{"id":136040,"date":"2025-03-09T21:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=136040"},"modified":"2025-03-09T21:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:43:49","slug":"assams-pride-i-lt-gen-rana-pratap-kalita-honoured-with-vaibhav-award-announces-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=136040","title":{"rendered":"Assam\u2019s Pride I Lt. Gen Rana Pratap Kalita Honoured with Vaibhav Award, Announces CM Himanta Biswa Sarma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal.jpg?resize=198%2C55&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">A significant milestone in his career came when he became the first officer from Assam to hold the charge of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command. He succeeded Lieutenant General <a href=\"http:\/\/Manoj Pande\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">Manoj Pande<\/span><\/strong><\/a> on his elevation to Vice Chief of the Army Staff. Notably, he served as the Colonel of the Kumaon and Naga Regiments and the Kumaon Scouts. His exceptional leadership and dedication to duty have been widely recognized, and his selection for the Assam Vaibhav Award is a testament to his illustrious career.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136042\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Lt. Gen Rana Pratap Kalita Honoured with Vaibhav Award:\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Assam\u2019s Pride I \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=750%2C422&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250309-WA0086.jpg?resize=1140%2C641&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Lt. Gen Rana Pratap Kalita Honoured with Vaibhav Award:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">As the Chief Minister of Assam announces his selection, Lieutenant General Kalita\u2019s name will forever be etched in the annals of Assam\u2019s history, and his contributions to the nation\u2019s defense will continue to be celebrated for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant milestone in his career came when he became the first officer from Assam to hold the charge of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command. He succeeded Lieutenant General Manoj Pande on his elevation to Vice Chief of the Army Staff. Notably, he served as the Colonel of the Kumaon and Naga Regiments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":136042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk:"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[42193,42191,42192],"class_list":["post-136040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-announces-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma","tag-lt-gen-rana-pratap-kalita-honoured","tag-with-vaibhav-award"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159580,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=159580","url_meta":{"origin":136040,"position":0},"title":"Assam CMO Flags AI Morphed Image of Himanta Biswa Sarma; Case Registered","author":"News Desk","date":"October 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An AI-generated and fabricated image of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is circulating on social media, prompting the Chief Minister\u2019s Office to announce that a case has been registered against those responsible. 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