F. N. Billimoria

F. N. Billimoria
Born 1934
Hyderabad, British India
Allegiance  India
Service/branch Army
Years of service 1955-1993
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit 11 Gorkha Rifles
Commands held 21st Infantry Division
33 Corps
Military Secretary
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Operation Blue Star
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Relations Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria (son)

Lt. Gen. F. N. Billimoria PVSM was an Indian Army officer who was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[1] He also headed the Wellington Cantonment in 1986.[2] Lt. General Faridoon Noshire Bilimoria PVSM (1933–2005), popularly known as 'General Billy', was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Army Command of the Indian Army, who had also served as ADC to the first Indian President, Rajendra Prasad, and commanded the 2/5 Gorkha Rifles during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Lt. General Bilimoria, while General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Indian Army, was also sent by the Government of India to Sri Lanka in 1990 to review the work of the Indian Peace Keeping Force which had been deployed in that country during the Sri Lankan Civil War under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, and it was on his recommendations that the force was recalled in 1990, ending India's military engagement with the LTTE.[3] He attended The Doon School in India.[4] The Lt. Gen. F. N. Billimoria trophy, named after him, is awarded to the best officer in the graduating class of Army Medical Corps Centre & School in the Lucknow Cantonment.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ft-Lt Raina adjudged best - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  2. ↑ http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/DSSC,%20Wellington%20-%20TIMELINE.pdf
  3. ↑ "Lieutenant-General Faridoon Bilimoria".
  4. ↑ Indian Defence Review 1990, pg. 133 "Lieutenant, General Billimoria F.N., G.O.C-in-command....Education:The Doon School"
  5. ↑ "Indian Navy | Best Officer [www.bharat-rakshak.com]". Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
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