New Delhi: Former Army Chief General KV Krishna Rao, who played a key role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, died in Delhi on saturday at the military hospital following a cardiac arrest. He was 92.
He was also the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the highest appointment in the Services, during March 1982 to July 1983.
General Rao also served as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir at a time when militancy was at its peak in the state.
@ Agency report.
