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juncture in the timeline of history. Having left behind us the vagaries of the past, we purposefully stride towards economic growth, social harmony, peace and prosperity. Simultaneously and seamlessly, we are also making the transition to a highly motivated and modern Army, driven by the engines of high technology and
Revolution in Military Affairs. I assure our countrymen that the Army will remain at the service of the nation, at all times, ready and eager to take on any challenge with determination and resolve to emerge victorious." He is widely considered to be a thinking soldier and is a through professional. squash, and golf. He is also a keen mountaineer who has trained under the late
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hostilities ended, with emergency commissions given to several thousand candidates from 1963 to 1965. The one-year training at the NDA was shortened to seven months, as a result of which
Joginder and his class were commissioned early as second lieutenants on 2 August 1964, with Joginder receiving his officer's pips from his father at the passing-out ceremony. His grandfather Atma Singh also gave him his blessing, saying, "God willing, the son of a private shall be a Karnail, and the son of the Karnail shall be a Jarnail!"
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recently released "Doctrine for the Indian Army", having earlier been its architect. He simultaneously gave training a visionary direction in conjunction with principles of synergetic cohesiveness at all levels. His tenure at
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Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and provided focused direction based on the
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broke out in 1962. The deputy commandant of the NDA at the time, Brigadier
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Jaswant Singh assumed command of the Indian Army, as the 22nd chief of army staff, on 31 January 2005 commanding an army of over a million soldiers. On assuming the office of Chief of Army Staff on 1 February 2005, General Singh stated in a message, "We stand poised at a critical
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Presentation Convent in Jammu, where his father was stationed from 1956 to 1960 as a major commanding the Recovery Company. In 1958, he transferred to Model Academy in Jammu and matriculated in 1960. While Jaswant was posted to Udhampur in 1959, the family remained in Jammu.
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2394:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 13 February 1993. p. 297.
1894:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 27 February 1971. p. 200.
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Gen (retd) JJ Singh sworn as Arunachal Pradesh governor
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JJ Singh joins SAD, to contest against Amarinder Singh
2162:"Patiala constituency Assembly election winner 2017"
2033:. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 24–25.
2008:. India: HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 3–20.
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683:, retired on 31 January 2005. He was succeeded by
4065:Military College of Telecommunication Engineering
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1977:Singh, General (Retd ) J. J. (21 November 2012).
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1045:. He unsuccessfully contested against Captain
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698:and the 11th chief of army staff from the
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4239:Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) politicians
4058:Commandant of the Indian Military Academy
2473:Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
2238:"Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017"
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757:. His family originated from the town of
171:Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
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2189:"Former Army chief J.J. Singh joins BJP"
2150:Captain had VIP stint in Army: J J Singh
2004:Singh, Joginder jaswant (13 June 2012).
1952:"General JJ Singh is Arunachal governor"
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1905:The Times of India (28 November 2004).
1352:The McMahon Line – A Century of Discord
412:The McMahon Line – A Century of Discord
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1907:"J J Singh to take over as Army chief"
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1621:25th Anniversary of Independence Medal
1614:50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
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4259:Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal
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1950:Hindustan Times (24 January 2008).
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3391:Master General of the Ordnance
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2441:article dated 28 November 2004
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370:Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)
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86:Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
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1933:"Geointelligence Asia 2012"
1631:20 Years Long Service Medal
1626:30 Years Long Service Medal
1609:High Altitude Service Medal
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3210:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
3131:Chief of the Army Staff
2916:Norman Anil Kumar Browne
2861:Sundararajan Padmanabhan
2816:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
2106:JJ Singh: Hail the chief
2079:Dalvi, Vinay B. (2010).
1599:Operation Parakram Medal
902:National Defence College
828:National Defence Academy
816:National Defence Academy
722:Early life and education
4053:Indian Military Academy
4002:Dholpur Military School
3992:Belgaum Military School
3104:Indian Army (1948–1955)
3068:Indian Army (1947–1948)
3055:Chief of the Army Staff
2771:Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
1538:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
935:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
673:Chief of the Army Staff
615:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
474:Aug 1964 - 30 Sept 2007
240:Chief of the Army Staff
32:Jagjit Singh (activist)
4156:Judge Advocate General
4136:Awards and decorations
3934:Military Farms Service
3924:Defence Security Corps
3914:Remount and Veterinary
3240:Joginder Jaswant Singh
3180:Tapishwar Narain Raina
3160:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
2891:Joginder Jaswant Singh
2806:Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
2746:Tapishwar Narain Raina
2711:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
2706:Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
2637:Chief of Defence Staff
1074:Bharatiya Janata Party
1009:
959:. He subsequently led
832:Maratha Light Infantry
653:Joginder Jaswant Singh
504:Maratha Light Infantry
378:Bharatiya Janata Party
48:Joginder Jaswant Singh
18:Joginder Jaswant Singh
3997:Chail Military School
3982:Ajmer Military School
3490:Army Training Command
3469:South Western Command
3270:Manoj Mukund Naravane
3200:Krishnaswamy Sundarji
3175:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
3140:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3122:Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
3117:Kodandera M. Cariappa
2936:Birender Singh Dhanoa
2836:Vijai Singh Shekhawat
2751:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
2731:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
2721:Adhar Kumar Chatterji
2558:Army Training Command
2288:"A Soldier's General"
1592:Operation Vijay Medal
1565:Special Service Medal
1080:Electoral performance
1005:
999:Gen Singh during the
865:. He was awarded the
775:Mesopotamian Campaign
685:General Deepak Kapoor
537:9th Infantry Division
528:Army Training Command
471:Years of service
3521:Defence Space Agency
3516:Defence Cyber Agency
3442:Operational Commands
3421:National Cadet Corps
3220:Shankar Roychowdhury
3215:Bipin Chandra Joshi
3195:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
3185:Om Prakash Malhotra
3102:Commander-in-Chief,
3066:Commander-in-Chief,
3013:British Armed Forces
2886:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
2841:Shankar Roychowdhury
2791:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
2786:Oscar Stanley Dawson
2741:Sourendra Nath Kohli
2520:Shamsher Singh Mehta
2466:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
1577:Operation Vijay Star
1072:. In 2022 he joined
990:on 1 February 2004.
743:Jaswant Singh Marwah
718:on 27 January 2008.
392:Jaswant Singh Marwah
261:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
220:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
192:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
4131:Military operations
3878:Military Music Wing
3649:Mechanised Infantry
3626:Arms & Services
3483:Functional Commands
3366:Chief of Army Staff
3361:Minister of Defence
2906:Pradeep Vasant Naik
2826:Bipin Chandra Joshi
2821:Laxminarayan Ramdas
2761:Om Prakash Malhotra
2663:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
2641:Indian Armed Forces
2581:K. Sankaranarayanan
2573:Government offices
2500:Chief of Army Staff
2006:A Soldier's General
1543:Vishisht Seva Medal
1348:A Soldier’s General
1281:Registered electors
1219:Kshama Kant Pandey
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1059:Shiromani Akali Dal
1043:Sukhbir Singh Badal
1039:Shiromani Akali Dal
1003:passing out parade.
994:Chief of Army Staff
894:Jammu & Kashmir
867:Vishisht Seva Medal
843:Jammu & Kashmir
767:British Indian Army
625:Vishisht Seva Medal
406:A Soldier’s General
362:Shiromani Akali Dal
346:Bahawalpur District
150:(Additional Charge)
146:K. Sankaranarayanan
4141:Ranks and insignia
4028:Army Public School
4023:Army Cadet College
3957:Military Academies
3899:Army Service Corps
3386:Military Secretary
3295:Seconded from the
3235:Nirmal Chander Vij
3225:Ved Prakash Malik
3205:Vishwa Nath Sharma
3011:Seconded from the
2911:Nirmal Kumar Verma
2876:Nirmal Chander Vij
2493:Nirmal Chander Vij
2195:on 15 January 2024
1983:. Harper Collins.
1958:on 15 January 2024
1913:on 15 January 2024
1842:Lieutenant-General
1762:Lieutenant-Colonel
1560:Samanya Seva Medal
1239:None of the above
1106:
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1051:Patiala Urban seat
988:President of India
965:Operation Parakram
740:Lieutenant Colonel
577:Operation Parakram
289:Nirmal Chander Vij
109:President of India
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2776:K. V. Krishna Rao
2766:Idris Hasan Latif
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1990:978-93-5029-515-1
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1156:
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1134:
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1122:
1119:
1081:
1078:
1037:He joined the
1034:
1031:
1019:Tenzing Norgay
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645:
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312:
308:
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292:
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280:
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277:Manmohan Singh
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272:Prime Minister
268:
267:
265:Pratibha Patil
258:
254:
253:
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235:
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229:
223:
222:
217:
211:
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208:Manmohan Singh
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199:
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196:Pratibha Patil
189:
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184:
174:
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166:
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163:Nirbhay Sharma
160:
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122:Chief Minister
119:
118:
114:Pratibha Patil
106:
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89:
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81:
80:
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68:
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50:
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26:
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4286:
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4245:
4242:
4240:
4237:
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4232:
4230:
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4225:
4222:
4220:
4219:Punjabi Sikhs
4217:
4215:
4212:
4210:
4207:
4205:
4204:Living people
4202:
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4196:
4194:
4179:
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3975:
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3826:
3825:Army Aviation
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3818:
3816:
3813:
3812:
3810:
3806:
3800:
3799:Sikkim Scouts
3797:
3795:
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3789:Ladakh Scouts
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3782:
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3433:
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3243:
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2899:
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2779:
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2510:Deepak Kapoor
2502:
2501:
2494:
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2483:Sureesh Mehta
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3255:Bikram Singh
3010:
2999:Anil Chauhan
2982:
2921:Bikram Singh
2881:Arun Prakash
2856:Sushil Kumar
2756:Jal Cursetji
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2534:2004 - 2005
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923:Sierra Leone
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810:Early career
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771:Siege of Kut
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704:Chandimandir
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296:Succeeded by
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227:Succeeded by
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158:Succeeded by
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4199:1945 births
3633:Combat Arms
3347:Indian Army
3283:(incumbent)
3275:Manoj Pande
3265:Bipin Rawat
3059:Indian Army
2975:(2021–2022)
2966:Bipin Rawat
2961:(2020–2021)
2941:Bipin Rawat
2931:Sunil Lanba
2716:Arjan Singh
2650:(1947–2019)
1868:Indian Army
1846:Indian Army
1826:Indian Army
1806:Indian Army
1786:Indian Army
1766:Indian Army
1746:Indian Army
1726:Indian Army
1706:Indian Army
1685:Indian Army
1548:Wound Medal
1086:transcluded
1061:candidate.
863:Uttarakhand
777:during the
732:Sikh Khatri
728:Samma Satta
696:Indian Army
677:Indian Army
465:Indian Army
340:British Raj
332:Samma Satta
284:Preceded by
215:Preceded by
141:Preceded by
4193:Categories
3744:JAK Rifles
3679:Maratha LI
3674:Grenadiers
3603:XVII Corps
3405:Components
3354:Leadership
2831:S. K. Kaul
2592:2008–2013
2504:2005–2007
2477:2007-2007
2324:18 October
2298:18 October
2199:15 January
1962:15 January
1917:15 January
1878:References
1702:Lieutenant
1200:J.J. Singh
1121:Candidate
1027:Darjeeling
859:Jyotirmath
736:Rawalpindi
730:. He is a
573:Kargil War
559:Maratha LI
549:Maratha LI
435:Allegiance
425:General JJ
399:Writing(s)
322:1945-09-17
134:Nabam Tuki
3874:Education
3835:Engineers
3815:Artillery
3659:Parachute
3641:Regiments
3608:XXI Corps
3598:XVI Corps
3588:XIV Corps
3583:XII Corps
3558:III Corps
2926:Arup Raha
2567:K Nagaraj
2319:The Hindu
1802:Brigadier
1664:Component
1270:1,06,436
1252:Majority
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