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Allegiance
  
India

Name
  
Bipin Joshi

Service/branch
  
Indian Army

Years of service
  
1954–1994

Rank
  
General officer


Awards
  
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Died
  
November 19, 1994, New Delhi

General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (Hindi: बिपिन चन्द्र जोशी, 1935 – November 19, 1994) was the 17th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army. He was born in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

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Career

  • Commissioned in December 1954 into the 64 Cavalry Regiment, Indian Army Armoured Corps.
  • Commanded an armoured regiment in the Western Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak operations. 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
  • Established the Army Institute of Technology in Pune (Engineering College), Maharashtra in August 1994 for the wards of defence personals, either in service or retired.

    • General Joshi also became Colonel of the Regiment (a ceremonial military patron's post) for the 64 Cavalry later in his career.

    Medals

    General B. C. Joshi has been a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) for distinguished service of the most exceptional order.

    Death

    General B. C. Joshi died off a cardiac arrest in New Delhi Military Hospital on November 19, 1994. He was due to retire in 1995. He is the only General of Indian Army who died while in service.

    Legacy

    The Gen. B. C. Joshi Army Public School was established in 1993 in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand in his honour.

    References

    Bipin Chandra Joshi Wikipedia
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