UK rolls out red carpet for Army chief Gen Manoj Pande

Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande inspects a Guard of Honour by British Army personnel, at Horse Guards Parade in London on Thursday
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Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande inspects a Guard of Honour by British Army personnel, at Horse Guards Parade in London on Thursday

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London: Army chief General Manoj Pande received a ceremonial welcome with a Guard of Honour at Horse Guards Parade in London at the start of his UK...

London: Army chief General Manoj Pande received a ceremonial welcome with a Guard of Honour at Horse Guards Parade in London at the start of his UK visit on Thursday.

Gen Pande was received by the UK's Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders, before he inspected a Guard of Honour by the Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards, one of the oldest regiments in the British Army dressed in their iconic scarlet tunics and black bearskin caps.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Band of the Grenadier Guards, conducted by Director of Music Captain Robert Smith, performed a bespoke programme of music in support of the occasion to illustrate the harmony between the two nations.

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