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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.
Corps of Military Police marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the 63rd Republic Day Parade, 2012. The first section of Indian Corps of Military Police was raised in July 1939, with the name of Force 4 Provost unit [1] and initially was part of the 4th Indian Infantry Division which was the first Indian formation to be inducted in World War 2.
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Indian Army" ... Lance naik; Lieutenant general (India) M. Major general (India) N. Naib risaldar; Naib subedar; Naik ...
Senior three-star rank officers in the armed forces who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or vice chiefs of staff, holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank Vice Chief of the Army Staff: Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani: Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) List of army commanders
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 ...
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) Lieutenant General: Pratik Sharma PVSM, AVSM, SM [12] Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) Rakesh Kapoor AVSM, VSM [13] Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) Rahul R Singh VSM [14] Adjutant General: VPS Kaushik UYSM, YSM, SM [15] Military Secretary ...
Since the 4th Central Pay Commission (1986), when the concept of rank pay was introduced for the armed forces, pay commission recommendations affecting armed forces pay, and status, relative to civilian government employees, including the police, which wear rank badges similar to the army, have been cause of disappointment and disaffection in ...