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词条 Bipin Chandra Joshi
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  1. Career

  2. Medals

  3. Death

  4. Legacy

  5. Honours and decorations

  6. Dates of rank

  7. References

  8. External links

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| name = Bipin Chandra Joshi
| honorific_suffix = PVSM, AVSM, ADC
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| birth_date = 5 December 1935[1]
| birth_place = Pithoragarh, United Provinces, British India
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| death_place = New Delhi, India
| serviceyears = 1954–1994
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| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = Indian Army
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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (5 December 1935 – 19 November 1994) was the 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army. He was born in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

Career

  • Commissioned 4 December 1954 into the 64 Cavalry Regiment, Indian Army Armoured Corps.[2]
  • Commanded an armoured regiment in the Western Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak operations.[3] He also commanded an Independent Armoured Brigade and an Infantry Division.
  • Military Advisor in Australia from May 1973 to October 1976[3]
  • Staff officer in the UN Force in Gaza[3]
  • Brigadier General Staff in a Corps Headquarters[3]
  • Commanded a Corps in the Eastern Sector[3]
  • General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command.[3]
  • Additional Director General of Perspective Planning (ADG PP) & Director General Military Operations (DGMO) at the Army Headquarters[3]
  • Three tenures as an instructor in the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar[3]
  • Directed Staff in the College of Combat, Mhow[3]
  • Established the Army Institute of Technology in Pune (Engineering College), Maharashtra in August 1994 for the wards of defence personnel, 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|date=August 2010}}

Medals

General B. C. Joshi has been a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service of the most exceptional order.

Death

General B. C. Joshi died of a cardiac arrest in New Delhi Military Hospital on 19 November 1994.[4] He was due to retire in 1995. He is the only Chief of Indian Army who died in harness.

Legacy

The Gen. B. C. Joshi Army Public School was established in 1993 in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand in his honour.[5]

Honours and decorations

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number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}}number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Samanya Seva Medal
Paschimi Star
Special Service Medal
Raksha Medal
Sangram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal
Videsh Seva Medal
25th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal
9 Years Long Service Medal

Dates of rank

Insignia Rank Component Date of rank
Second Lieutenant Indian Army 4 December 1954[2]
Lieutenant Indian Army 4 December 1956[6]
Captain Indian Army 4 December 1960[7]
Major Indian Army 4 December 1967[8]
Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army 1 April 1974[9]
Colonel Indian Army 19 October 1979[10]
Brigadier Indian Army 1 April 1980[11]
Major General Indian Army 1 October 1984[12]
Lieutenant-General Indian Army 2 June 1987 (seniority from 1 April)[13]
General
(COAS) 		Indian Army 1 July 1993[14]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Abidi|first1=S. Sartaj Alam|last2=Sharma|first2=Satinder|title=Services Chiefs of India|date=2007|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=9788172111625|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&pg=PA81|accessdate=27 July 2017|language=en}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=118 |date=18 June 1955 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/158-BC-Joshi.html | title=CHIEFS OF THE INDIAN ARMY | publisher=bharat-rakshak.com | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320223010/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/158-BC-Joshi.html | archivedate=20 March 2012 | df=dmy-all }}
4. ^{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3D61031F93AA25752C1A962958260 | title=Gen. Bipin Chandra Joshi, Indian Army Chief, 59| publisher=NY Times | date=19 November 1994 | accessdate=26 April 2010}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Gen. B.C. Joshi Army Public School|url=http://bcjaps.net.in/|accessdate=8 November 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=79 |date=30 March 1957 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
7. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=26 |date=28 January 1961 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=98 |date=10 February 1968 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1373 |date=11 October 1975 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=680 |date=15 May 1982 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
11. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=22 |date=1 January 1983 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
12. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1533 |date=11 October 1986 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
13. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=68 |date=9 January 1988 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}
14. ^{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1536 |date=28 August 1993 |website= |publisher=The Gazette of India}}

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
  • https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/19/obituaries/gen-bipin-chandra-joshi-indian-army-chief-59.html
  • http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/29780/News/General-Bipin-Chandra-Joshi.html
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| years = 1993–1994
| after = Shankar Roychowdhury}}{{Succession box
| before = G S Grewal
|title = General Officer Commanding - in- Chief Western Command
| years = 1992 -1993
| after = R K Gulati
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