He was the General Officer Commanding XV Corps when he was killed in the 1963 Poonch Indian Air Force helicopter crash.

[1] Singh graduated from Sandhurst in 1933 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and placed in the unattached list of the Indian Army.

He moved with the battalion to North Africa and took part in the Western Desert campaign and was present during the Siege of Tobruk.

He graduated in 1946 and was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG) 26th Indian Infantry Division which was deployed in the far east.

He took command of an infantry brigade engaged in active operations in Jammu and Kashmir during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948.

In June 1961, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed GOC XV Corps, headquartered at Srinagar.

In a great loss to the Indian Armed Forces, the crash claimed six distinguished officers.

[2] The issue was raised in both houses of Parliament of India and addressed by the Minister of Defence Yashwantrao Chavan.

The Rajya Sabha observed one minute's silence as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased and adjourned for the day.

An 'Akhand Path' is also organised by the people of Poonch and surrounding villages, as a mark of their love and affection towards the departed souls, every year to commemorate the tragic accident.

Two committees – the Lieutenant General Bikram Singh Society at Kahma village and the Lieutenant General Bikram Singh Yadgaar Committee in Jammu organise ceremonies, akhand paths, blood donation camps among other events to remember him.