Indian army chief bikram singh biography samples
Indian army chief bikram singh biography samples
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Bikram Singh (general)
24th Chief of the Army Staff (India)
GeneralBikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC[1] (born 19 July 1952) is a retired Indian army officer who served as the 24th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army.
Previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the army's Eastern Command, he succeeded General V. K. Singh as COAS on May 31, 2012.[2] He retired on 31 July 2014.[3] He is the second Sikh to be COAS, the first having been General J.
J. Singh.[4] He was also the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) of the Indian armed forces.[5]
Military career
Born at Amritsar, he spent his early childhood with his family at Jammu.
In 1962, he joined the Punjab Public School, Nabha.[citation needed] The future chief had considered becoming a doctor as he was an exceptional student of Zoology and Biology. But the wars of 1962 and 1965 motivated him to join the NDA in 1968.