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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Chander Prakash<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}<br />
| death_date = <br />
| birth_place = <br />
| image = Chander Prakash (cropped).jpg<br />
| nickname = <br />
| allegiance = India, United Nations<br />
| branch = [[Indian Army]]<br />
| serviceyears = <br />
| rank = [[Lieutenant general]]<br />
| servicenumber = <!--Do not use data from primary sources such as service records.--><br />
| unit = <br />
| commands = [[United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|MONUSCO]] (2010–2013)<br />
| battles = [[M23 rebellion]]<br />
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| awards = {{Plainlist |<br />
* [[Sena Medal|SM]]<br />
* [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<br />
}}<br />
| laterwork = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Chander Prakash Wadhwa''' SM, VSM, (born 1953) is a senior [[Indian Army]] [[Lieutenant general|Lt. General]] who was Force Commander of [[United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|MONUSCO]], the United Nations mission in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. He served from August 2010 until 31 March 2013.<ref name=curriculum>{{cite web|url=http://monusco.unmissions.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OoNLvTEuo2s%3D&tabid=10783&mid=13802&language=en-US|title=Curriculum Vitae:Lieutenant General Chander Prakash, Force Commander, MONUSCO|publisher=MONUSCO, United Nations|accessdate=4 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023254/http://monusco.unmissions.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OoNLvTEuo2s%3D&tabid=10783&mid=13802&language=en-US|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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He joined the [[Indian Army]] in June 1973. From 1989 to 1990 he served as a military observer for the [[UNIIMOG]] mission in Iraq and Iran. He has also commanded a mountain division and a counter insurgency brigade. From January 2005 until February 2008 he was the [[military attaché]] of the Indian Embassy in Paris, France. His responsibilities included defensive cooperation with France and the [[Benelux]]-countries.<br />
He later became Additional Directorate General of Staff Duties at the Indian Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, where he was responsible for the peacekeeping operations of India.<ref name=curriculum/><ref name=appointment/><br />
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Prakash was appointed as Force Commander of MONUSCO in August 2010, he succeeded [[Babacar Gaye]].<ref name=appointment>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sga1255.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General names India's Lieutenant General Chander Prakash Force Commander |publisher=United Nations |date= |accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> He himself was succeeded by Brazilian [[Divisional_general#Brazil|Divisional General]] [[Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz]] in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sga1407.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz |publisher=United Nations |date= |accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and decorations==<br />
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"<br />
|[[File:Sena Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:MONUC Medal bar.gif|104px]]<br />
|[[File:UNOMIL Medal bar.gif|104px]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sena Medal]]<br />
|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|Special Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|High Altitude Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Videsh Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|30 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|20 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|9 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|[[MONUSCO|UN Mission in Congo Medal]]<br />
|[[UNOMIL|UN Mission in Liberia Medal]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian generals]]<br />
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