Bipin Chandra Joshi | |
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| 16th Chief of the Army Staff | |
| In office 1 July 1990 – 19 November 1994 | |
| President | Ramaswamy Venkataraman Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Prime Minister | V. P. Singh Chandra Shekhar P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Sunith Francis Rodrigues |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Roy Chowdhary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1935[1] Pithoragarh, United Provinces, British India (now Uttarakhand, India) |
| Died | 19 November 1994 (aged 58) New Delhi, India |
| Awards |  Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1954–1994 |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands |  Western Army Southern Army |
General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (5 December 1935 – 19 November 1994) was the 16th 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 a helicopter crash, the only full general and serving Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee to have died in office.
- ^ Abidi, S. Sartaj Alam; Sharma, Satinder (2007). Services Chiefs of India. Northern Book Centre. p. 81. ISBN 9788172111625. Retrieved 27 July 2017.