Sundarji as a Thinker Krishnaswamy Sundarji







sundarji amongst far-sighted armoured corps commanders in indian army. despite being commissioned in infantry, keen student , admirer of tank warfare. pioneered various operational guidelines, challenged commanders push machines , men limits. in various exercises known have ordered tanks full speed sand dunes in thar desert @ 70 degrees. amongst other things designed flamboyant black uniform of armoured corps.


post transformation of armoured corps, sundarji went on create mechanised infantry. emphasis on speed, technology , mobile weaponry integral part of indian strike corps.


sundarji amongst core team created indian nuclear policy. senior general in army along admiral r h tahiliani, sundarji wrote indian nuclear doctrine. post retirement, unhappy lack of response among politicians regarding nuclear security, , wrote book blind men of hindustan in 1993.


sundarji can credited shaping modern indian army thinking. in stint commandant of college of combat (now army war college, mhow), practically rewrote war manual emphasis on speed, decisive action, technology , abiding love - armour.


sundarji 1 of few predict total rout of (soviet trained) iraqi forces in first gulf war. writing major indian magazine - india today, amongst few saw superior air power , technology do.







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