Pardafas Reporter
The Chief of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande has been conferred with the insignia of the honorary title of the General of the Nepal Army at a special ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan today.
General Pande, who is on a five-day visit to Nepal at the invitation of Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, was conferred with the insignia of honorary title by President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Nepalese Army.
On that occasion, Army chief Pandey was also provided a sword and a certificate.
Nepal and India observe the custom of exchanging the insignia of the honorary title of General of the Army since 1951. The then Indian Army’s Field Marshal KM Cariappa was the first official from the organization to receive the honorary title of the NA General in 2007 BS. Similarly, in 2026 BS, the then CoAS Surendra Bahadur Shah presented the honorary title of the Chief of the Indian Army.
The previous year, CoAS Sharma has conferred the honorary title of the Indian Army’s General while in 2020 the then Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane was honored with the insignia of the honorary title of the NA General.
Earlier, The Chief of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande, handed over military equipment worth Rs 223 million to Nepali Army (NA) as assistance.
