Allegiance India Name F. Billimoria Years of service 1955-1993 Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal | Rank Lieutenant General Unit 11 Gorkha Rifles | |
Commands held 21st Infantry Division33 CorpsMilitary Secretary Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1971Operation Blue Star Children Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria Grandchildren Zara Bilimoria, Kai Bilimoria, Josh Bilimoria, Lilly Bilimoria Battles and wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Operation Blue Star | ||
Lt. Gen. F. N. Billimoria PVSM was an Indian Army officer who was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He also headed the Wellington Cantonment in 1986. Lt. General Faridoon Noshire Bilimoria PVSM (1933–2005), popularly known as 'General Billy', was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Army Command of the Indian Army, who had also served as ADC to the first Indian President, Rajendra Prasad, and commanded the 2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Lt. General Bilimoria, while General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Indian Army, was also sent by the Government of India to Sri Lanka in 1990 to review the work of the Indian Peace Keeping Force which had been deployed in that country during the Sri Lankan Civil War under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, and it was on his recommendations that the force was recalled in 1990, ending India's military engagement with the LTTE. He attended The Doon School in India. The Lt. Gen. F. N. Billimoria trophy, named after him, is awarded to the best officer in the graduating class of Army Medical Corps Centre & School in the Lucknow Cantonment.