General Vijay Kumar Singh (BJP Candidate for Loksabha 2016 - Ghaziabad), PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC (born 10 May 1951) is a retired Indian Army officer who served as the 24th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. He was the first commando to be promoted general and was also the first serving Indian military chief to take the Government to court.
Born on May 10, 1950, in Pune, General Singh is the first Indian Armed Forces officer to be inducted into the United States Army War College.
Singh was inducted into the United States Army War College (Class of 2001 graduate) International Fellows Hall of Fame on March 11, 2011. Singh, who became Chief of Army Staff on March 31, 2010, is the 33rd International Fellow and the first Indian Armed Forces officer to be inducted.
Hailing from from Bapora village in Bhiwani district of Haryana, General Singh is third-generation officer. His father was a Colonel in the Indian Army and grandfather a senior Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO). Singh was educated at Birla Public School, Pilani, Rajasthan.
Singh, who has also appeared in the Hindi movie, Prahaar: The Final Attack, was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of The Rajput Regiment (Kali Chindi) on June 14, 1970. He went on to command the same unit, when it was positioned along the Line of Control with Pakistan.
Singh was inducted into the United States Army War College (Class of 2001 graduate) International Fellows Hall of Fame on March 11, 2011. Singh, who became Chief of Army Staff on March 31, 2010, is the 33rd International Fellow and the first Indian Armed Forces officer to be inducted.
Hailing from from Bapora village in Bhiwani district of Haryana, General Singh is third-generation officer. His father was a Colonel in the Indian Army and grandfather a senior Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO). Singh was educated at Birla Public School, Pilani, Rajasthan.
Singh, who has also appeared in the Hindi movie, Prahaar: The Final Attack, was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of The Rajput Regiment (Kali Chindi) on June 14, 1970. He went on to command the same unit, when it was positioned along the Line of Control with Pakistan.
