Major General Dinesh Kumar Singh takes over as ADJ of Assam Rifles

• Major General Dinesh Kumar Singh was appointed as the Assam Rifles' Additional Director General.
• Major General Singh was commissioned into the 'Brigade of the Guards' in 1990.
• He had previously worked as an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff, as an instructor and adjutant at the National Defence Academy in Pune, and as a defence attaché in Brazil.

Important Takeaways 

About Assam Rifles

• The Assam Rifles, also known as the Cachar Levy, are the Indian Army's oldest paramilitary organisation, dating back to 1835 during the British Raj.
• Headquarters: Shillong (Meghalaya)
• Founded: 1835
• Motto: Sentinels of the North East
• First Director General of the Assam Rifles: H. G. Bartly