“The thing about being a colonel in the Army is that it allows you to make comments outside your lane and that’s accepted,” he said. “It’s generally not accepted at lower ranks in the ...

Like Neeraj Chopra, there are a few more individual medallists at the quadrennial Games who hold ranks in the Indian Army.

Two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra has been conferred with the Honorary Rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army. As per the Gazette of India, which is regarded as the authorised legal ...