Director General of the Assam Rifles

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Director General of the Assam Rifles (DGAR)
Formation1947
First holderH. G. Bartly, CIE, IP
Website Official Website

The Director General of the Assam Rifles (DGAR) is the head of the Assam Rifles. The DGAR has their office in the Headquarters DGAR at Shillong. Appointed by the Government of India, the DGAR reports to the Minister of Home Affairs. The Director General is an Indian Army Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General and is assisted by three Inspector Generals, each holding the rank of Major General, and other senior officers heading various staff appointments. The Additional Director General of the Assam Rifles who is a Major General - ranked officer serves as the Second-in-command to the Director General. [1] The current Director General, Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM is the 22nd DGAR. [2]

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History

The first Director General post-Independence was Mr HG Bartly, CIE, IP who assumed the appointment on 17 September 1947. The first Indian Director General was Colonel Sidhiman Rai, MC appointed on 15 August 1948. The rank of officers holding the appointment of Director General Assam Rifles has been consistently upgraded from Colonel to Brigadier (One star General) to Major General (Two star General) to Lieutenant General (Three star General) now. Indian Army officers on deputation have been holding the appointment of Director General Assam Rifles until date.

List of directors general

S.NoRankNameAppointment dateLeft officeReferences
1-H. G. Bartly, CIE, IP 17 Sep 194714 Aug 1948 [3]
2 Colonel Sidhiman Rai, MC 15 Aug 194810 Dec 1949 [4]
3 Colonel R. N. D. Frier, MC 16 Dec 194929 Feb 1952
4 Brigadier K. Bhagwati Singh, AVSM 1 Mar 19524 May 1954
5 Brigadier K. S. Katoch, MC 5 May 195429 Aug 1955
6 Brigadier Harbhajan Singh7 Sep 195530 Nov 1957
7 Major General A. S. Guraya1 Feb 195814 Dec 1965
8 Major General S. N. Bhatia15 Dec 196515 Feb 1968
9 Major General V. B. Tuli20 Feb 196819 May 1972
10 Major General M. G. Hazari, PVSM, AVSM 30 Mar 197329 Feb 1976
11 Major General K. Chiman Singh, PVSM 1 Mar 197625 Jun 1979
12 Lieutenant General Sushil Kumar, PVSM 1 Sep 19792 Dec 1981 [5]
13 Lieutenant General J. K. Puri, PVSM, AVSM 2 Dec 198129 Nov 1983
14 Lieutenant General P. E. Menon, PVSM 30 Nov 198331 May 1987
15 Lieutenant General M. K. Lahiri, PVSM 1 Jun 198721 Dec 1989
16 Lieutenant General R. V. Kulkarni, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM 22 Feb 19909 Mar 1992
17 Lieutenant General V.P Airy, MVC 18 Mar 199231 Mar 1993 [6]
18 Lieutenant General Y. M. Bammi, ADC 15 Jul 199330 Apr 1995 [7]
19 Lieutenant General T. P. S. Rawat, PVSM, VSM 19 May 199530 Apr 1998 [8]
20 Lieutenant General Gurpreet Singh, PVSM 1 May 199818 Jan 2001
21 Lieutenant General G. K. Duggal, PVSM, AVSM, VrC 19 Jan 200118 Jan 2003 [9]
22 Lieutenant General H. S. Kanwar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 1 Mar 200330 Apr 2004 [10]
23 Lieutenant General Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 1 May 200430 Jun 2006 [11]
24 Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 6 Jul 200631 May 2008 [12] [13]
25 Lieutenant General K. S. Yadava, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM 9 Jun 200830 Sep 2010 [14] [15]
26 Lieutenant General Rameshwar Roy, UVSM, AVSM, YSM 6 Dec 201022 Feb 2012 [16] [17]
27 Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM 27 Aug 201231 Mar 2014 [18] [19]
28 Lieutenant General R. K. Rana, SM, VSM 26 May 201431 Aug 2015 [20]
29 Lieutenant General H. J. S. Sachdev, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC 1 Sep 201530 Sep 2016 [21]
30 Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM 12 Dec 201631 Mar 2018 [22]
31 Lieutenant General Sukhdeep Sangwan, AVSM, SM ** 4 May 201831 May 2021 [23]
32 Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair, AVSM, YSM 1 June 202131 July 2024 [24]
33 Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM 1 August 2024Incumbent [25]

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