At a special ceremony held at Rastrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas, here on Thursday afternoon, Indian Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi was given the Honorary Rank of the General of Nepal Army by President Rramchandra Paudel of Nepal.

According to Nepal Army sources, the two nations' armies have maintained a relationship since 1950, and it has long been customary to bestow the title of Honorary General on each other's army chiefs.
At the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Gen. Ashok Sigdel, Gen. Dwivedi, who is leading a delegation of five people, arrived here on Wednesday for a five-day official visit.

On the same day, Gen. Dwivedi met with Sigdel at the Nepal Army Headquarters in Kathmandu to discuss issues pertaining to the two armies' cooperation.
According to sources at the Indian Embassy, "the two discussed furthering military bilateral relations between Nepal and India."

According to the Indian Embassy, Gen. Dwivedi also planted a Rudraksha sapling on the grounds of the Nepal Army headquarters in Kathmandu as a sign of the two armies' unwavering friendship.


Gen. Dwivedi honored the martyrs earlier in the morning by laying a wreath at the Army Pavilion, Tundikhel's Martyr's Memorial. At Army Headquarters, he was also presented with the Guard of Honor.
Gen. Dwivedi's itinerary includes a stop at the Army Staff College in Shivapuri, which is situated outside of Kathmandu. According to officials, he also intends to take a mountain flight.

The army chiefs of India and Nepal have a long history of visiting each other and bestowing the honorary general title on each of them.


Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are the five Indian states that border Nepal by more than 1,850 kilometers.

Sunita Dwivedi, the chairperson of the Indian Army's Army Wives Welfare Association, is with Gen. Dwivedi.