Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (Retired) becomes India’s second Chief of Defence Staff

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (Retired) becomes India’s second Chief of Defence Staff : Government has appointed Lt General Anil Chauhan (retired) as the second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India. He had retired as the Eastern Army Commander in May 2021 and was serving as the Military Advisor to the National Security Council.

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He was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army in 1981. He is an alumnus of the NDA (Khadakwasla) and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has also served as a United Nations mission to Angola.