{"id":286319,"date":"2022-09-29T05:55:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=286319"},"modified":"2022-09-29T05:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:55:50","slug":"lt-general-anil-chauhan-becomes-indias-second-chief-of-defence-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/lt-general-anil-chauhan-becomes-indias-second-chief-of-defence-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt General Anil Chauhan becomes India\u2019s second chief of defence staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When he was promoted to Lieutenant General, he lead a corps in the North East<br \/>\nNew Delhi<br \/>\nLt General Anil Chauhan (retd) has been appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India by the country\u2019s federal government, reported India Today.<br \/>\nCommissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army in 1981, he is the second person to hold this post after General Bipin Rawat.<br \/>\nChauhan will also be serving as the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs.<br \/>\nStudent of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, as Major General, he commanded an Infantry Division in a critical area.<br \/>\nWhen he was promoted to Lieutenant General, he lead a corps in the North East.<br \/>\nHe retired from service in 2021 after becoming the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command in 2019.<br \/>\nHe will now be the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When he was promoted to Lieutenant General, he lead a corps in the North East New Delhi Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) has been appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India by the country\u2019s federal government, reported India Today. 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