Lionel Protip Sen

Post-Independence As the Baluch Regiment, Sen's parent regiment, was among those regiments allotted to Pakistan following Indian independence, Sen transferred to the 8th Gorkha Rifles.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, he was promoted to acting brigadier and commanded the 161st Indian Infantry Brigade, and ordered to take over the defence of Srinagar and the Kashmir Valley, for which he received a mention in dispatches.

On 23 December 1949, he became Colonel of the 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment).

On 16 March 1955, Sen was promoted acting major-general and appointed Director of Military Training (DMT). and was further appointed Colonel-Commandant of the Army Physical Training Corps on 26 September.

Sen was promoted to acting lieutenant-general on 1 August 1958, in which capacity he served during the Sino-Indian War the following year. After the conflict, Sen was appointed GOC-in-C, Southern Command, on 10 May 1963. He retired from this posting on 8 May 1965, after nearly 34 years of service.

Personal life In 1939, he married Kalyani Gupta. Their first daughter, Radha, was born in 1941, and Mala in 1947.

Sen died in 1981.

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