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The Indian Army (ISO: Bhāratīya Sēnā) is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, [3] and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
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 ...
Service branches Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force Headquarters: Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi: Leadership; Supreme Commander: President Droupadi Murmu: Prime Minister
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Name Weapon Type Caliber Origin Notes Handguns Pistol Auto 9mm 1A: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm India Canada Status: In service.Standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license from John Inglis and Company by Ordnance Factory Board, used by special forces in small numbers.
Junior commissioned officer (JCO) is a group of military ranks which is higher than havildar (non-commissioned officer) and lower than lieutenant (commissioned officer).The term is only used by Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. [1]
Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command: Lieutenant General: M. V. Suchindra Kumar: PVSM, AVSM, YSM**, VSM [4]General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the National Defence Academy, featuring its Sudan Block. At the end of World War II, Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, then Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, drawing on experiences of the army during the war, led a committee around the world and submitted a report to the Government of India in December 1946.