Nepal’s president Rramchandra Paudel conferred the Honorary Rank of the General of Nepal Army to Indian Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi at a special ceremony at Rastrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas, here on Thursday afternoon.
There has been a tradition of conferring the title of Honorary General to each other’s army chief of Nepal and India as per the continued relations existing between the armies of the two countries since 1950, according to Nepal Army sources.
Gen Dwivedi, who is leading a five-member delegation, arrived here on Wednesday for a five-day official visit at the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Gen Ashok Sigdel.
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