(Asian News Hub) – Lieutenant General Upendra Diwvedi will take over as new Army Commander Udhampur based strategic Northern Command on Tuesday afternoon.
He will succeed Kargil Hero Lt Gen Y K Joshi, UNI reported.
Lt Gen Dwivedi is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the 18th Battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1984.
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He has held many important positions in his career of more than 35 years.
He led a battalion in the Assam Rifles sector (Operation Rhino) of Manipur.