Introduction:
Gen. S. Padmanabhan passed away on 18-Aug-2024 after an illness. Post his demise, numerous well-wishers sent condolence messages to his family. Numerous articles and videos related to his public life appeared both in the traditional press and in non-traditional media. This page attempts to collect links to these articles and videos. Over time, I hope to expand this to include published material from the past that describe his life more fully. My sincere thanks to my family, friends of the family, well-wishers and sympathizers for sending over this information.
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Basic information:
News articles from reputed sources:
Official Press Information Bureau of India bulletin (Government of India Site)
A letter from the Prime Minister of India:
A letter from the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi (PDF)
Articles in the traditional press (generic):
Hindustan Times; another Hindustan Times article; yet another HT article
Times of India and another Times of India article
Other (generic) Articles:
Unique articles with some personal accounts:
Mission Victory India (a tribute from Brig. B.L.Poonia – 15 Corps)
South First (a personal account from Aditya Sinha a neighbor)
The Wire (from Gen. “Zoom” Shah about the Gujarat Riots in 2002)
Tribune (an obituary from Gen. G.S. Sihota)
New York Times (an article during Op. Parakram from 2002) (PDF version)
Press Information Bureau of India (an Interview with Sainik Samachar from 2002)
Selected Tweets:
ADG PI (Indian Army) @adgpi
Stavka @Maverickmusafir
Vats Rohit @KesariDhwaj
Karan @rathorekaran17
Videos:
Shekhar Gupta – Editor in Chief, The Print (20:39)
Gunner’s Shot (1:34:43)
Diary of a Publisher (10:44)
WhatsApp Chats:
A message from the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun (RIMC)