B C Joshi

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General Bipin Chandra Joshi, of the Indian Army, raised the Rashtriya Rifles, a counterinsurgency force, in 1990 specifically for fighting an insurgency in Kashmir. He was head of the Army from 1993 to 1994, when he died of a heart attack. In his career, he also served as a staff officer with the UN peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip.

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[Very brief profile]
[New York Times] report of Gen. Joshi's death.

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