List of Army Chief of India | Commander in Chief of India | Chief of Indian Army, Navy and Airforce | List of Major General India Army 2022 PDF
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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