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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.
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 ...
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 daffadar. Like British lance corporals, each wears a single rank chevron.
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
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 ...
On 2 July 2014, Kumar became a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army, with his promotion to Naib Subedar. While the promotion of Kumar had once become an issue in the Army after he was allegedly demoted to the rank of Lance Naik from the rank of Havildar in 2008, the issue was later buried with the intervention of higher ...
Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami AC was a soldier in the 9 Para (SF) of the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army.He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted Indian Army [1. No insignia: Subedar-major सूबेदार मेजर ... Naik नायक: Lance naik ...