{"id":58724,"date":"2024-12-12T10:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58724"},"modified":"2024-12-12T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:43:09","slug":"president-droupadi-murmu-confers-honorary-rank-of-general-of-indian-army-on-nepals-army-chief-general-ashok-raj-sigdel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/president-droupadi-murmu-confers-honorary-rank-of-general-of-indian-army-on-nepals-army-chief-general-ashok-raj-sigdel\/","title":{"rendered":"President Droupadi Murmu Confers Honorary Rank of \u2018General of Indian Army\u2019 on Nepal\u2019s Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI, Dec 12<\/strong> \u2013 President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conferred the honorary rank of <em>General of the Indian Army<\/em> on General Ashok Raj Sigdel, the Chief of the Army Staff of the Nepali Army, at a special investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The ceremony was a mark of recognition for General Sigdel&#8217;s outstanding military service and his significant contribution to strengthening the long-standing and friendly relations between Nepal and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This gesture is part of a tradition dating back to 1950, where the Army Chiefs of Nepal and India have been bestowed with honorary ranks as a symbol of the strong military and diplomatic ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President&#8217;s office issued a statement highlighting General Sigdel\u2019s commendable military prowess and his role in fostering the bilateral relationship between the two nations. <em>&#8220;The Honorary Rank of General of the Indian Army was conferred on Suprabal Janasewashree General Ashok Raj Sigdel, Chief of the Army Staff, Nepali Army, in recognition of his immeasurable contributions to furthering Nepal\u2019s strong and friendly association with India,&#8221;<\/em> the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strengthening Nepal-India Defence Relations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Sigdel\u2019s visit to India, which began on December 11 and will continue until December 14, marks a crucial step in further enhancing the defence cooperation between the two nations. His visit is expected to include discussions on joint military collaboration, strategic security concerns, and ongoing bilateral defence initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Honorary Rank Exchange Tradition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event comes a month after Nepal\u2019s President Ramchandra Paudel conferred the honorary rank of <em>General of Nepal Army<\/em> on Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi during a special ceremony in Kathmandu, further underscoring the mutual respect and longstanding partnership between the two countries&#8217; armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>One Nation, One Army<\/em> initiative, reflected in these honorary recognitions, continues to be a symbol of the shared history and defense cooperation between India and Nepal, strengthening the bond of trust and collaboration between the two neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Dec 12 \u2013 President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conferred the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army on General Ashok Raj Sigdel, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58724","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58726,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58724\/revisions\/58726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}