Praveen Bakshi
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Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC was the 25th General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2015 after Lieutenant General
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Bipin Rawat
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General Bipin Rawat was an Indian Army general who served as the first Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021. Prior
Praveen Bakshi
…for the post of the Chief of the Army Staff. However, keeping aside the trend of seniority being the lone criteria, the Government appointed General Bipin Rawat and he finally retired on 31 July 2017 being succeeded by Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna. Prior, he was Chief of Staff of the Northern Command based…
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Rawat as the VCOAS.
General Dalbir Singh Suhag handing over the baton to Rawat at Army HQ
CDS General Bipin Rawat with COAS General Manoj Mukund Naravane, CNS Admiral Karambir Singh and CAS Air Chief Marshal R. K. S. Bhadauria after the ceremonial Guard of Honour, in New Delhi on 1 January 2020