Meanwhile, in the Indian Army, Lt Gen Ajai Singh assumed charge as the 16th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN), the only tri-service theatre command of the armed forces, based at Port Blair.
India News: NEW DELHI: Lt General Manoj Pande will take over the reins of the Army’s Eastern Command at Kolkata on Tuesday, while Lt General Ajai Singh will be th.
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New Delhi, June 1
Lt Gen Manoj Pande on Tuesday took charge as the new commander of the operationally crucial Eastern Army Command at a time India has been maintaining a high state of combat readiness along the nearly 3,500 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in view of the border row in eastern Ladakh.
The Kolkata-headquartered Eastern Command takes care of guarding the LAC in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sectors.
In another important posting, Lt Gen Ajai Singh became the 16th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) which is India’s only tri-service theatre command.
Lt Gen Singh succeeds Lt Gen Pande at the Andaman and Nicobar Command.