KJS Dhillon will be succeeding Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command. KJS Dhillon took charge of Colonel of Regiment of Rajputana Rifles on Saturday. KJS Dhillon will be succeeding Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna. The ceremony was followed by the change of Baton in Special Sainik Sammelan

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) KJS Dhillon, presently General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps, took charge of Colonel of Regiment of Rajputana Rifles on Saturday.

KJS Dhillon will be succeeding Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command.

In a ceremony at Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre, New Delhi, both the incoming and the outgoing colonels of the regiment paid homage to the martyrs of the Regiment of Rajputana Rifles at the Veer Sthal, Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre.

The ceremony was followed by the change of Baton in Special Sainik Sammelan in the presence of veterans including former CsOR and all ranks posted at Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL KJS DHILLON

Lt Gen KJS Dhillon was commissioned in December, 1983, into Rajputana Rifles. General Dhillon, who has taken over as the 16th Colonel of the Rajputana Rifles Regiment, is presently the GOC of Chinar Corps in Kashmir. There General Dhillon is serving his seventh tenure.

General Dhillon played a key role in ensuring total synergy amongst security forces since taking over the command of Chinar Corps in February this year.

General Dhillon's long experience in counter-terrorist operations in Kashmir was instrumental in elimination of a large number of terrorists, especially the leadership of various Tanzeems post Pulwama attack.

General Dhillon expressed his resolve to serve the Regiment of Rajputana Rifles with utmost sincerity and keep the honour of the Rajputana Rifles Regiment and welfare of the officers and the men under its fold as one of the primary focus areas.

General Dhillon thanked the officers and men of the Rajputana Rifles Regiment for bestowing him with this honour.