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Former Army Chief General VN Sharma Dies at 96

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General Vishwa Nath Sharma, a former Chief of Army Staff, passed away at the age of 96. He holds the distinction of being the first officer commissioned after India's Independence to rise to the top post of the Indian Army. General Sharma played a significant role during the 1987 military standoff with China, a particularly tense period in India's defence history. His tenure as Army Chief was marked by several internal and external security challenges facing the nation. He was widely regarded as a soldier-scholar who led the armed forces at a critical time.

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