Doordarshan and all Friends of DD heartily congratulate - General Dalbir Singh Suhag, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, on taking over as the 26th Chief of the Army Staff, India. General Suhag is a third generation soldier and was born in a Jat family based in Bishan village in Haryanas Jhajjar district to Ishari Devi and Risaldar Major Ramphal Singh of the Cavalry Regiment. General Dalbir Singh Suhag joined the National Defence Academy in 1970 and was commissioned into the 4th battalion of the 5 Gorkha Rifles in June 1974. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Chittorgarh. He was an instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and served as a company commander during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. He has commanded the 53 Infantry Brigade which was involved in counter insurgency operations in the Kashmir Valley from July 2003 to March 2005, and the 8 Mountain Division in Kargil from October 2007 to December 2008. He was also appointed as the Inspector General of the Special Frontier Force. He has completed various Indian and foreign courses including LDMC at College of Defense Management in 1997-98, National Defense College in 2006, Executive Course in USA in 2005 and Senior Mission Leaders Course (UN) in Kenya in 2007. General Suhag will serve as the army chief for a tenure of two years and five months till December 31, 2016. He will be the second officer from the Gorkha Rifles to become the Army chief, after the late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 06:51:40 +0000
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