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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.
In comparison, all officers from the civil services jumped to 8700 grade pay, a time scale position, after 13 years including in defence accounts, and the Indian Police. The IPS, with army style badges, instead of wearing Major or Lt Colonel type badges of rank as they use to, started to wear Colonel type badges of rank. Super Time Scale (Director)
Rank Pay is a scheme implemented by the Rajiv Gandhi led Indian National Congress (I) Government in 1986, in the wake of 4th Central Pay Commission (4CPC), that reduced the basic-pay, or grade pay, of seven armed officers ranks of 2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant, captain, majors, lt-colonel, colonels, and brigadiers, and their equivalent in the Air Force and the Navy by fixed amounts designated as ...
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 ...
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
[32]: p 31, para 2 In comparison with six time-scale pay upgrades-promotions for the police, and defence civilian officers, the government approved three time scale pay upgrade-promotions for armed forces officers on completion of 2, 6, and 13 years of service, and at a far lower scale.
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Indian Army" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Naik (military rank) R. Risaldar; Risaldar ...