Indian Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) List 1947 to 2022

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The chief of the Army Staff is the army head of the Indian Armed Forces and is the highest ranking officer to currently in the Indian Army. The COAS is teh principal advisor to the Minister of Defence on matters pertaining the army and is also a key military adviser to the president, the supreme commander.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army is the head of the military staff and Chairman of the India Army Board. The position of COAS is always held by a 4 star General. List of Army chief of India is given below.

List of Army Chief of India

The complete list of Chief of Army Staff of India is given below.

S.No.	Name	Tenure
1	General Sir Robert Lockhart	15 Aug 1947 – 31 Dec 1947
2	General Sir Roy Bucher	01 Jan 1948 – 14 Jan 1949
3	Field Marshal KM Cariappa	15 Jan 1949 – 14 Jan 1953
4	General KS Rajendra Sinhji	15 Jan 1953 - 14 May 1955
5	General S.M. Srinagesh	15 May 1955 - 7 May 1957
6	General K.S. Thimayya	8 May 1957 - 7 May 1961
7	General P.N. Thapar	8 May 1961 - 19 November 1962
8	General J.N. Choudhuri	20 November 1962 - 7 June 1966
9	General P.P. Kumaramangalam	8 June 1966 - 7 June 1969
10	General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw	8 June 1969 - 14 January 1973
11	General G.G. Bewoor	15 January 1973 - 31 May 1975
12	General T.N. Raina	1 June 1975 - 31 May 1978
13	General O.P. Malhotra	1 June 1978 - 31 May 1981
14	General K.V. Krishna Rao	1 June 1981 - 31 July 1983
15	General A.S. Vaidya	1 August 1983 - 31 January 1986
16	General K. Sunderji	1 February 1986 - 30 April 1988
17	General V.N. Sharma	1 May 1988 - 30 June 1990
18	General S.F. Rodrigues	1 July 1990 - 30 June 1993
19	General B.C. Joshi	1 July 1993 - 18 November 1994
20	General S. Roychowdhury	22 November 1994 - 30 September 1997
21	General V.P.Malik	1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000
22	General S. Padmanabhan	1 October 2000 - 31 December 2002
23	General N.C.Vij	1 January 2003 - 31 January 2005
24	General J.J. Singh	01 February 2005 - 30 September 2007
25	General Deepak Kapoor	30 September 2007 - 30 March 2010
26	General V.K. Singh	31 March 2010 - 31 May 2012
27	General Bikram Singh	01 June 2012 - 31 July 2014
28.	General Dalbir Singh Suhag	31 July 2014 - 31 December 2016
29.	General Bipin Rawat	31 December 2016 - 31 December 2019
30.	General Manoj Mukund Naravane	31 December 2019 - incumbent

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