Story behind the appointment of Field Marshal Carriappa as first Commander in Chief of Indian Army.

[Lord ZeN]

A meeting was organized to select the first Commander in Chief of The Indian Army.The then-Prime Minister

Jawahar Lal Nehru said, “I think we should appoint a British officer as a general of Indian army as we don’t have enough experience to lead the same.”

Everyone agreed with the suggestion when one of officers abruptly said, “I have a point, sir.”

Nehru said, “Yes, gentleman. You are free to speak.”

“You see, sir, we don’t have enough experience to lead a nation, too.So shouldn'twe appoint a British person as first PM of India?”

The meeting hall suddenly went quiet.

Then,
Nehru said, “Are you ready to be the first General of Indian Army?”

He got a golden chance to accept the offer, but he refused the same and said, “Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Lt Gen Cariappa, who is the most deserving among us.”

The army officer who raised his voice against the PM was Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore, A Lt General in the Indian Army. This anecdote is often told in variations as an example of courage and leadership.

 

[Star Wars]

Jawahar Lal Nehru said, “I think we should appoint a British officer as a general of Indian army as we don’t have enough experience to lead the same.”

Chutiya insaan !!

 

[Lord ZeN]

Chutiya insaan !!

Well Nehru always thought that Indians were militarily incapable people. But we can't really blame him now for acting that way since even Nehru was indoctrinated by British propaganda of Indians being militarily incapable people.The same propaganda was used by the British to denyed top military posts to Indians.

 

[Mike_Brando]

Well Nehru always thought that Indians were military incapable people. But we can't really blame him now for acting that way since even Nehru was indoctrinated by British propaganda of Indians being military incapable people.The same propaganda was used by the British to denyed top military posts to Indians

Well there were millions of Indians who simply didn't agree with their view and gave them all sorts of troubles.The likes of Chapekar Brothers,Vasudev Balwant Phadke,Bagha Jatin,Rashbehari Bose,Binay-Badal-Dinesh trio,Bhagat Singh,Chandrasekhar Azad,Masterda Surya Sen and last but not the least Netaji Subhas constantly reminded them that their racial superiority theory was nothing but an empty pitcher!!

 

[Levina]

Duplicate thread...
A True Soldier!!

 

[Jaggu]

why do politicians decide who gets to be the next Commander In Chief. When Nehru made Brij Mohan Kaul the CoGS of Indian army, he was a disaster.