B. C. Joshi

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General Bipin Chandra Joshi
General Bipin Chandra Joshi

General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (Born: 1935, Died: November 19, 1994) was the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army.

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[edit] Career

  • Commissioned in December 1954 in the Armoured Corps.
  • Commanded an Armoured Regiment in the Western Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak operations[1]. He also commanded an Independent Armoured Brigade and an Infantry Division.
  • Military Advisor in Australia from May 1973 to October 1976[1]
  • Staff officer in the UN Force in Gaza[1]
  • Brigadier General Staff in a Corps Headquarters[1]
  • Commanded a Corps in the Eastern Sector[1]
  • General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command[1].
  • Additional Director General of Perspective Planning (ADG PP) & Director General Military Operations (DGMO) at the Army Headquarters[1]
  • Three tenures as an instructor in the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar[1]
  • Directed Staff in the College of Combat, Mhow[1]

[edit] Passing Away

General Joshi died of heart attack in New Delhi military hospital on November 19, 1994[2]. He was due to retire in 1995.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i CHIEFS OF THE INDIAN ARMY. bharat-rakshak.com.
  2. ^ Gen. Bipin Chandra Joshi, Indian Army Chief, 59. NY times.

[edit] External links

  • Book titled Man, culture, and society in the Kumaun Himalayas: General B.C. Joshi commemoration volume (ISBN 8185865299) - includes brief articles on General B.C. Joshi
Preceded by
Sunith Francis Rodrigues		 Chief of Army Staff
1993 – 1994		 Succeeded by
Shankar Roychowdhury
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