Lt Gen Jagdeep Sharma elevated to three-star rank

DHARAMSALA: Lt Gen Jagdeep Kumar Sharma has become the first Army officer from the state to have been elevated to the threestar rank of the Army

Updated At : 05:47 AM Jun 03, 2017 IST

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, June 2

Lt Gen Jagdeep Kumar Sharma has become the first Army officer from the state to have been elevated to the three-star rank of the Army. He belongs to Nehran Pukhar villages in Dehra tehsil of Kangra district.

Kangra district to which General Sharma belongs is a major recruitment base for the Army. Lt Gen Sharma has taken over as the Chief of Staff, Central Command, recently.

The ex-servicemen league of Himachal said it was a matter of pride for the entire region. Coming from a humble background, the General Officer was commissioned into the 9th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment in June 1982 and had the distinction of commanding the same battalion from December 2002 to May 2005 in the Strike Corps.

General Sharma’s elevation comes with a glorious and outstanding operational career which includes his participation in ‘Operation Vijay ’, ‘Operation Meghdoot’, ‘Operation Trishul Shakti’, ‘Operation Orchid’ and ‘Operation Parakram’. He has attended all professional courses of the Army, including the National Defence College Course in Delhi.