{{Short description|Indian Army officer and writer (1927–2015)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix= Lieutenant General | name = Manohar Lal Chibber | honorific_suffix = Padma Bhushan<br>PVSM AVSM | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|08|24|df=y}} | birth_place = India | death_date = 2015 (aged 87–88) | allegiance={{flag|India}} | branch={{army|India}} | rank = 20px Lieutenant General | unit = 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) | commands={{plainlist| *24 px Northern Army<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/siachen-the-untold-story-a-personal-account/ | title=Siachen The Untold Story (A Personal Account) |author=Lt Gen ML Chibber|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref> }} | awards={{plainlist| *Padma Bhushan *Param Vishisht Seva Medal *Ati Vishisht Seva Medal }} }}
'''Manohar Lal Chibber''' (24 August 1927 – 2015) was an Indian Army officer and writer, known for his involvement in the Siachen conflict of 1986.<ref name="Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class">{{cite web | url=http://corporatecitizen.in/issue11/cradle-of-leadership-9-for-the-executive-class.html | title=Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class | publisher=Corporate Citizen | work=Journal article | date=July 2015 | accessdate=8 May 2016}}</ref> He held the position of a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army and is a recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.<ref name="AVSM winners">{{cite web | url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/WriteReadData/Documents/awards/AVSM.htm | title=AVSM winners | publisher=Indian Army | date=2016 | accessdate=8 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/drchibber| title=Lt. Gen. (Retd) Dr. M. L. Chibber Biography|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref>
Chibber was GOC-in-C of India's Northern Command, Adjutant General, and Director of Military Operations. He was a faculty at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://netnews.helloyou.ch/bookstore/leadership.html|title=Dr. M.L. Chibber|access-date=2021-10-10}}</ref>
Chibber held a doctoral degree in Leadership and was a recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship. Chibber was a director of the Management Development Institute, a centre of higher training for the Indian Administrative Service officers and corporate leaders.<ref name="Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class" />
Chibber was the author of several books on military and leadership, viz. ''Pakistan's Criminal Folly in Kashmir'',<ref name="Chibber1998">{{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Pakistan's Criminal Folly in Kashmir: The Drama of Accession and Rescue of Ladakh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqyVTrFvKr8C|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Manas Publications|isbn=978-81-7049-095-1}}</ref> ''Military Leadership to Prevent Military Coup'',<ref name="Chibber1987">{{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Military leadership to prevent military coup|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnBAAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1987|publisher=Lancer International|isbn=9780836422115 }}</ref> ''Soldier's Role in National Integration'',<ref name="Soldier's Role in National Integration">{{cite book | url=http://www.alibris.com/Soldiers-Role-in-National-Integration-Manohar-Lal-Chibber/book/14549794 | title=Soldier's Role in National Integration | publisher=Lancer International | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | year=1991 | pages=238 | isbn=9788170620105}}</ref> ''Leadership in the Indian Army during eighties and nineties'',<ref name="Leadership in the Indian Army during eighties and nineties">{{cite book | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35065723?selectedversion=NBD9257686 | title=Leadership in the Indian Army during eighties and nineties | publisher=United Service Institution of India | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | year=1985 | pages=40}}</ref> ''History of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry'',<ref name="Chibber1992">{{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=History of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wm41HAAACAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regimental Centre}}</ref> ''Para Military Forces''<ref name="Chibber1979">{{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Para Military Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9RJAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=United Service Institution of India}}</ref> ''National Service For Defence, Development And National Integration Of India''<ref name="Chibber1995">{{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=National Service For Defence, Development And National Integration Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A17fAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Kartikeya Publications|isbn=978-81-85823-07-2}}</ref> and ''Sai Baba's Mahavakya on Leadership''.<ref name="Chibber">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACqZAAAACAAJ | title=Sai Baba's Mahavakya on Leadership: Book for Youth, Parents and Teachers | publisher=Sri Sathya Sai Book & Publications Trust | date=1996 | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | isbn=978-81-7208-180-5}}</ref>
In 1986, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Chibber died in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gen Dalbir Singh, COAS pays homage to Padma Bhushan Lt Gen M L Chibber (Retd) at Brar Square New Delhi on his demise. |url=https://www.facebook.com/Indianarmy.adgpi/posts/pfbid02hwJLoMsWczqHtcjiBPPpSMzCoToP3uK7YWEJHGJWrh3xuMa2dEBH83NbkTP2q39Bl |website=ADGPI – Indian Army on Facebook |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
== Bibliography == * {{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Para Military Forces|year=1979|publisher=United Service Institution of India}} * {{cite book | title=Leadership in the Indian Army during eighties and nineties | publisher=United Service Institution of India | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | year=1985 | pages=40}} * {{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Military leadership to prevent military coup|date=1987|publisher=Lancer International}} * {{cite book | title=Soldier's Role in National Integration | publisher=Lancer International | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | year=1991 | pages=238 | isbn=9788170620105}} * {{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=History of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|year=1992|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regimental Centre}} * {{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=National Service For Defence, Development And National Integration Of India|year=1995|publisher=Kartikeya Publications|isbn=978-81-85823-07-2}} * {{cite book | title=Sai Baba's Mahavakya on Leadership: Book for Youth, Parents and Teachers | publisher=Sri Sathya Sai Book & Publications Trust | date=1996 | author=Manohar Lal Chibber | isbn=978-81-7208-180-5}} * {{cite book|author=Manohar Lal Chibber|title=Pakistan's Criminal Folly in Kashmir: The Drama of Accession and Rescue of Ladakh|date=1998|publisher=Manas Publications|isbn=978-81-7049-095-1}}
== See also == * Siachen conflict * Kargil War {{Portal|India}}
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== External links == * {{cite web | url=http://mohyalwarriors.blogspot.ae/2011/03/figures-pre-mughal-era-gorakh-rai.html | title=MOHYALs---historical figures | publisher=MOHYALS — The Warrior Brahmins | date=10 March 2011 | accessdate=8 May 2016}}
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