B. C. Joshi

B. C. 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.

Career

*Commissioned in December 1954 in the Armoured Corps.
*Commanded an Armoured Regiment in the Western Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak operationscite web |url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/army_chief/19gen_bc_joshi.htm| publisher=bharat-rakshak.com| title=CHIEFS OF THE INDIAN ARMY] . He also commanded an Independent Armoured Brigade and an Infantry Division.
*Military Advisor in Australia from May 1973 to October 1976
*Staff officer in the UN Force in Gaza
*Brigadier General Staff in a Corps Headquarters
*Commanded a Corps in the Eastern Sector
*General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command.
*Additional Director General of Perspective Planning (ADG PP) & Director General Military Operations (DGMO) at the Army Headquarters
*Three tenures as an instructor in the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar
*Directed Staff in the College of Combat, Mhow

Passing Away

General Joshi died of heart attack in New Delhi military hospital on November 19, 1994 [cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3D61031F93AA25752C1A962958260 | title=Gen. Bipin Chandra Joshi, Indian Army Chief, 59| publisher=NY times] . He was due to retire in 1995. He is the only General of Indian military who passed away while in service.

References

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


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