{"id":71740,"date":"2016-09-03T16:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T16:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=71740"},"modified":"2016-09-03T16:56:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T16:56:19","slug":"lt-gen-b-s-sahrawat-takes-over-command-of-vajra-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/71740","title":{"rendered":"LT Gen B.S Sahrawat takes over Command of Vajra Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-71741 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-new.jpg\" alt=\"Lt Gen BS Sahrawat new\" width=\"336\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-new.jpg 336w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-new-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-new-55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jalandhar,\u00a0 Sep. 2 ( Punjab {Post Bureau) &#8211;\u00a0 Lt Gen BS Sahrawat has taken over as the General Officer Commanding of the prestigious Vajra Corps on 02 Sep 2016. He has relieved\u00a0 Lt Gen\u00a0 JS Cheema, who moves to Army Headquarters as Director General Infantry.\u00a0 Lt Gen BS Sahrawat \u00a0is a third generation army officer.\u00a0 He was commissioned in Dec 1980 in 13<sup>th<\/sup> Bn (REZANG LA), the KUMAON Regiment and commanded the same Battalion in Ladakh and during OPERATION PRAKRAM in deserts. The General Officer has commanded a Mountain Brigade and an Infantry Division.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0An alumnus of National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy, the General Officer has a distinguished career during which he has tenanted numerous sensitive and distinctively coveted appointments in various parts of the country and abroad which included an assignment as\u00a0 Military Observer in Iraq and Kuwait. The General Officer was awarded the \u201cSena Medal\u201d for his sterling effort in saving civilian lives and property during floods of Kosi River in Bihar in the year 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lt Gen BS Sahrawat \u00a0was the Director General in the Land, Works and Environment Directorate in the Army Headquarters \u00a0prior to assuming command of Vajra Corps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalandhar,\u00a0 Sep. 2 ( Punjab {Post Bureau) &#8211;\u00a0 Lt Gen BS Sahrawat has taken over as the General Officer Commanding of the prestigious Vajra Corps on 02 Sep 2016. 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