Sunith Francis Rodrigues
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General Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, VSM |
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| Born |
September 19, 1933 Mumbai |
| Allegiance |
 India
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| Service/branch |
 Indian Army
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| Years of service | 1952-1993 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Unit |
 Regiment of Artillery
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| Commands held |
 Western Army Central ArmyDirector General Military Training (DGMT) |
| Awards |
 Param Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal
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General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (born 19 September 1933) is a retired Indian army officer who was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010. During his years as Governor of Punjab, he generally received a positive response from the Punjabi press and the Punjabi people accepted him as one of their own due to his strong campaigning for Punjabi interests in India.
Born in Bombay in 1933, he was educated at St. Xaviers High School in Bombay.
He joined the joint Services Wing of the Indian Military Academy in 1949 and was commissioned in December 1952 into Regiment of Artillery. After commanding several field and self-proppelled artillery units he applied of pilot training in the Air Observation Post of the Artillery in 1964 and qualified as an artillery aviation pilot. Between 1964 and 1969, he logged more than 158 flying hours on observation aircraft and helicopters, including 65 hours of combat flying during the 1965 war in which his unit logged on more than 56 precision artillery fire to effect on enemy formations. He attended the Defence Services Staff College and took over as GSOII operations in XXXIII Corps HQ in 1971. In 1972, after the war with Pakistan, he was awarded the VSM for distinguished service. He later served as a GSOI operations of a division from 1973 to 1975. He commanded a mountain infantry brigade in a high altitude sector from 1975 to 1977 then attended the 1978 course at Royal College of Defence Studies in the UK. He was Chief Instructor at Defence Services Staff College from 1979 to November 1981, then took over the command of a division in a high altitude area. In 1982, he was awarded the master's degree in Defence Studies, was the Chief of Staff of a Corps from 1983 to September 1985 then took over as Director General Military Training.
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