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Director General National Cadet Corps: Gurbirpal Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM [40] Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles: Major General: S H Naqvi SM, VSM [41] Additional Director General Army Education Corps: R Putarjunam [42] Judge Advocate General, Indian Army: Sandeep Kumar VSM: Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army: Javed ...
In 1895, the three armies were merged to form a unified British Indian Army (BIA), under the direct control of the C-in-C. [28] Following the Kitchener Reforms in 1903, up until the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the C-in-C functioned as the supreme commander of the armed forces in the subcontinent, liaising directly with the ...
During British rule, the Chief of the General Staff, India assisted the Commander-in-Chief, India in commanding the British Indian Army. The post was largely honorary as all power resided in the hands of Commander-in-Chief, India. [1] After Indian independence in 1947, the CGS remained a senior staff appointment.
Indian Army: 26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia) [11] [12] Captain: Indian Army: 4 August 1951 [13] Major: Indian Army: 4 August 1958 [14] Lieutenant-Colonel: Indian Army: 9 June 1965 [15] Colonel: Indian Army: Brigadier: Indian Army: Major General: Indian Army: 1 October 1974 (seniority from 28 December 1973) [16 ...
Domestically, the CISC ranks 23rd-overall in the Indian order of precedence and is the status-equivalent to the Vice Chiefs of Staff of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force; internationally, it is identical to Canada's Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Spain's Chief of the Joint Defence Staff. [7] [8]
Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa's taking over as the first "Indian" Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army from General Sir Roy Bucher, on 15 January 1949. With effect from 26 January 1950, the date India became a republic, all active-duty Indian ...
After the Independence, the CGS remained the number two officer in the Indian Army below the Commander-in-Chief, India. and later the Chief of Army Staff. In January 1959, the post of Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (DCOAS) was created to replace the CGS at the Army HQ. The DCOAS was the second-in-command and was equivalent to an Army Commander ...
Major Vivek Gupta MVC [1] (2 January 1970 – 13 June 1999) was an officer in the Indian Army. He was posthumously conferred the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest war-time military honour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War (Operation Vijay).