New Delhi, September 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):General Anil Chauhan took charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), today (Friday). Gen Chauhan, a former Eastern Army Commander, took charge as the country’s senior-most military commander over nine months after first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8, 2021.
Sixty-one-year-old Gen Chauhan is known as an expert on China and his appointment to the top post comes amid the lingering border row between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. He will also function as Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs.
He retired from service on May 31 last year when he was serving as the Eastern Army Commander. After his retirement, he was serving as the military adviser to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) headed by National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval.
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