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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General (India)|General]]
| name = Bipin Chandra Joshi
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]
| image = File:General Bipin Chandra Joshi.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| birth_date = 5 December 1935<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Pithoragarh]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br> (now [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{dda|1994|11|19|1935|12|5|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| serviceyears = 1954–1994
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| rank = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg|15px]] [[General (India)|General]]
| servicenumber = IC-7011<ref name="commission"/>
| commands = [[File:IA_Western_Command.svg|20px]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Army]]<br/> [[File:IA_Southern_Command.svg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]]
| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br/>
[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
}}

[[General (India)|General]] '''Bipin Chandra Joshi''', [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (5 December 1935 – 19 November 1994) was the 17th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]] (COAS) of the [[Indian Army]]. He is the only Chief of the Indian Army to die in office, and until the 2021 death of General [[Bipin Rawat]] in [[2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash|a helicopter crash]], the only full general and serving [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]] to have died in office.

==Early life==
Joshi was born in a [[Hindu]] [[Kumaoni people|Kumaoni]] [[Brahmin]] family. The time he became Army Chief, Pithoragarh & Almora were parts of Uttar Pradesh. He was the first Army Chief from [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand was a part of erstwhile Uttar Pradesh). Today Pithoragarh district falls within the borders of Uttarakhand.

== Career ==
*Commissioned 4 December 1954 into [[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]], [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]].<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=118 |date=18 June 1955 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
*Commanded an [[armoured regiment]] in the Western Sector during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pak operations]].<ref name="bharat-rakshak">{{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 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320223010/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/158-BC-Joshi.html | archive-date=20 March 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He also commanded an Independent Armoured Brigade and an Infantry Division.
*Military Advisor in [[Australia]] from May 1973 to October 1976<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Staff officer in the UN Force in Gaza<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Brigadier General Staff in a Corps Headquarters<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Commanded a Corps in the Eastern Sector<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command.<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Additional Director General of Perspective Planning (ADG PP) & Director General Military Operations (DGMO) at the Army Headquarters<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Three tenures as an instructor in the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]] Centre and School, [[Ahmednagar]]<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*Directed Staff in the [[Army War College, Mhow|College of Combat]], [[Mhow]]<ref name="bharat-rakshak" />
*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.

Joshi also became [[Colonel of the Regiment|Colonel_(India)#Colonel_of_the_regiment]] of the [[64 Cavalry]] later in his career.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

==Medals==
Joshi has been a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] for distinguished service of the most exceptional order.

== Death ==
Joshi died of a cardiac arrest in New Delhi Military Hospital on 18 November 1994.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was due to retire in 1995. He was the first Chief of Indian Army who died in harness. General Bipin Rawat, former Chief and the serving Chief of Defence Staff, also died in a tragic helicopter crash in December 2021 whilst landing at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. General Joshi’s untimely death changed the entire line of succession for the post of Chief of Army Staff, which is typically decided on the basis of seniority. As a result, Lt. Gen. Shankar Roychoudhary was promoted to full general and appointed as the 17th Chief of Army Staff.

==Legacy==
The Gen. B. C. Joshi Army Public School was established in 1993 in [[Pithoragarh]], [[Uttarakhand]] in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen. B.C. Joshi Army Public School|url=http://bcjaps.net.in/|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref>

==Honours and decorations==

{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|colspan="4"|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Samanya Seva medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|-

|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]

|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|-
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
|[[Paschimi Star]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]

|-
|[[Raksha Medal]]
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Videsh Seva Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}

==Dates of rank==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 4 December 1954<ref name="commission"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 4 December 1956<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=79 |date=30 March 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 4 December 1960<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=26 |date=28 January 1961 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 4 December 1967<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=98 |date=10 February 1968 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant Colonel]] || Indian Army || 1 April 1974<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1373 |date=11 October 1975 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 19 October 1979<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=680 |date=15 May 1982 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 1 April 1980<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=22 |date=1 January 1983 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (India)|Major General]] || Indian Army || 1 October 1984<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1533 |date=11 October 1986 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] || Indian Army || 2 June 1987 (seniority from 1 April)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=68 |date=9 January 1988 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[General (India)|General]]<br>(COAS) || Indian Army || 1 July 1993<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1536 |date=28 August 1993 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== 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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| before = [[Laxminarayan Ramdas]]}}
{{s-ttl
| title = [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]]
| years = 1 October 1993 - 19 November 1994}}
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| after =[[S. K. Kaul]]}}
{{Succession box| before = [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
|title = [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of Army Staff]]
| years = 1993–1994
| after = [[Shankar Roychowdhury]]}}
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| before = G S Grewal
|title = [[General_officer_commanding#Usage_in_the_Indian_Army|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]]
| years = 1992 -1993
| after = R K Gulati
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| before = A K Chatterjee
|title = [[General_officer_commanding#Usage_in_the_Indian_Army|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]
| years = 1990 - 1992
| after = A S Kalkat
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[[Category:Military personnel from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:People from Pithoragarh]]
[[Category:Chiefs of Army Staff (India)]]
[[Category:Indian generals]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]

Bipin Chandra Joshi - Revision history

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