Vishwa Nath Sharma

General
Vishwa Nath Sharma
PVSM, AVSM, ADC
Official portrait
14th Chief of the Army Staff
In office
1 June 1988 – 30 June 1990
PresidentR. Venkataraman
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Preceded byGen Krishnaswamy Sundarji
Succeeded byGen Sunith Francis Rodrigues
19th General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command
In office
June 1987 – April 1988
PresidentGiani Zail Singh
R. Venkataraman
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byLt Gen JK Puri
Succeeded byLt Gen Raj Mohan Vohra
Chief of Army StaffGen Krishnaswamy Sundarji
Personal details
Born (1930-06-04) 4 June 1930 (age 94)
London, England
RelationsMaj Gen Amar Nath Sharma (father)
Maj Somnath Sharma (brother)
Lt Gen Surindra Nath Sharma (brother)
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Nickname(s)Tich
Sunny
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service1950 – 1990
Rank General
Unit16th Light Cavalry
66th Armoured Regiment
Commands Eastern Army
66th Armoured Regiment
Battles/warsNagaland Insurgency of 1956
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Mizoram Insurgency of 1973
IPKF Operation of 1987
Service numberIC-4769[1]

General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (born 4 June 1930) was the 14th Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, serving between 1988 and 1990.[2] He was the first Indian COAS to have begun his career in the post-Independence Indian Army.[3]

  1. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 August 1970. p. 1003.
  2. ^ "General Vishwa Nath Sharma". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  3. ^ Abidi, S. Sartaj Alam; Sharma, Satinder (2007). Services Chiefs of India. New Delhi: Northern Book Centre. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-81-7211-162-5.