Director General of the Assam Rifles


The Director General of the Assam Rifles is the head of the Assam Rifles. The DGAR has their office in the Headquarters DGAR at Shillong. Appointed by the Government of India, the DGAR reports to the Minister of Home Affairs. The Director General is an Indian Army Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General and is assisted by three Inspector Generals, each holding the rank of Major General, and other senior officers heading various staff appointments. The Additional Director General of the Assam Rifles who is a Major General - ranked officer serves as the Second-in-command to the Director General. The current Director General, Lt Gen Sukhdeep Sangwan, SM**, is the 20th DGAR.

History

The first Director General post-Independence was Mr HG Bartly, CIE, IP who assumed the appointment on 17 September 1947. The first Indian Director General was India Sidhiman Rai, MC appointed on 15 August 1948.
The rank of officers holding the appointment of Director General Assam Rifles has been consistently upgraded from Colonel to Brigadier to Major General to Lieutenant General now. Indian Army officers on deputation have been holding the appointment of Director General Assam Rifles till date.

List of Directors General

S.NoRankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeNotes
1-H. G. Bartly, CIE, IP17 Sep 194714 Aug 1948
2ColonelSidhiman Rai, MC15 Aug 194810 Dec 1949
3ColonelR. N. D. Frier, MC16 Dec 194929 Feb 1952
4BrigadierK. Bhagwati Singh, AVSM1 Mar 19524 May 1954
5BrigadierK. S. Katoch, MC5 May 195429 Aug 1955
6BrigadierHarbhajan Singh7 Sep 195530 Nov 1957
7Major GeneralA. S. Guraya1 Feb 195814 Dec 1965
8Major GeneralS. N. Bhatia15 Dec 196515 Feb 1968
9Major GeneralV. B. Tuli20 Feb 196819 May 1972
10Major GeneralM. G. Hazari, PVSM, AVSM30 Mar 197329 Feb 1976
11Major GeneralK. Chiman Singh, PVSM1 Mar 197625 Jun 1979
12Lieutenant GeneralSushil Kumar, PVSM1 Sep 19792 Dec 1981
13Lieutenant GeneralJ. K. Puri, PVSM, AVSM2 Dec 198129 Nov 1983
14 Lieutenant GeneralP. E. Menon, PVSM30 Nov 198331 May 1987
15 Lieutenant GeneralM. K. Lahiri, PVSM1 Jun 198721 Dec 1989
16 Lieutenant GeneralR. V. Kulkarni, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM22 Feb 19909 Mar 1992
17Lieutenant GeneralV. P. Airy, MVC18 Mar 199231 Mar 1993
18 Lieutenant GeneralY. M. Bammi, ADC15 Jul 199330 Apr 1995
19 Lieutenant GeneralT. P. S. Rawat, PVSM, VSM19 May 199530 Apr 1998
20 Lieutenant GeneralGurpreet Singh, PVSM1 May 199818 Jan 2001
21 Lieutenant GeneralG. K. Duggal, PVSM, AVSM, VrC19 Jan 200118 Jan 2003
22 Lieutenant GeneralH. S. Kanwar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 Mar 200330 Apr 2004
23 Lieutenant GeneralBhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 May 200430 Jun 2006
24 Lieutenant GeneralParamjit Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM6 Jul 200631 May 2008
25 Lieutenant GeneralK. S. Yadava, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM9 Jun 200830 Sep 2010
26Lieutenant GeneralRameshwar Roy, UVSM, AVSM, YSM6 Dec 201022 Feb 2012
27Lieutenant GeneralRanbir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM27 Aug 201231 Mar 2014
28Lieutenant GeneralR. K. Rana, SM, VSM26 May 201431 Aug 2015
29Lieutenant GeneralH. J. S. Sachdev, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC1 Sep 201530 Sep 2016
30 Lieutenant GeneralShokin Chauhan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM12 Dec 201631 Mar 2018
31Lieutenant GeneralSukhdeep Singh Sangwan, SM**4 May 2018Present

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