V. K. Nayar

Lt. Gen. V. K. Nayar PVSM, SM ( - 30 November 2015) was a former Indian Army officer and Governor of Nagaland.[1][2]

V. K. Nayar
Governor of Nagaland
In office
2 October 1993 – 4 August 1994
Preceded byLokanath Misra
Succeeded byOudh Narayan Shrivastava
Personal details
OccupationIndian Army Officer
Administrator
As of 01 March, 2020

While in the Army, he served as a Paratrooper, an infantryman, a Counter-insurgency specialist and Army commander (GOC-in-C, Western Command).

Personal Life

He was married to Sajni Nayar, had one son (also an Army Officer) and one daughter. He died on 30 November 2015.[3]

Bibliography
  • From Fatigues to Civvies: Memoirs of a Paratrooper (2013)[4]

References
  1. "RIP Lt-Gen VK 'Tubby' Nayar, the 'hero' of Northeast". DailyO.
  2. "Lt. Gen. V.K. Nayar". Raj Bhavan Nagaland official website.
  3. "LT.GEN. VK NAYAR PVSM, SM(RETD.) - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. V. K. Nayar. From Fatigues to Civvies: Memoirs of a Paratrooper. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 9789350980071.


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