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- General Anil Chauhan PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM (born 18 May 1961) is a four-star general of the Indian Army, who is the current and 2nd Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces since 30 September 2022. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla(58 Course) join in 1977 and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun,(68 Course) join in 1980. General Chauhan was commissioned into the 11th Gorkha Rifles in 1981, spanning a military career of four decades. During his latter years of service, General Chauhan commanded the Baramulla-based 19th Infantry Division of the Northern Command as major general, later serving as the commanding officer of the Dimapur-based III Corps from 2017 to 2018, in the capacity of lieutenant general. In January 2018, he was appointed Director General Military Operations (DGMO), during the course of which he oversaw the execution of two key military operations: the 2019 retaliatory airstrikes against Pakistan and Operation Sunrise - a joint India-Myanmar counter-insurgency offensive. In September 2019, General Chauhan was appointed as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command upon the elevation of his predecessor, Manoj Mukund Naravane, as Vice Chief of Army Staff, serving in the role until his retirement in May 2021. Following his retirement from active military service, General Chauhan served as a military advisor to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), headed by Ajit Doval, India's fifth National Security Advisor. On 28 September 2022, a retired General Chauhan was recalled from retirement and was appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by the Narendra Modi-led government, following a June 2022 notification which permitted military retirees under the age of 62 to be qualified for the post. Assuming charge two days later, he became the first three-star retiree to be appointed to the post, traditionally held by a four-star officer. He succeeded General Bipin Rawat, the inaugural holder of the post, who had died nine months earlier in a helicopter crash in December 2021. (en)
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