Shankar Roychowdhury

General
Shankar Roy Chowdhury
PVSM ADC
General Shankar Roy Chowdhury PVSM ADC
37th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
	In office; 1 October 1996 – 30 September 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma; K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao; Atal Bihari Vajpayee; H. D. Deve Gowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Vijai Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by	Satish Sareen
17th Chief of Army Staff
	In office; 22 November 1994 – 30 September 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma; K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao; Atal Bihari Vajpayee; H. D. Deve Gowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Bipin Chandra Joshi
Succeeded by	Ved Prakash Malik
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 19 August 1999 – 18 August 2005
Constituency	West Bengal
Personal details
Born	6 September 1937 (age 86); Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	1957–1997
Rank	General
Unit	20 Lancers
Commands	Army Training Command (ARTRAC); 16 Corps
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Bangladesh Liberation War
Service number	IC-8417
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal;

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General Shankar Roy Chowdhury PVSM ADC


37th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 1 October 1996 – 30 September 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Vijai Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by	Satish Sareen
17th Chief of Army Staff
In office 22 November 1994 – 30 September 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Bipin Chandra Joshi
Succeeded by	Ved Prakash Malik
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 19 August 1999 – 18 August 2005
Constituency	West Bengal

Personal details
Born	(1937-09-06) 6 September 1937 (age 86) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	1957–1997
Rank	General
Unit	20 Lancers
Commands	Army Training Command (ARTRAC) 16 Corps
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Bangladesh Liberation War
Service number	IC-8417^[1]
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal