Kochi: Lieutenant General P M Hariz, AVSM, SM, VSM, took over as General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on Thursday.
Hariz took charge from Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat who has proceeded to Delhi to assume duties of VCOAS.
On assuming command of the largest geographical formation of the Indian Army, the General laid a wreath at the National War Memorial Pune and paid homage to the martyrs.
The General was given a guard of honour. The current assignment of the general officer is a testimony of his continued dedication to service, which began on his commissioning in June 1978.
Prior to the current appointment, he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army Training Command at Shimla.
Hariz hails from Kozhikode.
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