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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = K. B. Lall<br />
| birth_date = 1917<br />
| birth_place = Channi<br />
| death_date = 2005<br />
| death_place = Mumbai<br />
| occupation = Principal Defence Secretary of India<br />
| children = [[Rajiv Lall]]<br />
| networth = <br />
}}<br />
'''K.B. Lall''' (1917–2005) was an eminent and highly respected civil servant of [[India]] and a member of [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]. <br />
He was Principal Defence Secretary of India in Indo-Pak war in 1971. Earlier, he served as Commerce Secretary as well as Ambassador to the [[European Common Market]], as the European Union was then known. <br />
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Ambassador Lall was also accredited to the Grand Duchy of [[Luxembourg]]. In this capacity he inaugurated with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Mr. [[Gaston Thorn]], the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the Municipal Park in Luxembourg-City on 21 June 1973. The bronze bust sculpture by the famous modernist artist [[Amar Nath Sehgal]] (1922-2007) was a gift by the philanthropist [[Henry J. Leir]]. <br />
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Greatly respected by Defence minister Jagjivan Ram, Lall's stewardship of the Ministry of defence contributed materially to the smooth conduct of, and victory in the [[1971 War]].<br />
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He was conferred [[Padma Vibhushan]] award in 2000.<br />
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He died at the age of 88 in 2005.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310213300/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2103/stories/20040213001108800.htm]<br />
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