51 Infantry Brigade
The Brigade and three Battalion Commanders of the 'all- Indian' 51 Infantry Brigade in Burma. Left to Right: Lieutenant Colonel S P P Thorat, 2/2nd Punjab; Lieutenant Colonel L P Sen, 16/10th Baluch; Brigadier R A Hutton, Commander 51st Brigade; and Lieutenant Colonel K S Thimayya, 8/19th Hyderabad. All three battalion commanders earned the DSO [Distinguished Service Order] for their performance in Burma.
Thimayya rose to the rank of General and became the Chief of the Army Staff, a post he held from 1957 to 1961. Sen was Brigade Commander of the 161st Infantry Brigade that was airlifted to Srinagar in 1947, which beat the Pakistani-supported raiders back all the way to Uri. Thorat and Sen later rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in their respective army careers and both held the appointment of GOC Eastern Army Command, with Sen holding the command during the 1962 Indo-China War.
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