Lt Gen Anil Chauhan appointed as India's second CDS; Receives Guard of Honor at National War Memorial
Lt Gen Anil Chauhan along with his father Surendra Singh Chauhan on Friday (Sept 30) paid tribute at the National War Memorial in the national capital before officially taking over the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) since his appointment as India"s second CDS, on Sept 28.
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New Delhi, Sept 30: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan received the Guard of Honour at South Block, in New Delhi and was officially appointed as India's new CDS. He received the Guard of Honor in the presence of Army chief General Manoj Pande and IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari along with Navy Vice chief Vice Admiral SN Ghormade and Air Marshal BR Krishna.
Lt Gen Anil Chauhan along with his father Surendra Singh Chauhan on Friday (Sept 30) paid tribute at the National War Memorial in the national capital before officially taking over the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) since his appointment as India's second CDS, on Sept 28. This has been the first time that a retired officer has been appointed at this position for which a gazette notification was issued to announce the change in rules for the appointment.
Earlier, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan had retired as the Eastern Army Commander in May last year and was serving as the Military Advisor to the National Security Council. Addressing the media, CDS Lieutenant General Anil Chauhansaid, "I am proud to be assuming the responsibility of the highest rank in the Indian Armed Forces. I will try to fulfil the expectations of all three defence forces, the government, and the country's people as the Chief of Defence Staff. We will tackle all challenges and difficulties together."
Chauhan is India's second Chief of Defence Staff, after Gen Bipin Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in December last year in Tamil Nadu, who has taken over the CDS office today (Sept 30). In a career spanning over nearly 40 years, Lt Gen Chauhan has held several command, staff and instrumental appointments and had extensive experience in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast 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 Sept 2019 and held the charge until his retirement from the service in May 2021.
In addition to these command appointments, the officer also tenanted important staff appointments, including the charge of the Director General of Military Operations. Earlier, the officer had also served as a United Nations mission to Angola. He superannuated from the Indian Army on 31 May 2021. Even after his retirement from the Army, he continued to contribute to national security and strategic matters. The CDS is the most senior uniformed officer in rank, the first among equals -- the only four-star officers in the country are the CDS, the chiefs of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.
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