Lt. Gen. Pankaj Joshi, who lost both his legs in a landmine accident in Sikkim in 1967, was on Wednesday appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Command at Lucknow. Gen. Joshi, who is at present commandant of college of combat at Mhow, is the first army commander with two artificial legs.
Gen. Joshi, who lost his legs as a young Captain, overcame his disability, proved to be medically fit and went on to command a battalion, brigade, division and corps. Commissioned in 1965, Gen. Joshi is from mechanised infantry.
Bureau Report