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Indian Chief Of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi Reach Kathmandu To Receive Honorary Rank Of Nepal Army

General Upendra Dwivedi (Center), Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army, walks out of the VIP terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 20, 2024. Dwivedi is on a five-day official visit to Nepal upon the invitation of General Ashok Raj Sigdel, Chief of the Army Staff, Nepali Army. General Dwivedi is to be conferred an honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by the President of Nepal on Thursday. The practice follows a seven-decade-old tradition of conferring Army Chiefs of each other's country with the honorary title. Commander-in-Chief General KM Cariappa is the first Indian Army Chief to be decorated with the title in 1950. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #11795499
Date taken: 20 November 2024
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Photographer: Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto
Category: Politics

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