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A erstwhile Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Vijay Oberoi, passed distant successful Chandigarh Army Hospital connected Sunday. He was 84.
He was commissioned into the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) successful June 1961.
In 1965, portion serving with the Marathas successful J&K, helium was grievously wounded and mislaid his close leg. But helium continued to service the federation for implicit 40 years. He served arsenic Colonel of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, Director-General Military Operations, Army Commander of Army Training Command (ARTRAC) and Army Commander Western Command.
He retired arsenic Vice-Chief of Army Staff connected September 30, 2001. He was a postgraduate of the U.S. Army War College and Military Adviser to Malaysia. He was known for his dedication to nationalist information and worker welfare.
He was the founder-president of War Wounded Foundation and Founder-Director of Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
He fought for dignity and fiscal independency of war-disabled soldiers. At 72, helium ran the Mumbai Marathon connected his prosthetic limb to beryllium that tone ne'er retires, said a release.
