Army promotions

December 29, 2001
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December 29, 2001

KATHMANDU: Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa is the senior most army officer in the Royal Nepal Army after Chief of Army Staff Gen. Prajawalla SJB Rana following Friday’s retirement of Lt.Gen Durga Nath Aryal, Defence sources said.

Maj. Gen. Victory Rana has been promoted to Lt. Gen. and appointed to the vacant post of Chief of Staff after Lt. Gen. Aryal’s retirement.

The appointment coincided with the 57th birthday Saturday of His Late Majesty King Birendra.
There were other promotions and transfers to mark the occasion.