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Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) described his tenure arsenic "very satisfying" arsenic helium wrapped up a three-year-and-eight-month stint astatine the apical subject post, during which helium focused connected bringing synergy among the 3 services.
Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (retd) volition instrumentality complaint arsenic India's adjacent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) connected Sunday (May 31, 2026).
Lieutenant General N.S. Raja Subramani has been appointed arsenic the adjacent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). | Photo Credit: PTI
"I had a precise satisfying and fantabulous tenure," the outgoing CDS told reporters aft helium was accorded a ceremonial tri-services defender of honour.
Gen. Chauhan, a erstwhile Eastern Army Commander, took complaint arsenic the country's senior-most subject commandant successful September 2022, implicit 9 months aft the archetypal CDS General Bipin Rawat died successful a chopper clang successful Tamil Nadu.
#WATCH | Delhi: Outgoing CDS General Anil Chauhan lays a wreath astatine the National War Memorial. pic.twitter.com/3jVlNPDkIC
— ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2026As Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chauhan played a cardinal relation successful readying and implementation of Operation Sindoor on with the 3 work chiefs.
During his tenure, helium focused connected ensuring tri-services synergy to heighten India's subject prowess successful presumption of the evolving determination information scenario.
The Chief of Defence Staff besides initiated a fig of measures towards India's program to rotation retired the theaterisation exemplary by creating integrated subject commands.
"It's a substance of large honour for maine to superannuate with a tri-services defender of honour. I convey the 3 services and Headquarters IDS (Integrated Defence Staff) for it. With the decision of the defender of honour, I bid farewell to my colleagues successful uniform, comrades successful arms," Gen. Chauhan said.
"I conscionable laid the wreath astatine the War Memorial for the past clip successful uniform, arsenic a humble tribute to those who laid down their lives successful the enactment of duty. After the wreath laying, I was welcomed by friends, relatives and well-wishers. This is symbolic of my modulation from azygous to civilian life," helium said.
Gen. Chauhan's tenure was to extremity connected September 30 past year, but helium was fixed an extension.
He had retired from work successful May 2021 successful the fertile of Lieutenant General, but assumed the fertile of a four-star General aft taking complaint arsenic India's 2nd Chief of Defence Staff.
Gen. Chauhan was the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) erstwhile Indian combatant jets pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammad violent grooming campy heavy wrong Pakistan's Balakot successful February 2019. He was known to person provided cardinal inputs for the operation.
Born connected May 18, 1961, Gen. Chauhan was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army successful 1981.
In his distinguished career, Gen. Chauhan held respective command, unit and instrumental appointments and had extended acquisition successful counter-insurgency operations successful Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India.
The serviceman is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
In the fertile of Major General, the serviceman had commanded an Infantry Division successful the captious Baramulla assemblage successful the Northern Command.
Later, helium commanded a corps successful the Northeast and subsequently went connected to go the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command.
Gen. Chauhan was awarded with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal for his exemplary services to the Indian Army.
