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. He was born in Uttarakhand formerly known as Uttaranchal, India. Many of his relative still lives there.

Career

• Commissioned in December 1954 into the 64 Cavalry Regiment, Indian Army Armoured Corps.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

Death

General Joshi died of heart attack in New Delhi military hospital on November 19, 1994. He was due to retire in 1995. He is the only General of Indian military who died while in service.

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