Praveen Bakshi | |
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| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/ |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 17 December 1977 - 31 July 2017 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Service number | IC-34760F |
| Unit | Skinner's Horse |
| Commands |  Eastern CommandIX Corps |
| Awards |  Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal[1] Vishisht Seva Medal |
Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC was the 25th General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2015 after Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai.
In December 2016, Bakshi was the front runner for the post of the Chief of the Army Staff. However, keeping aside the trend of seniority being the lone criteria, the Government appointed General Bipin Rawat and he finally retired on 31 July 2017 being succeeded by Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna.[2][3][4]
Prior, he was Chief of Staff of the Northern Command based at Udhampur. He succeeded Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai who was appointed as the Vice Chief of Army Staff at the Headquarter of Indian Army in New Delhi.
- ^ "ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL". NET INDIAN. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi takes charge of army's Eastern Command". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Army's Eastern Command gets new chief". News X. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Lt Gen Abhay Krishna new chief of Eastern Command".