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Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks ...
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Indian Army" ... Captain (armed forces) Colonel (India) D. Daffadar; F. Field marshal (India) G. General (India) H. Havildar ...
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Indian Armed Forces during Bharat Shakti military exercise. The headquarters of the Indian Armed Forces is in New Delhi, the capital city of India. The President of India serves as the formal Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, [65] while actual control lies with the executive headed by the Prime Minister of India.
Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces; Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy; Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries; South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia; United States (Union) Army during the civil war; United States (Union) Navy during the civil war
Flag of the Indian Army: A red field with the flag of India in the canton, and the Army badge in the fly. Flag of the Field Marshal: Red flag with crossed batons surrounded by a lotus flower wreath, the Ashoka lion emblem above the batons and five five-pointed stars across the bottom, all in yellow. [1] Flag of the Chief of the Army Staff
It is the highest active rank in the Indian Army. General ranks above the three-star rank of lieutenant general and below the five-star rank of field marshal, which is largely a war-time or ceremonial rank. A general may be referred to as a full general or four-star general to distinguish them from lower general officer ranks like lieutenant ...