Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag will be the next Army Chief succeeding Gen Bikram Singh as the government today appointed him to the top post. 59-year-old Lt Gen Suhag, a Gurkha officer, is currently the Vice Chief of Army Staff and the senior most among the Lt Generals. He will have a tenure of 30 months as the Chief of the force when he takes over from Gen Singh who retires on July 31.

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List of the Indian army commissioned ranks.

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