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General MM Naravane takes over as 28th Chief of Indian Army
General Manoj Mukund Naravane has taken over as the 28th Chief of Indian Army in the post-independence era on Tuesday. He replaced General Bipin Rawat whose three-year term as Army chief ended on the last day of 2019.
Updated : Dec 31, 2019, 02:02 PM IST | Edited by : Abhishek Sharma
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General Manoj Mukund Naravane has taken over as the 28th Chief of Indian Army in the post-independence era on Tuesday. He replaced General Bipin Rawat whose three-year term as Army chief ended on the last day of 2019.
With the development, all three service Chiefs including Air Force Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh would be from the 56th course of the National Defence Academy.
General Manoj Mukund Naravane takes over as the Chief of Army Staff from the outgoing #COAS General Bipin Rawat, today in New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/qDVXtYxQ3p
— ADG (M&C) DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) December 31, 2019
Before assuming the responsibilities of the vice chief of the Army Staff in September 2019, Lt General Naravane was heading the Eastern Command of the Army which guards India's almost 4,000-km border with China.
Commissioned into the 7th Battalion, The Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in June 1980, he is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy.
In an experienced and distinguished military career spanning almost four decades, Lt Gen Naravane has the distinction of tenating key appointments in active Counter Insurgency environments, both in the North East and in Jammu and Kashmir. He was a part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka during Operation PAWAN and also served as a Defence Attache at the Indian Embassy in Myanmar for three years.
He has also commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in J&K and an infantry brigade on the eastern front.
Lt Gen Naravane is a highly decorated officer who has been awarded the ‘Sena Medal’ (Distinguished) for command of his Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. He was also a recipient of ‘Ati Vishisht Seva Medal’ for command of a prestigious Strike Corps and ‘Vishisht Seva Medal’ for his services as the Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) in Nagaland. Lt Gen Naravane was also honoured with ‘Param Vishisht Seva Medal’ for his distinguished services as the GOC-in-C of the Army Training Command.
