Honorary Lieutenant Colonel

MS Dhoni, who holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army, took a two-month sabbatical from cricket last year to serve his unit in Kashmir.

MS Dhoni is currently serving with a Territorial Army battalion in Kashmir.

MS Dhoni will undergo training with the jawans and live like any other soldier.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army, has praised the armed forces in the backdrop of a raging debate on freedom of expression.

Five-time boxing world champion M C Mary Kom is all set to become the first Indian woman and the fifth sportsperson overall to hold an honorary rank in the country's defence forces as she will be made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

MS Dhoni has expressed keen interest in serving the army after he hangs up his boots. Dhoni, who was inducted as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the elite Parachute Regiment last year, is in Kashmir as a guest at the ongoing Kashmir Premier League in Baramullah.

India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympian gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday officially became honorary Lieutenant Colonels in the Territorial Army with the army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, pipping their ranks on their shoulders.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra will don the olive green uniform and be conferred the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army on Tuesday.

Newly-commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as an honorary lieutenant colonel, India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni attended his first official event when he joined army chief Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh at the TA's Raising Day celebrations here.

Taking note of reports that Mohan Lal, an honorary Lt Colonel of Territorial Army, has violated norms by donning his military uniform in public.

Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra were on Tuesday granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army by President Pratibha Patil.

Leading Malayalam movie star Mohan Lal was on Thursday formally inducted into the Territorial Army as an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.

MS Dhoni, who holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army, took a two-month sabbatical from cricket last year to serve his unit in Kashmir.

MS Dhoni is currently serving with a Territorial Army battalion in Kashmir.

MS Dhoni will undergo training with the jawans and live like any other soldier.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army, has praised the armed forces in the backdrop of a raging debate on freedom of expression.

Five-time boxing world champion M C Mary Kom is all set to become the first Indian woman and the fifth sportsperson overall to hold an honorary rank in the country's defence forces as she will be made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

MS Dhoni has expressed keen interest in serving the army after he hangs up his boots. Dhoni, who was inducted as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the elite Parachute Regiment last year, is in Kashmir as a guest at the ongoing Kashmir Premier League in Baramullah.

India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympian gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday officially became honorary Lieutenant Colonels in the Territorial Army with the army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, pipping their ranks on their shoulders.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra will don the olive green uniform and be conferred the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army on Tuesday.

Newly-commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as an honorary lieutenant colonel, India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni attended his first official event when he joined army chief Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh at the TA's Raising Day celebrations here.

Taking note of reports that Mohan Lal, an honorary Lt Colonel of Territorial Army, has violated norms by donning his military uniform in public.

Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra were on Tuesday granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army by President Pratibha Patil.

Leading Malayalam movie star Mohan Lal was on Thursday formally inducted into the Territorial Army as an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.