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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 ...
Naik (Nk; sometimes historically spelled nayak) is an Indian Army and Pakistan Army rank equivalent to corporal. [1] The rank was previously used in the Indian Army during the Raj and the Camel Corps, ranking between lance naik and havildar. In cavalry units, the equivalent is lance daffadar. Like a British corporal, a naik wears two rank chevrons.
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An 1842 painting of a lance naik in the 65th Bengal Native Infantry (Volunteers) by Alex Hunter Insignia of an Indian Army Lance Naik. Lance naik (L/Nk) is the equivalent rank to lance corporal in the Indian and Pakistani armies and, before 1947, in the British Indian Army, ranking below naik. [1] In cavalry units the equivalent is acting lance ...
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Ranks of the Indian Army – Other Ranks; Insignia: Rank: Subedar Major 1: Subedar 2: Naib Subedar 3, Havildar: Naik: Lance Naik: Sepoy 4: 1 Risaldar Major in cavalry and armoured regiments; 2 Risaldar in cavalry and armoured regiments; 3 Naib Risaldar in cavalry and armoured regiments. Called Jemadar until 1965. 4 No Insignia
Rank Name Branch Operation/War Date of Award 1 Lieutenant Colonel: Dewan Ranjit Rai Indian Army: 1947 Indo-Pakistan War [8] 27-Oct-1947 2 Sepoy: Dewan Singh Indian Army: 1947 Indo-Pakistan War [9] 03-Nov-1947 3 Naik: Chand Singh Indian Army: 1947 Indo-Pakistan War [10] 22-Nov-1947 4 Subedar: Bishan Singh Indian Army: 1947 Indo-Pakistan War [11 ...