Career
Both brothers were educated at the Prince of Wales" Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun. V.N. Sharma went on to join the fifth Regular Course at the Indian Military Academy and he was commissioned on 4 June 1950 into the 16th Light Cavalry. He fought in the 1965 War against Pakistan in the Lahore Sector.
He commanded the 66th Armoured Regiment and later a Mountain Brigade in an insurgency affected area.
He took over as the Chief of Army Staff on 1 May 1988. He retired on 30 June 1990.
