Kailas Prasad Pandey

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Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande MVC
Nickname(s)	Tom Pande
Born	4 July 1925 Madhya Pradesh, India
Died	4 February 2010 (aged 84) Deolali, Maharashtra, India
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands held	61 Mountain Brigade 2 Mountain Brigade 56 Mountain Composite Regiment 145 Mountain Battery
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	Maha Vir Chakra[1]

Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande, MVC (10 Dec 1925 - 4 February 2010) was an officer in the Indian Army, who served with the Regiment of Artillery. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest award for his role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.^[2]

Early life[]

Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande was born on 4 July 1925 in a prominent family of Madhya Pradesh, with a military history. He studied at Gwalior's Victoria College, now known as Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College Of Excellence, where the former Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee was his classmate.^[2]

Military career[]

Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery in 1945.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pandey commanded the 61 Mountain Brigade which was deployed in the Eastern sector. He planned his attacks meticulously and led the brigade in successfully taking a number of objectives through intense and heavy combat. Advancing rapidly and covering 40 miles in 72 hours, his brigade achieved a number of victories including Chandina, Daudkhandi and Mynawati. At Mynawati he forced the garrison to surrender and accepted the surrender of the garrison commander Brig Atif of the Pakistan Army, along with 5000 troops and 50 officers.
In recognition of his achievements, and for his demonstration of leadership and bravery in the field, Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award.^[3]

Later life[]

After retirement, he was appointed as Director of Home Guards by the Madhya Pradesh Govt. He was made in-charge of the Red Cross Organization in Bhopal and was responsible for providing relief to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims. He was also sent to Jaffna, Sri Lanka as part of a Red Cross delegation in 1988.

Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pandey passed away on 4 February 2010 in Deolali, Maharashtra.

See also[]

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

References[]

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