Oral history interview with Brij Mohan Kaul, 1964
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- Name
- Kaul, Brij Mohan, 1912-1972 (Interviewee)
- Shine, Richard (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Brij Mohan Kaul, 1964
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Brij Mohan Kaul, 1964
- Abstract
- Education, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1933; Rajputana Rifles; Secretary, Nationalization Committee, India, 1946-47; India's Military Attache, Washington, D.C., 1947; adviser, Indian delegation to United Nations Security Council, 1948; fought in the Kashmir War till the end of 1948; commander, infantry brigade and division, 1948-56; Chief of Staff, Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, Ko rea, 1953-54; visits to Peking and other parts of China, 1954; Quartermaster General, 1959-61; Chief of the General Staff, Indian Army, 1961-62; Chinese invasion of India, 1962; premature resignation from the Indian Army, December, 1962; impressions of Jawaharlal Nehru, Krishna Menon, and many others
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Diplomats--India; Veterans--India; Military education; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; Korean War, 1950-1953; India History 20th century; India Politics and government 20th century; Kaul, Brij Mohan, 1912-1972; United Nations
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Biographical)
- Indian Army officer
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Richard Shine
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 7139265
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/cm8e-ng81
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.