Indian Army Chief conferred honorary rank of Nepal Army General

• Recently, at a special ceremony at ‘Sheetal Niwas’, the official residence of the President in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Indian Army Chief General Pande was conferred with the title of Honorary General of the Nepalese Army during his ongoing visit to the Himalayan nation.

• Commander-in-Chief General KM Cariappa was the first Indian Army Chief to be awarded this title in 1950. 

• In November last year, Nepal’s Army Chief General Prabhu Ram Sharma was also conferred with the title of Honorary General of the Indian Army by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function held in New Delhi.

• The practice follows a seven-decade-old tradition of decorating army chiefs of each other’s country with the honorary title.

• General Pande is on a four-day official visit to Nepal from 5th to 8th of this month. This is his first visit to Nepal as the Chief of Army Staff.