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Indian Army: Type: Military intelligence: Size: 3,700: Headquarters: Sena Bhawan, New Delhi: Motto(s) Always Alert: Engagements: World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-China War of 1962 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) Kargil War 2016 Indian Line of Control strike: Commanders
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By the end of 1947, there were a total of 13 Indian major-generals and 30 Indian brigadiers, with all three army commands being led by Indian officers by October 1948, at which time only 260 British officers remained in the new Indian Army as advisers or in posts requiring certain technical abilities. [48]
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 ...
The Army Aviation Corps (AAC) is the youngest arm of the Indian Army, being formally designated on 1 November 1986. The Army Aviation Corps units are designated as Squadrons. Each squadron generally consists of two Flights. Reconnaissance (Recce) and Observation (R & O) flights might be part of squadrons or operate independently.
The Indian Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Republic of India encompassing the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The President of India serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. With an estimated total active force of 1,325,000 personnel, maintains the world's second largest armed forces.
Passing out parade, Army Service Corps Centre, Bengaluru Indian Mule Corps in Alexandria about to embark for Gallipoli, c. 1915 1992 postal stamp. The origin of the corps go back to 1760 when a Commissariat used to exist in the administrative component of the armies three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay.
The Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) is the engineering training establishment for the Corps of Signals, established 1911, of the Indian Army. It is located near Indore , in the town formerly known as Mhow, now called Dr Ambedkar Nagar , in Madhya Pradesh . [ 1 ]