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

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

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: November 02 2021

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  • 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.

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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
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