Lt. Gen. Ghosh takes over as army’s Western Command chief
December 3rd, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Lt. Gen. Shankar Ranjan Ghosh Thursday took over as the general officer commanding-in-chief of the Indian Army’s prestigious Western Command.
Ghosh replaces Lt. Gen. T.K. Sapru who retired Nov 30. Ghosh was given a guard of honour by 6 Sikh Regiment. He later laid a wreath at the soldiers’ memorial Veer Smriti’.
Commissioned into the Indian Army in Nov 1971, Ghosh immediately saw action in the India-Pakistan war.
The Western Command looks after a large area of the country’s border with Pakistan in Punjab and Rajasthan and with China in Himachal Pradesh.
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