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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 1988–1990. He was the first Indian COAS to have begun his career in the post-Independence Indian Army.
21 de set. de 2020 · General Vishwa Nath Sharma was the first chief of army staff, or COAS, who began his career in the post-Independence Indian Army. He retired in 1990, and is currently 90 years old. As a lieutenant general, he was the general officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Command from June 1987 to May 1988.
18 de ago. de 2021 · 15. 574 views 2 years ago. General Vishwa Nath Sharma, the Ex-Chief of the Army Staff and a distinguished military army officer who has served the Indian Armed forces since 1950 addresses the...
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General Vishwa Nath Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, was the 15th Chief of Army Staff[1] of the Indian Army. He is the younger brother of the late Major Som Nath Sharma, recipient of Independent India's first posthumous Param Vir Chakra.
General Vishwanath Sharma was educated at Sherwood College, Nanital and later at the Prince of Wales' Royal Indian Military College at Dehradun. He joined the 5th Regular Course at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehra Dun and was the first recipient of the Rajputana Rifles Gold Medal for tactics and leadership.
12 de mai. de 2024 · His younger brother General Vishwa Nath Sharma also achieved flag rank, serving as Chief of the Army Staff from 1988 to 1990, while a sister, Major Kamla Tiwari, followed her father into the Indian Army Medical Corps. Another sister, Manorama Sharma, was an educationist and social worker. Sharma is married. He turned 100 in October 2023.
Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), was an Indian military officer and the first recipient of India's highest military decoration, Param Vir Chakra (PVC), which he was awarded posthumously. Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942.
