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Friday,
December 31, 2004 (New Delhi):
Lt Gen B S Thakur, Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and
Nicobar Command, has been appointed Vice Chief of the Army
Staff. 
He will take up his new assignment on January 5. Lt Gen
Thakur succeeds Shantonu Chaudhary, who retired today.
An alumni of National Defence Academy and Indian Military
Academy, Thakur was commissioned into the Central India Horse
(Armoured Corps) in June 1965 and is the first Army officer
to head the Tri Service Command.
In his distinguished military career spanning over 39 years,
Lt Gen Thakur held a number of prestigious instructional,
Command and staff appointments in India and abroad.
Lt Gen Arvind Sharma has been appointed GOC-in-C Eastern
Command and Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman as GOC-in-C Western
Command.
Lt Gen Aditya Singh has been made C-in-C Andaman and Nicobar
Command and Lt Gen Charanjit Singh as Director General
Artillery in the Army Headquarters.
news from AP
(With PTI inputs)
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