K. V. Krishna Rao
Male, Person
1923 –
Who is K. V. Krishna Rao?
Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao, better known as K. V. Krishna Rao is a former Chief of Indian army and a former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. He was governor of Jammu and Kashmir for the first time from July 11, 1989 to January 19, 1990 and the second time from March 13, 1993 till May 2, 1998.
Gen. Rao was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1942 During the 1971 war, his division captured the Sylhet area and liberated north-east Bangladesh. He retired as Chief of the Army Staff in 1983 and was appointed Governor of Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura in June 1984, leaving all of these posts by the time of his transfer to Kashmir in 1990.
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