https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=F._N._BillimoriaF. N. Billimoria - Revision history2026-07-31T21:32:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=F._N._Billimoria&diff=372932&oldid=prevBot at 05:50, 1 November 20222022-11-01T05:50:00Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox military person<br />
|honorific_prefix= [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]<br />
| name = F N Billimoria<br />
|honorific_suffix= [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]]<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = 1933<br />
| death_date = 2005<br />
| placeofburial_label =<br />
| placeofburial =<br />
| birth_place = [[India]] <br />
| death_place =<br />
| placeofburial_coordinates =<br />
| nickname = Billy<br />
| allegiance = [[British Indian Empire]]<br />{{flag|India}}<br />
| branch = [[British Indian Army]]<br />{{army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 1955-1993<br />
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|20px]] [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]<br />
| unit = [[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|2/5 Gorkha Rifles]] and 27th Mountain Division <br />
| commands =[[X Corps (India)|X Corps]] <br />[[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|2/5 Gorkha Rifles]]<br />
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]<br />
| awards = [[File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
| relations = [[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria]] (son)<br />
| laterwork =<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Faridoon Noshir 'Billy' Billimoria''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] (1933–2005) was an [[Indian Army]] officer who was the 15th [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]]. He commanded a battalion in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-24/lucknow/28332096_1_women-officers-officers-training-school-mobc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701143230/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-24/lucknow/28332096_1_women-officers-officers-training-school-mobc |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Ft-Lt Raina adjudged best |date=2004-02-24 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> He was also the commandant of the [[Defence Services Staff College]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/DSSC,%20Wellington%20-%20TIMELINE.pdf |title=DSSC, Wellington - TIMELINE |date= |website=[[Defence Services Staff College]]}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life and education==<br />
Bilimoria attended [[The Doon School]] and then joined the 2nd course of the Joint Services Wing (JSW), a forerunner of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] (NDA).<ref>Indian Defence Review 1990, pg. 133 "Lieutenant, General Billimoria F.N., G.O.C-in-command....Education:The Doon School"</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lt Gen FN Bilimoria: A Soldier's General |url=http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/9/7793/lt-gen-fn-bilimoria-a-soldiers-general |website=thecitizen.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
Bilimoria served as [[aide-de-camp]] to the first [[President of India|Indian President]], Dr [[Rajendra Prasad]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=kanwar|first=raj|title=Lt Gen FN Bilimoria: A Soldier|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/7793/Lt-Gen-FN-Bilimoria-A-Soldiers-General|access-date=2020-06-26|website=The Citizen|language=en-US}}</ref> He commanded [[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|2/5 Gorkha Rifles]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<br />
<br />
Bilimoria, while he was the Central Army Commander, 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 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2084545.ece| title=Lieutenant-General Faridoon Bilimoria}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Legacy==<br />
The Lieutenant General 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Galleries/Contemporary/Women/Women04_001.jpg.html |title=Indian Navy &#124; Best Officer [www.bharat-rakshak.com&#93; |publisher=Bharat-rakshak.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
He married his wife Yasmin in January 1960 at [[Secunderabad]]. They have two sons. [[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria]], the [[British Indian]] entrepreneur who founded [[Cobra Beer]] is his son.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanwar |first=Raj |author-link=Raj Kanwar (journalist) |title=Lt Gen FN Bilimoria: A Soldier |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/7793/Lt-Gen-FN-Bilimoria-A-Soldiers-General |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=The Citizen |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{s-start}}<br />
{{s-mil}}<br />
{{succession box<br />
| title = [[Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College]]<br />
| years = 1986 - 1987<br />
| before = Mahipat Sinhji<br />
| after = Gurinder Singh}}<br />
{{succession box<br />
| title = [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]]<br />
| years = 1989 - 1991<br />
| before = [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]<br />
| after = Vijai Singh}}<br />
{{s-end}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Billimoria, F. N.}}<br />
[[Category:The Doon School alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian generals]]<br />
[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:2005 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]</div>Bot