Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s 127th Birth Anniversary Celebrated

Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s 127th birth anniversary celebrated

Mysore/Mysuru: Kodava Samaja, Mysuru, along with the Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa Fans’ Association, Mysuru, celebrated the 127th birth anniversary of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa. The programme was organised in front of the statue of Field Marshal Cariappa at the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle (Metropole Circle) on Vinoba Road this morning. Former MP Prathap Simha offered floral tributes to the statue and said that celebrating the 127…

28 January, 127th Birth Anniversary Of Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, India’s First Field Marshal And The Architect Of A Modern National Army

As India observes the birth anniversary of Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa on 28 January, the nation remembers a leader whose vision went far beyond battlefield victories. Born in 1899 in Kodagu, Karnataka, Cariappa was not only India’s first Indian Commander-in-Chief but also the country’s first Field Marshal. His leadership laid the moral, structural and professional foundation of the Indian Army as it exists today. Why Army Day is li…