Lt. Gen. Dhiraj is the new GOC-n-C of South Western Command

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Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth paid the tribute to bravehearts at Prernashtal at Jaipur Military station.

Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Jaipur-based South Western Command. He succeeded Lieutenant General BS Raju, who superannuated  on Tuesday.

General officer, after assuming the charge , on wednesday ,  paid the tribute to bravehearts at Prernashtal at Jaipur Military station. He reviewed the impressive Guard of Honour.

Lt. Gen. Dhiraj Seth is son of a retired three-star general and he  has commanded the armoured regiment Skinner’s Horse, an armoured brigade, a counter-insurgency force in Jammu and Kashmir, and a strike corps on the western front in his military career, said the army in a statement.

Before assuming charge of the South Western Command (Sapta Shakti Command), Lt. Gen. Dhiraj Seth  was the General Officer Commanding, HQ Delhi Area.

The South Western command is  the Indian Army’s youngest command and comprised of approxmately 130,000 soldiers. Indian Army’s South Western command   is responsible for guarding India’s border with Pakistan in Rajasthan as well as in the state of Punjab.

Dhiraj Seth is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.