10 Facts About Sundararajan Padmanabhan

General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM was born on 5 December 1940 in Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore and is a former General Officer of the Indian Army.

In 1956, Padmanabhan joined the National Defence Academy and then the Indian Military Academy, from where graduated in 1959.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on 13 December 1959.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1973.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan then commanded the Gazala Mountain Regiment from 1977 to 1980.

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Sundararajan Padmanabhan then commanded an Infantry Brigade from December 1988 to February 1991 at Ranchi, Bihar and Punjab and was then appointed as the General Officer Commanding an Infantry Division in Punjab from March 1991 to August 1992.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan served as Chief of Staff, III Corps from September 1992 to June 1993.

General Sundararajan Padmanabhan held the appointment of Director General Military Intelligence after the successful culmination of which, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command at Udhampur on 1 September 1996.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan retired on 31 December 2002, after completing more than 43 years of distinguished military service.

Sundararajan Padmanabhan is an author of Indian military fiction, including the 2004 novel Writing on the Wall, the plot of which involves India fighting a war simultaneously with Pakistan while improving relations with China.