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{{Short description|Indian Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = G.G.Bewoor
| office = 8th [[Chief of Army Staff (India)]]
| president = [[V. V. Giri]] [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]
| primeminister = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| term_start = 16 Jan 1973
| term_end = 31 May 1975
| honorific-prefix = [[General (India)|General]]
| honorific-suffix = [[PVSM]]
| native_name =
| image = File:General Gopal Gurnath Bewoor.jpg
| width = 200px
| caption =
| predecessor = [[Field marshal (India)|Field Marshal]] [[Sam Manekshaw]]
| successor = [[Tapishwar Narain Raina|General Tapishwar Narain Raina]]
| office2 = Ambassador of [[India]] to [[Denmark]]
| term_start2 = Feb 1976
| term_end2 = Feb 1978
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|08|11}}
| birth_place = [[Seoni]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|10|24|1916|08|11}}
| death_place =
| spouse = Radhika Gokhale
| nickname =
| module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
| allegiance = {{flag|British India}} {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|British India}} {{army|India}}
| serviceyears = 15 July 1937 – 31 May 1975
| rank = [[File:General of the Indian Army.svg|20px]] [[General (India)|General]]
| servicenumber =IC-129<ref name="DCOAS"/>
| unit =
[[Dogra Regiment]]
[[File:Badge_of_Baluch_Regiment_1945-56.jpg|20px]] [[10th Baluch Regiment]]
[[File:XIX-cap-badge.jpg|20px]] [[Green Howards]]

| commands = [[File:IA Southern Command.svg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] [[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]] 27 Infantry Division 80 Infantry Brigade Director General, [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]]
| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|23px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[File:Padma Bhushan Ribbon.svg|23px]] [[Padma Bhushan]] (1972)}}
}}

[[General (India)|General]] '''Gopal Gurunath Bewoor''' {{Post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM}} (11 August 1916 – 24 October 1989)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/personnel/chiefs/33-gg-bewoor.html |title=General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor, PVSM |work=Bharat Rakshak |date=12 October 2006 |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029195546/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/personnel/chiefs/33-gg-bewoor.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a senior [[Army ranks and insignia of India|officer]] of the [[Indian Army]] who served as the 8th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of Army Staff]], and later an [[Indian diplomatic missions|Indian diplomat to Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Where Gallantry is Tradition : Saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College |first1=Bikram |last1=Singh |first2=Sidharth |last2=Mishra |year=1997 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Allied Publishers |page=50 |isbn=9788170236498}}</ref>

In a long service spanning four decades, Gen. Bewoor saw action during [[World War II]] and later was involved in Indian Army operations in [[Pakistan]], including during the [[1965 Indo-Pakistani war|second war in 1965]] as well as effectively commanding the [[Southern Command (India)|southern command]] during the [[1971 Indo-Pakistani war|third war in 1971]]. He succeeded [[Field Marshal]] [[Sam Manekshaw]] as the army chief in January 1973 and following his retirement from the army, served as the Indian Ambassador to [[Denmark]] till 1979.

In 1972, he was honoured with [[Padma Bhushan]] the third highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

==Family and education==
Born at [[Seoni]] on 11 August 1916 into {{Sfn|Wilkinson|2015|p=254}} [[Kannada people|Kannada]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy Since Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-qaBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|publisher=Harvard University Press|author=Steven Wilkinson|year=2015|page=109| isbn=978-0-674-72880-6 |quote=Coorgi (Thimayya, 1957–1961), a Bengali (Chaudhuri, 1962– 1967), a Tamil (Kumaramangalam, 1967–1970), a Parsi (Manekshaw, 1969–1973), a Kannadiga (Bewoor, 1963–1975), and a Kashmiri (Raina, 1975–1978).}}</ref> [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wc6AQAAIAAJ|author=Pritish Nandy|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|year=1974|page=30}}</ref> Gopal Gurunath Bewoor was the son of Sir [[Gurunath Venkatesh Bewoor]] ICS and Rukmini Bewoor. He was educated at [[Colonel Brown Cambridge School]], [[Dehradun]], [[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College]] (RIMC), [[Dehradun]] in 1928 and later the [[Indian Military Academy]]. A part of the Kitchener section, Gopal was appointed Cadet Captain in 1934. He also won Lord Rawlinson's trophy during this time.

==Commissioned into the Indian Army==
Bewoor was commissioned a second [[lieutenant]] on the Special List, Indian Land Forces on 15 July 1937. On 10 August 1937 he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, [[Green Howards]], and saw action during operations in Waziristan. On 10 August 1938 he was admitted to the Indian Army and posted to 5th Battalion [[10th Baluch Regiment]] (now 12 Baloch), with which he saw action [[Burma Campaign|in Burma]]. His seniority as a second lieutenant was antedated to 30 August 1936 and he was promoted lieutenant 30 November 1938. In July 1945, he was transferred from the 5th Baluch and went on to attend the Staff College course at [[Quetta]], and then he was appointed as the Under Secretary (Military) to the Viceroy's Coordination Council. He was the only Indian officer to have achieved this feat.

At Independence in 1947, Bewoor was the Secretary of the Army Partition Committee in 1947, which determined the allotment of weapons, equipment and regiments that were to remain in India or to be allotted to Pakistan. Since his parent regiment - the Baluch - went to Pakistan, he was transferred to the [[Dogra Regiment]] and promoted to acting lieutenant colonel in December 1947. With a view to imparting basic military training to school and college students, he was appointed as the Director of the NCC ([[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]]) in April 1948 with the acting rank of full colonel, and was promoted substantive major on 30 August 1949.<ref name="major_subs">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1520 |date=29 October 1949 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1949/O-2356-1949-0000-109469.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

== Promoted to general rank ==
He was promoted to the acting rank of [[Brigadier]] in 1951, later assuming command of the 80th Infantry Brigade in [[Jammu]] & [[Kashmir]]. He was appointed as the Director, Personnel Services at Army HQ in August 1953, and was promoted to substantive colonel on 30 August 1956.<ref name="colonel">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=97 |date=20 April 1957|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2121-1957-0016-96182.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> The following year, on 4 June 1957, he was again promoted to acting brigadier and given command of an infantry brigade.<ref name="brig_actg">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=194 |date=10 August 1957|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2122-1957-0032-96240.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

On 27 February 1959 at the age of 42 years and 6 months he was promoted to acting Major General as the first Chief of Staff at the Western Command HQ in [[Shimla]]. He is believed to be the second youngest ever Major General in the Indian Army, (Gen JN Chaudhury being the youngest, when he was promoted to acting Major General at the age of 39 years and 8 months.) <ref name="actg_maj_gen">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=101 |date=25 April 1959|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1990-1959-0017-89885.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Promoted to substantive brigadier on 30 August 1959,<ref name="brig_subs">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=266 |date=31 October 1959|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1990-1959-0044-89912.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he assumed the appointment of Colonel of the [[11 Gorkha Rifles]] on 25 May 1960. He was then appointed as the GOC of the 27th Infantry Division on 17 February 1961 at [[Jalandhar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=97 |date=15 April 1961|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1909-1961-0015-85833.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Later he moved this division to [[Kalimpong]] ([[West Bengal]]) in the wake of the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]].

In June 1963, he was appointed as the Director of Military Training at Army HQ and remained there till November 1964. He was promoted as General Officer Commanding 33 Corps at Siliguri in November 1964 with the rank of lieutenant general. He moved to Army HQ in May 1967 as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (DCOAS), to which he had been appointed on 27 April,<ref name="DCOAS">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=428 |date=27 May 1967 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and held that appointment till June 1969. As DCOAS, he was awarded Param Vishist Seva Medal (PVSM) for his meritorious services. However, he has been later criticized for his role in changing the General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR) for evaluation of anti-tank missiles which resulted in the purchase of the [[SS.11|SS11B1]] from France's Aerospatiale and the death of a competing indigenous [[DRDO Anti Tank Missile]] project.

In July 1969, he assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding–in–Chief, Southern Command. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], the Indian military strategy was mainly defensive on the Western Front, while attacking in the Eastern Sector, culminating in the surrender of Dacca and the secession of East Pakistan into the newly formed Bangladesh.
Bewoor's Southern Command was tasked with maintaining a front from Bikaner southwestwards to the Arabian Sea. This command was divided into four sectors: Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer and Kutch. The first two sectors were manned by [[12th Infantry Division (India)|12 Division]] with [[11th Infantry Division (India)|11 Division]] holding Barmer and Kutch. In addition it was supported by an armoured regiment, two independent armoured squadrons, and one missile squadron. For his command of operations in the Rajasthan Sector, Bewoor was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.

== As Chief of Army Staff ==
He succeeded the popular [[Field Marshal]] [[Sam Manekshaw]], the liberator of Bangladesh, as Army Chief on 15 January 1973 and held that appointment for two years and four months till his retirement on 31 May 1975.

Soon after taking office Bewoor was told of one of the most significant developments in the history of Indian defence policy, of which the Indian Army and the Defence Ministry were previously in the dark, namely the Department of Atomic Energy's plans to detonate a nuclear device. The project codenamed [[Smiling Buddha]] had been underway from 1967 under the leadership of [[Raja Ramanna]]. The task of sinking the shaft for the test was assigned to the 61 Engineering Regiment stationed in Jodhpur. Ramanna first contacted the regiment commander, Lt. Col. Subherwal, in May 1973 to dig the shaft. In June 1973 Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] took General Bewoor into confidence and ordered him to support the project. After an initial setback - the finding of water at the first drill site - the location of the test was shifted to the village of Malki near [[Pokhran]], Rajasthan. Bewoor was personally present at the test site and witnessed the actual nuclear explosion of 18 May 1974. He was the first to inform the Prime Minister's Office via a telephone call to D.P. Dhar.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html |title=India's Nuclear Weapons Program: Smiling Buddha: 1974 |work=Nuclear Weapon Archive |date=8 November 2001 |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref> A. Parthasarthi however claims in 1974 he found a note written from the PM (without her characteristic green-ink initials) to Bewoor dated as early as 15 November 1972 asking for the Army's co-operation.<ref>{{cite book|last=Parthasarathi |first=A. |title=Technology at the Core: Science & Technology with Indira Gandhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrRN4qlR1AsC&q=bewoor+pokhran&pg=PA128 |year=2007 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-0170-6 |page=128}}</ref> This must be viewed with some skepticism, since Bewoor was not the COAS on the purported date of this note.

==After retirement==
He served as the Honorary Colonel of the Dogra Regiment up to 11 August 1979. After retirement, he served as the Indian Ambassador to Denmark, from February 1976 to March 1978. He served as a member of the Senate of the [[University of Pune]], for two years from August 1979 onwards. He was also on the Board of Directors of Kirloskar Oil Engines & Vickers Sperry of Pune. Besides, he was often invited to give talks on leadership and military matters by various educational societies. He died on 24 October 1989.

The street in Koregaon Park, Pune where the general lived after retirement is named General Bewoor Path after him.

==Family==
General Bewoor was married to Radhika Gokhale on 12 March 1943. They had two sons and a daughter.

His son Group Captain Anant Bewoor (Retd), served in the [[Indian Air Force]] and saw action with the [[IPKF]] in [[Sri Lanka]] and during the [[Siachen]] operations, and was the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 44th Squadron, which flies the [[IL-76]] heavy-lift military transport aircraft. His younger son, Keshav Bewoor, is also an Air Force officer, and retired from service in the rank of Air Vice Marshal.

Arun Bewoor, former managing director, International Flavors and Fragrances is the son of his late brother Madhav Gurunath Bewoor.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/article1041274.ece |title=Scent of a Man |first=Vinay |last=Kamath |work=[[The Hindu]]: Business Line |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>

Meenakshi Bakhle (wife of D.S. Bakhle, ICS) was General Bewoor's sister. She was a president of the Maharashtra State Women's Council.<ref>[http://mswcindia.org/pastpresidents.aspx The Maharashtra State Women's Council] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216012838/http://mswcindia.org/pastpresidents.aspx |date=16 December 2010 }}</ref> For her (minor) role in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra]] controversy in 1956 she was famously referred to as कोमडी चोमडी मिनाक्षी ("Komdi Chomdi Meenakshi") by "Acharya" [[Prahlad Keshav Atre]] and satirized as a अति विशाल महिला ("Ati Vishaal Mahilaa") in the famous [[P.L. Deshpande]] 1957 play तुझे आहे तुजपाशी ("Tujhe Ahe Tujapashi").

==Awards and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Padma Bhushan Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg|width=106}}
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|{{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}}

|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_War_Medal.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png|width=106}}

|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|[[Padma Bhushan]]
|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Samar Seva Star]]
|[[Paschimi Star]]
|-
|[[Raksha Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|-
|[[1939–1945 Star]]
|[[Burma Star]]
|[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
|[[India Service Medal]]
|}

==Dates of rank==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1a.svg|25px]] || [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|Second Lieutenant]] || [[British Indian Army]] || 15 July 1937<ref name="Indian_Army_List_45">{{cite book|pages=224|title=Indian Army List for October 1945 (Part I)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1945}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1b.svg|25px]] || [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] || British Indian Army || 30 November 1938<ref name="Indian_Army_List_45"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British Army (1920–1953) OF-2.svg|25px]] || [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] || British Indian Army || 15 August 1940 (acting) 15 November 1940 (temporary) 16 August 1942 (war-substantive) 30 August 1944 (substantive)<ref name="Indian_Army_List_45"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg|25px]] || [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] || British Indian Army || 15 November 1940 (acting) 16 August 1942 (temporary)<ref name="Indian_Army_List_45"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British Army (1920–1953) OF-2.svg|25px]] || Captain || [[Indian Army]] || 15 August 1947<ref name="insignia" group="note">Upon independence in 1947, India became a [[Dominion of India|Dominion]] within the British [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. As a result, the rank insignia of the [[British Army]], incorporating the [[Tudor Crown (heraldry)|Tudor Crown]] and four-pointed [[Order of the Bath|Bath Star]] ("pip"), was retained, as [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]] remained Commander-in-Chief of the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. After 26 January 1950, when India became a [[Republic of India|republic]], the [[President of India]] became Commander-in-Chief, and the [[Lion Capital of Asoka|Ashoka Lion]] replaced the crown, with a five-pointed star being substituted for the "pip."</ref><ref name="insignia_designs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg|25px]] || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] || [[Indian Army]] || December 1947 (acting)<ref group="note" name="insignia" /><ref name="insignia_designs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-5.svg|25px]] || [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || April 1948 (acting)<ref group="note" name="insignia" /><ref name="insignia_designs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg|25px]] || Major || Indian Army || 30 August 1949<ref name="major_subs"/><ref group="note" name="insignia" /><ref name="insignia_designs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Major (rank)|Major]] || Indian Army || 26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<ref name="insignia_designs">{{cite web|title=New Designs of Crests and Badges in the Services|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193914/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=227 |date=11 February 1950 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || August 1953<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=222 |date=10 October 1953 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1953/O-2248-1953-0041-103969.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Colonel]] || Indian Army || 30 August 1956<ref name="colonel"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 1951 (acting) 4 June 1957 (acting)<ref name="brig_actg"/> 30 August 1959 (substantive)<ref name="brig_subs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Major general#India|Major General]] || Indian Army || 27 February 1959 (acting)<ref name="actg_maj_gen"/> 1962 (substantive)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=370 |date=12 September 1964 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 7 November 1964 (acting)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=509 |date=19 December 1964|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1964/O-1799-1964-0051-82054.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> 1965 (substantive)
|-
|align="center" |[[File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] || [[General (India)|General]] (COAS) || Indian Army || 15 January 1973<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=218 |date=17 February 1973|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1973/O-1283-1973-0007-57171.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmFwBgAAQBAJ|title=Army and Nation|first=Steven I.|last=Wilkinson|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2015|isbn=9780674967007}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071204210425/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army11.html Bharat-rakshak.com Biography].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060310074612/http://www.regiments.org/biography/defchiefs/in2CinC.htm Regiments.org]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&dq=Gurunath+Venkatesh+Bewoor&pg=PA63]

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