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286:During his career, he has been awarded the
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1150:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
562:. Press Trust of India. 31 August 2016.
556:"Army vice chief Lt Gen MMS Rai retires"
503:"Army vice-chief Lt Gen MMS Rai retires"
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536:from the original on 28 September 2017
509:from the original on 10 November 2016.
462:50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
290:(January 2016) as Lieutenant General,
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472:20 Years Long Service Medal
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455:High Altitude Service Medal
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271:(Jodhpur); Chief of Staff
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1027:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
948:Chief of the Army Staff
823:Vice Chief of Army Staff
445:Operation Parakram Medal
236:National Defence Academy
230:Early life and education
212:Vice Chief of Army Staff
921:Indian Army (1948–1955)
885:Indian Army (1947–1948)
872:Chief of the Army Staff
793:Samer Pal Singh Dhillon
560:Business Standard India
416:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
306:Honours and decorations
292:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
176:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
1057:Joginder Jaswant Singh
997:Tapishwar Narain Raina
977:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
1087:Manoj Mukund Naravane
1017:Krishnaswamy Sundarji
992:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
957:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
939:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
934:Kodandera M. Cariappa
649:Indian Defence Review
440:Operation Vijay Medal
433:Siachen Glacier Medal
428:Special Service Medal
273:South Western Command
234:Rai is an alumnus of
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1037:Shankar Roychowdhury
1032:Bipin Chandra Joshi
1012:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
1002:Om Prakash Malhotra
919:Commander-in-Chief,
883:Commander-in-Chief,
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423:Vishisht Seva Medal
300:Vishisht Seva Medal
196:Man Mohan Singh Rai
185:Vishisht Seva Medal
31:Man Mohan Singh Rai
16:Indian Army general
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