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|1.|Western Region (W)|Mumbai| |2.|Eastern Region (E)|Chennai| |3.|North East Region (NE)|Kolkata| |4.|Andaman & Nicobar Region (A&N)|Port Blair| |5.|North West Region (NW)|Gandhinagar|
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<mark>LIST OF INDIAN CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF – FROM 1947 TILL DATE</mark>
| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
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| 1 | General Sir Robert Lockhart | 15 Aug 1947 – 31 Dec 1947 |
| 2 | General Sir Roy Bucher | 01 Jan 1948 – 15 Jan 1949 |
| 3 | Field Marshal KM Cariappa | 16 Jan 1949 – 14 Jan 1953 |
| 4 | General KS Rajendra Sinhji | 15 Jan 1953 - 14 May 1955 |
| 5 | General S.M. Srinagesh | 15 May 1955 - 07 May 1957 |
| 6 | General K.S. Thimayya | 08 May 1957 - 07 May 1961 |
| 7 | General P.N. Thapar | 08 May 1961 - 19 Nov 1962 |
| 8 | General J.N. Choudhuri | 20 Nov 1962 - 07 Jun 1966 |
| 9 | General P.P. Kumaramangalam | 08 Jun 1966 - 07 Jun 1969 |
| 10 | Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw | 08 Jun 1969 -15 Jan 1973 |
| 11 | General G.G. Bewoor | 16 Jan 1973 -31 May 1975 |
| 12 | General T.N. Raina | 01 Jun 1975 -31 May 1978 |
| 13 | General O.P. Malhotra | 01 Jun 1978 -31 May 1981 |
| 14 | General K.V. Krishna Rao | 01 Jun 1981 -31 July 1983 |
| 15 | General A.S. Vaidya | 01 Aug 1983 -31 Jan 1986 |
| 16 | General K. Sunderji | 01 Feb 1986 -31 May 1988 |
| 17 | General V.N. Sharma | 01 Jun 1988 -30 Jun 1990 |
| 18 | General S.F. Rodrigues | 01 Jul 1990 -30 Jun 1993 |
| 19 | General B.C. Joshi | 01 Jul 1993 -19 Nov 1994 |
| 20 | General S. Roychowdhury | 20 Nov 1994 -30 Sep 1997 |
| 21 | General V.P. Malik | 01 Oct 1997 -30 Sep 2000 |
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| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
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| 22 | General S. Padmanabhan | 01 Oct 2000- 31 Dec 2002 |
| 23 | General N.C. Vij | 01 Jan 2003 - 31 Jan 2005 |
| 24 | General J J Singh | 01 Feb 2005 - 30 Sep 2007 |
| 25 | General Deepak Kapoor | 01 Oct 2007 - 31 Mar 2010 |
| 26 | General V.K. Singh | 01 Apr 2010 - 31 May 2012 |
| 27 | General Bikram Singh | 01 Jun 2012 – 31 Jul 2014 |
| 28. | Genera Dalbir Singh Suhag | 01 Aug 2014 – 31 Dec 2016 |
| 29. | Genera Bipin Rawat | 31 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 |
| 30. | General Manoj Mukund Naravane | 31 Jan 2020 - incumbent |
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LIST OF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL OF INDIA (1947-PRESENT)
| S.No. | Name | Rank | Appointment Date | Left Office |
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| 1 | Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst | Air Marshal | 15 Aug 1947 | 22 Feb 1950 |
| 2 | Ronald Ivelaw Chapman | Air Marshal | 22 Feb 1950 | 09 Dec 1951 |
| 3 | Sir Gerald Ernest Gibbs | Air Marshal | 10 Dec 1951 | 31 Mar 1954 |
| 4 | Subroto Mukerjee | Air Marshal | Apr 1, 1954 | Nov 8, 1960 |
| 5 | Aspy Engineer | Air Marshal | Dec 1, 1960 | July 31, 1964 |
| 6 | Arjan Singh | The first Air Chief Marshal | Aug 1, 1964 | July 15, 1969 |
| 7 | Pratap Chandra Lal | Air Chief Marshal | July 16, 1969 | Jan 15, 1973 |
| 8 | Om Prakash Mehra | Air Chief Marshal | Jan 16, 1973 | Jan 31, 1976 |
| 9 | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | Air Chief Marshal | Feb 1, 1976 | Aug 31, 1978 |
| 10 | Idris Latif | Air Chief Marshal | Sep 1, 1978 | Aug 31, 1981 |
| 11 | Dilbagh Singh | Air Chief Marshal | Sep 1, 1981 | Sep 4, 1984 |
| 12 | Lakshman Madhav Katre | Air Chief Marshal | Sep 4, 1984 | July 1, 1985 |
| 13 | Denis La Fontaine | Air Chief Marshal | July 3, 1985 | July 31, 1988 |
| 14 | Surinder Mehra | Air Chief Marshal | Aug 1, 1988 | July 31, 1991 |
| 15 | Nirmal Chandra Suri | Air Chief Marshal | July 31, 1991 | July 31, 1993 |
| 16 | Swaroop Kaul | Air Chief Marshal | Aug 1, 1993 | Dec 31, 1995 |
| 17 | Satish Sareen | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 1995 | Dec 31, 1998 |
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| S.No. | Name | Rank | Appointment Date | Left Office |
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| 18 | Anil Tipnis | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 1998 | Dec 31, 2001 |
| 19 | Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 2001 | Dec 31, 2004 |
| 20 | Shashindra Pal Tyagi | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 2004 | Mar 31, 2007 |
| 21 | Fali Homi Major | Air Chief Marshal | Mar 31, 2007 | Mar 31, 2009 |
| 22 | Pradeep Vasant Naik | Air Chief Marshal | Mar 31, 2009 | July 31, 2011 |
| 23 | Norman Anil Kumar Browne | Air Chief Marshal | Aug 1, 2011 | Dec 31, 2013 |
| 24 | Arup Raha | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 2013 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| 25. | Birender Singh Dhanoa | Air Chief Marshal | Dec 31, 2016 | Incumbent |
| 26. | Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | Air Chief Marshal | 30 Sept. 2019 |
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LIST OF CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF OF INDIA
Name
Tenure
| Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall | 15 August 1947-14 August 1948 |
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| Admiral Sir Edward Parry | 15 August 1948-13 October 1951 |
| Admiral Sir Mark Pizey | 14 October 1951-21 July 1955 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill | 22 July 1955-21 April 1958 |
| Vice Admiral R.D. Katari | 22 April 1958-4 June 1962 |
| Vice Admiral B.S. Soman | 05 June 1962-3 March 1966 |
| Admiral A.K. Chatterjee | 04 March 1966-27 February 1970 |
| Admiral S.M. Nanda | 28 February 1970-28 February 1973 |
| Admiral S.N. Kohli | 01 March 1973-28 February 1976 |
| Admiral J.L. Cursetji | 01 March 1976-28 February 1979 |
| Admiral R.L. Pereira | 01 March 1979-28 February 1982 |
| Admiral O.S. Dawson | 01 March 1982-30 November 1984 |
| Admiral R.H. Tahiliani | 01 December 1984-30 November 1987 |
| Admiral J.G. Nadkarni | 01 December 1987-30 November 1990 |
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| Name | Tenure |
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| Admiral Ramdas | 01 December 1990-30 September 1993 |
| Admiral V.S. Shekhawat | 01 October 1993-30 September 1996 |
| Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat | 01 October 1996-30 December 1998 |
| Admiral Sushil Kumar | 31 December 1998 - 29 December 2001 |
| Admiral Madhvendra Singh | 29 December 2001 - 31 July 2004 |
| Admiral Arun Prakash | 01 August 2004 - 30 October 2006 |
| Admiral Sureesh Mehta | 30 October 2006 - 31 August 2009 |
| Admiral Nirmal Verma | 31 August 2009- 31 August 2012 |
| Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi | 31 August 2012- 26 February 2014 |
| Vice Admiral RK Dhowan | 26 February 2014- 31 May 2016 |
| Admiral Sunil Lanba | 31 May 2016- 31 May 2019 |
| Admiral Karambir Singh | 31 May 2019- Till date |
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<mark>FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF INDIAN ARMY</mark>
<mark>The Indian army has strength of about a million troops and fields 34 divisions. Its headquarters is located in the Indian capital New Delhi and it is under the overall command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).</mark>
- Division : Each Division is headed by General Officer Commanding (GOC) in the rank of Major General. It usually consists of 15,000 combat troops and 8,000 support elements. Currently, the Indian Army has 37 Divisions including; 4 RAPID (Re-organized Army Plains Infantry Divisions) Action Divisions, 18 Infantry Divisions, 10 Mountain Divisions, 3 Armored Divisions and 2 Artillery Divisions. Each Division composes of several Brigades.
• Brigade : A Brigade generally consists of around 3,000 combat troops with supporting elements. An Infantry Brigade usually has 3 Infantry Battalions along with various Support Arms & Services. It is headed by a Brigadier. In addition to the Brigades in various Army Divisions, the Indian Army also has 5 Independent Armored Brigades, 15 Independent Artillery Brigades, 7 Independent Infantry Brigades, 1 Independent Parachute Brigade,3 Independent Air Defence Brigades, 2 Independent Air Defence Groups and 4 Independent Engineer Brigades. These Independent Brigades operate directly under the Corps Commander (GOC Corps).
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Battalion : A Battalion is commanded by a Colonel and is the Infantry’s main fighting unit. It consists of more than 900 combat personnel.
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Company : Headed by the Major or Captain, a company comprises 120 soldiers.
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Platoon : An intermediate between a company and section, a platoon is headed by a Captain or Lieutenant, or depending on the availability of commissioned officers, even a junior commissioned officer (Subedar). It has a total strength of about 32 troops.
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Section : Smallest military outfit with a strength of 10 personnel. Commanded by a noncommissioned officer of the rank of Havildar or Sergeant.
Organisation of the Indian Army
The Army is organized in two parts – Arms and Services as under: -
Arms – Arms Covers those troops which carry out actual operations.
<mark>Services</mark> <mark>– The remaining components of the army are the Services. Their primary duty is to</mark> provide logistics and administration for the army.
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Fighting Arms :
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Armor
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Infantry
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<mark>Mechanized Infantry</mark>
<mark>Supporting Arms</mark> <mark>:</mark>
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Artillery
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Engineers
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Army air defence
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Army aviation corps
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<mark>Signals</mark>
<mark>Services</mark> <mark>:</mark>
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Army Service corps – ration, transport and clerks
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Army Medical Corps
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Army ordnance corps – armament, ammunition, vehicles, clothing and all equipment
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Corps of electronics and mechanical engineers – repairs and recovery
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Remounted veterinary corps
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<mark>The Intelligence corps</mark>
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<mark>STRUCTURE OF INDIAN ARMY</mark>
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