S. P. P. Thorat

Shankarrao Pandurang Patil Thorat (born 12 August 1906) is an Indian Army former Lieutenant General who led the Eastern Command in the lead up to the 1962 Sino-Indian War.[1]

He was born on 12 August 1906, in Vadgaon village in the erstwhile princely state of Kolhapur.

During World War II, Colonel Thorat commanded battalion-level formations fighting against Japanese forces.[2]

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References

  1. Sawant, Gaurav C. (18 October 2012). "Lt-General Thorat's 1962 China warning fell on deaf ears". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. Barua, Pradeep (2003). Gentlemen of the Raj: The Indian Army Officer Corps. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-27597-999-7.

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