New Delhi
The centre on Wednesday, Sept 28, appointed retired Lt Gen Anil Chauhan as the new Chief of Defence Staff.
Hailing from Gorkha Rifles, Lt Gen Chauhan has worked during his stint in the service closely with previous CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and with NSA Ajit Doval.
There was a nine months void in such a critical appointment. Lt Gen Chauhan
had retired earlier as chief of Eastern Command.
"The Government has decided to appoint Lt General Anil Chauhan
(Retired) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM as the next Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS) who shall also function as Secretary to Government of India,
Department of Military Affairs with effect from the date of his
assumption of charge and until further orders," the official statement
said.
In a career spanning over nearly 40 years, Lt Gen Chauhan had held
several command, staff and instrumental appointments and had extensive
experience in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir and
North-East India.
Born on 18th May 1961, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan was commissioned into the
11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army in 1981. He is an alumnus of the
National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy,
Dehradun. In the rank of Maj General, the officer had commanded an
Infantry Division in the critical Baramula sector in the Northern
Command. Later as Lt General, he commanded a corps in the North East
and subsequently went to become the General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command from September 2019 and
held the charge until his retirement from the service in May 2021.
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