CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has been named as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff?
A
Birender Singh Dhanoa
B
Bipin Rawat
C
Manoj Mukund Naravane
D
Dalbir Singh Suhag
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -General Bipin Rawat was the first Chief of Defence Staff. He assumed office on 1st January 2020. He was to serve a three-year term until December 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Government on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, appointed former Eastern Army Commander Lt. General Anil Chauhan as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). The post has been vacant since the death of the country’s first CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in December 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -To commemorate the first death anniversary of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his bust was unveiled by MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt at United Service Institution of India (USI) in New Delhi on December 10.

Detailed explanation-4: -He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021.

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