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W. A. G. Pinto, the Glossary

Lieutenant General Walter Anthony Gustavo 'WAG' Pinto, PVSM (1 July 1924 – 25 March 2021) was a General Officer in the Indian Army.^[1]

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Academic staff of the Defence Services Staff College
Generals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Abbottabad

Abbottabad (Urdu, ایبٹ آباد|translit.

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Adjutant

Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit.

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Agartala is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border with Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,552 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi.

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Army Training Command

The Army Training Command, abbreviated as ARTRAC, is one of the seven commands of the Indian Army.

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Assam Regiment

The Assam Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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Bengal Engineer Group

The Bengal Engineer Group (BEG) (informally the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers) is a military engineering regiment in the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army.

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Binnaguri

Binnaguri is a cantonment town located in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal state, India.

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Bombay Engineer Group

The Bombay Engineer Group, or the Bombay Sappers as they are informally known, are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army.

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Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay.

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Brigade major

A brigade major was the chief of staff of a brigade in the British Army.

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Brigade of the Guards

The Brigade of The Guards is a mechanised infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Brigadier

Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of the British Indian Empire until 1947.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Burmah Oil

The Burmah Oil Company was a leading British oil company which was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari BR (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji, the Scholar Emeritus), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and Indian independence activist.

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Cabinet Secretariat (India)

The Cabinet Secretariat (IAST: Mantrimanḍala Sacivālaya) is responsible for the administration of the Government of India.

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Ceasefire

A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions, often due to mediation by a third party.

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Central Command (India)

The Central Command of the Indian Army is one of the seven operational commands of the army.

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Chaklala, Rawalpindi

Chaklala is a major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chief of the Army Staff (India)

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Army (IA), the land forces branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Commandant of the National Defence College

The Commandant of the National Defence College in India is the overall in-charge of all the functioning of the National Defence College including academics and administration.

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Defence Services Staff College

The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

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Dehradun

Dehradun, also known as Dehra Doon, is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Fort William, India

Fort William is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata).

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Frank Messervy

General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, (9 December 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a British Indian Army officer in the First and Second World Wars.

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General (India)

General is a four-star general officer rank in the Indian Army.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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General officer commanding

General officer commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland) to a general officer who holds a command appointment.

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Governor-General of India

The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor/Empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Monarch of India.

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I Corps (India)

I Corps is a military field formation of the Indian Army.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indian Army Corps of Engineers

The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is a combat support arm which provides combat engineering support, develops infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations and maintains connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civil authorities during natural disasters.

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Indian Hockey Federation

The Indian Hockey Federation was the administrative body of field hockey in India.

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Indian Military Academy

The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army.

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Indian National Army

The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj; 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit of Indian collaborators that fought under the command of the Japanese Empire.

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Indian Olympic Association

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) (ISO: Bhāratīya Olaṃpika Saṃgha) is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international sports competitions, and managing Indian teams at these events.

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Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River (ဧရာဝတီမြစ်,, Ayeyarwady) is the largest river in Myanmar.

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IV Corps (United Kingdom)

IV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army, formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Jabalpur

Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Jammu and Kashmir (state)

Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century.

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Joint secretary to the Government of India

Joint Secretary to the Government of India (often abbreviated as JS, GoI or Union Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary to Union of India) is a post under the Central Staffing Scheme and the third highest non-political executive rank in the Government of India.

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K. M. Cariappa

Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, (28 January 1899 – 15 May 1993) was an Indian military officer and diplomat who was the Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army. W. A. G. Pinto and K. M. Cariappa are British Indian Army officers and Indian Army personnel of World War II.

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K.A.S. Raja

Kottimukula Alagaraja Singaparaja Raja, known as K.A.S. Raja, was an Indian military officer. W. A. G. Pinto and K.A.S. Raja are British Indian Army officers, Indian Army personnel of World War II and Indian generals.

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Kohima

Kohima (Angami Naga: Kewhira) is the capital of the Indian state of Nagaland.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Krishnaswamy Sundarji

General Krishnaswamy "Sundarji" Sundararajan, (28 April 1928 – 8 February 1999) was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1986 to 1988. W. A. G. Pinto and Krishnaswamy Sundarji are British Indian Army officers, defence Services Staff College alumni, Indian generals and Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

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Lahore

Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant general (India)

Lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank in the Indian Army. W. A. G. Pinto and Lieutenant general (India) are Indian generals.

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Long-range reconnaissance patrol

A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP, is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory.

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Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division.

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M47 Patton

The M47 Patton was an American Medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton.

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Maha Vir Chakra

The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

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Major general (India)

Major general is a two-star general officer rank in the Indian Army. W. A. G. Pinto and Major general (India) are Indian generals.

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McMahon Line

The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention.

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Medium machine gun

A medium machine gun (MMG), in modern terms, usually refers to a belt-fed machine gun firing a full-powered rifle cartridge, and is considered "medium" in weight.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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National Cadet Corps (India)

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces with its headquarters in New Delhi, India.

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National Defence College (India)

The National Defence College, located in New Delhi, is the defence service training institute and highest seat of strategic learning for officers of the Defence Service and the Civil Services.

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North-East Frontier Agency

The North–East Frontier Agency (NEFA), originally known as the North-East Frontier Tracts (NEFT), was one of the political divisions in British India, and later the Republic of India until 20 January 1972, when it became the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh and some parts of Assam.

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Officers' Training Corps

The Officers' Training Corps (OTC), more fully called the University Officers' Training Corps (UOTC), are military leadership training units operated by the British Army.

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Operation Chengiz Khan

Operation Chengiz Khan was the code name assigned to the preemptive strikes carried out by the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on the forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December 1971, and marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

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Param Vir Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime.

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Param Vishisht Seva Medal

Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST) is a military award of India. W. A. G. Pinto and Param Vishisht Seva Medal are Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

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Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols.

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Portuguese India

The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da India, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Pune

Pune, previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._A._G._Pinto

Also known as WAG Pinto.

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See also

Academic staff of the Defence Services Staff College

Generals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

References