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Lieutenant General Nathu Singh Rathore (1902-1994)

1948 when PM Nehru called an emergency meeting to choose the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Army.

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Lieutenant General Nathu Singh Rathore
Japanese military delegation salute Lieutenant Colonel Nathu Singh, commanding officer of the Rajput Regiment, following their surrender of Islands, 1945
He wanted to appoint a British officer as C-in-C of the Indian Army as he thinks that “we do not have a capable and experienced Army Man in our Country”. To this, an Indian army officer refusing to be a stooge darted a remark which changed the history.
He said

Sir, I have a point….You see Sir, we don’t have a man with enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn’t we appoint someone from Britain as the first PM of India?”

This officer was then offered the same post.
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