S. P. P. Thorat

Shankarrao Pandurang Patil Thorat (born 12 August 1906) is an Indian Army former Lieutenant General who led the Eastern Command in the lead up to the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

He was born on 12 August 1906, in Vadgaon village in the erstwhile princely state of Kolhapur.

During World War II, Colonel Thorat commanded battalion-level formations fighting against Japanese forces.

Works

 * From Reveille to Retreat (1986). Allied Publishers. ISBN 978-8-17023-077-9.