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This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army. The Army’s senior leadership has almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre. The Army’s senior leadership has almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre.
Notably, for the first two decades following India's independence, the C-in-C and the successor COAS were the only four-star officers in the Indian Armed Forces, while the chiefs of the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Air Force (IAF) were headed by three-star vice admirals and air marshals, respectively; the first chiefs to be promoted to four-star ...
Vice chiefs of Army Staff (India) (25 P) ... Pages in category "Indian military leaders" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the principal military authority and senior-most appointment of the Indian Armed Forces. [4] Deemed the overall professional head of India’s three armed services, namely, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the CDS is the highest-ranking military officer in service, responsible for overseeing inter-service jointness across all ...
Pages in category "Chiefs of Army Staff (India)" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Chief of Defence Staff: General Anil Chauhan: 30 September 2022 Chief, Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh: 30 September 2024 Chief, Army Staff: General Upendra Dwivedi: 30 June 2024 Chief, Naval Staff: Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi: 1 May 2024 Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Vice Chief of Defence Staff) Lieutenant general Johnson P ...
British Indian Army generals (2 C, 268 P) C. Chiefs of Army Staff ... Chiefs of Defence Staff (India) (2 P) Chola generals (8 P) D. Deputy chiefs of Army Staff (India ...
The Chiefs of Staff of the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy were upgraded to four-star rank on par with the Chief of Army Staff in 1966 and 1968, respectively. In 1961 tensions rose between India and Portugal over the Portuguese-occupied territory of Goa , which India claimed for itself.