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serialized_infobox: <TAG> honorific prefix </TAG> ಫೀಲ್ಡ್ ಮಾರ್ಷಲ್ <TAG> name </TAG> ಕೊಡಂದೆರ ಮಾದಪ್ಪ ಕಾರಿಯಪ್ಪ ( ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ಪ ) <TAG> honorific suffix </TAG> Order of the British Empire | OBE <TAG> image </TAG> K M Cariappa . jpgಚಿತ್ರ : FM Cariappa KM . jpg | right | thumb | ' ' ' ಫೀಲ್ಡ್ ಮಾರ್ಷಲ್ ಕೊಡಂದೆರ ಮಾದಪ್ಪ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ಪ ' ' ' <TAG> caption </TAG> Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa < br / > First Commander - in - Chief of the Indian Army <TAG> birth place </TAG> ಶನಿವಾರಸಂತೆ , ಕೊಡಗು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ , British India <TAG> caste </TAG> ಕೊಡವ <TAG> death place </TAG> ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು , ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ <TAG> placeofburial </TAG> ( cremated ) ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ , ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ <TAG> nickname </TAG> ಕಿಪ್ಪರ್ ( Kipper ) <TAG> serviceyears </TAG> 1919-1953,1986 - 1993 <TAG> rank </TAG> File : Field Marshal of the Indian Army . svg | 15px Field Marshal <TAG> unit </TAG> ರಜಪೂತ್ ರೆಜಿಮೆಂಟ್ <TAG> commands </TAG> Commander - in - Chief , Indian Army < br / > Western Command ( India ) | Western Army ( then called ' Delhi and East Punjab Command ' ) < br / > Eastern Command ( India ) | Eastern Army < br / > Rajput Regiment | 17 Rajput ( then called ' 7th Rajput Machine Gun Battalion ' ) <TAG> battles </TAG> World War II < br / > Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 ( ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ವಿಶ್ವಯದ್ಧ ಮತ್ತು ೧೯೪೭ರ ಭಾರತ - ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ ಯುದ್ಧ ) <TAG> awards </TAG> File : Order of the British Empire ( Military ) Ribbon . png | 34px Order of the British Empire < br / > File : Legion of Merit ribbon . svg | 34px Legion of Merit
summary: ಫೀಲ್ಡ್ ಮಾರ್ಷಲ್ ಕೊಡಂದೆರ ಮಾದಪ್ಪ ಕಾರಿಯಪ್ಪ (ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ಪ ಜನವರಿ ) ಇವರು ಭಾರತದ ಸೇನೆಯ ಪ್ರಥಮ ದಂಡನಾಯಕರಾಗಿದ್ದರು ಮತ್ತು ಫೀಲ್ಡ್ ಮಾರ್ಷಲ್ (ಮಹಾದಂಡನಾಯಕ) ಪದವಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆದ ಮೊದಲಿಗರು.