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Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju becomes Vice Chief of the Army Staff
- 03 May 2022
The Army’s Director General of Military Operations, Lt General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju, has been appointed the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
- He replaced Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, who was appointed as the 29th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS).
- This is a rare instance where a three star officer took over as Vice Chief before serving tenure as an Army Commander.
- As a practice in the Army, Vice Chiefs have for a long time been those who had already served as Army Commander.
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