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"He is my son no longer. He is the child of this country, a soldier fighting for his motherland like a true patriot, give him no special treatment." said the
#FieldMarshal to Pakistan's Ayub Khan.

#KodanderaMadappaCariappa
#Jayanti

The day K M Cariappa took over the reins of
the Indian Army, 15 January 1949, is marked as official Army Day and celebrated annually.

The Newspaper Article attached is a must read.

This man minced no words...always ramrod straight.
INA's slogan Jai Hind which means
"Victory to India", was adopted by Cariappa and later it became a formal phrase between personnel to greet each other. He also turned down the proposal to reserve vacancies in the Army for SC & ST as had been done in other govt services.
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