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K. P. Candeth

Lieutenant General
K P Candeth
Padma Bhushan, PVSM
Kunhiraman Palath Candeth-.jpg
K. P. Candeth
Born (1916-09-23)23 September 1916
Ottapalam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died 19 May 2003(2003-05-19) (aged 86)
Allegiance  India
Service/branch  Indian Army
Years of service 1934–1973
Rank Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant General
Unit Royal Indian Artillery
Commands held IA Western Command.jpg Western Army
8 Mountain Division
17 Infantry Division
Battles/wars World War II
Indo-Pakistan War of 1947
Operation Vijay
Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Awards IND Padma Bhushan BAR.png Padma Bhushan
Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Relations Sir C. Sankaran Nair (Maternal Grandfather)
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (Paternal Grandfather)
Other work Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
His Excellency
Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
Major General
Lieutenant Governor of Goa
In office
19 December 1961 – 6 June 1962
Preceded by None
Succeeded by T. Sivasankar

Lieutenant General Kunhiraman Palat Candeth (23 October 1916 – 19 May 2003) was a Three Star General in the Indian army. In 1961, the then Major General Candeth led Operation Vijay to annexe Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule and served briefly as the Lieutenant Governor of the state. Subsequently, he rose to Deputy Chief of Army Staff at the time of the 1965 war and commanded the Western Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

He was born in Ottapalam, Madras Presidency (now Kerala) in British India (now India) to MA Candeth, being the grandson of the renowned barrister and writer Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar. His maternal grandfather was Sir C. Sankaran Nair, who was the President of the Indian National Congress. He told a reporter during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that "I am a Nair from Kerala. I am a Kshatriya". He had done his training at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun, where he was highly rated in the classroom and on the playing field. Candeth was commissioned in the British Indian Army on 30 August 1936 in 28 Field Brigade of the Royal Indian Artillery.


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