
Shivraj Patil as Governor of Punjab NERFINISHED

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Administrator of Chandigarh officeHoldersInclude General Sunith Francis Rodrigues