Ashutosh Bansal
January 15, 2024 03:01
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Context: The nation celebrates Indian Army Day on January 15 every year to honour the soldiers who have dedicated their lives to the nation.
Context: The nation celebrates Indian Army Day on January 15 every year to honour the soldiers who have dedicated their lives to the nation.
Indian Army Day of 2024 celebrates the 76th anniversary of the Indian Army’s first Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Kodandera M Cariappa, taking over the reins from the British in 1949.
From 1949 till 2022, the Army Day parade was organised at the Cariappa Parade Ground in the Delhi Cantonment. In 2023, the Southern Command was in charge of the parade in Bengaluru.
Indianise to Modernise: It is a new operational philosophy has been brought in for handling of drones and counter drone systems at the level of infantry, artillery and armoured battalions,
List of Indian Chief of the Army Staff |
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| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | General Sir Robert Lockhart | 15 August 1947 to 31 December 1947 |
| 2 | General Francis Robert Roy Bucher | 21 June 1948 to 15 January 1949 |
| 3 | Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa | 16 January 1949 to 14 January 1953 |
| 4 | General Maharaj Rajendrasinhji Jadeja | 15 January 1953 to 1 April 1955 |
| 5 | General Maharaj Rajendrasinhji Jadeja | 1 April 1955 to 14 May 1955 |
| 6 | General Satyawant Mallana Shrinagesh | 15 May 1955 to 7 May 1957 |
| 7 | General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya | 8 May 1957 to 7 May 1961 |
| 8 | General Pran Nath Thapar | 8 May 1961 to 19 November 1962 |
| 9 | General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri | 20 November 1962 to 7 June 1966 |
| 10 | General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam | 8 June 1966 to 7 June 1969 |
| 11 | Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw | 8 June 1969 to 15 January 1973 |
| 12 | General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor | 16 January 1973 to 31 May 1975 |
| 13 | General Tapishwar Narain Raina | 1 June 1975 to 31 May 1978 |
| 14 | General Om Prakash Malhotra | 1 June 1978 to 31 May 1981 |
| 15 | General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao | 1 June 1981 to 31 July 1983 |
| 16 | General Arun Kumar Shridhar Vaidya | 1 August 1983 to 31 January 1986 |
| 17 | General Krishnaswamy Sundarji | 1 February 1986 to 31 May 1988 |
| 18 | General Ashwa Nath Sharma | 1 June 1988 to 30 June 1990 |
| 19 | General Sunith Francis Rodrigues | 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1993 |
| 20 | General Bipin Chandra Joshi | 1 July 1993 to 19 November 1994 |
| 21 | General Shankar Roy Chowdhary | 20 November 1994 to 30 September 1997 |
| 22 | General Ved Prakash Malik | 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2000 |
| 23 | General Sundarajan Padmanabhan | 1 October 2000 to 31 December 2002 |
| 24 | General Nirmal Chander Vij | 1 January 2003 to 31 January 2005 |
| 25 | General Joginder Jaswant Singh | 1 February 2005 to 30 September 2007 |
| 26 | General Deepak Kapoor | 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2010 |
| 27 | General Vijay Kumar Singh | 1 April 2010 to 31 May 2012 |
| 28 | General Bikram Singh | 1 June 2012 to 31 July 2014 |
| 29 | General Dalbir Singh Suhag | 1 August 2014 to 31 December 2016 |
| 30 | General Bipin Rawat | 31 December 2016 to 31 December 2019 |
| 31 | General Manoj Mukund Naravane | 31 December 2019 to 30 April 2022 |
| 32 | General Manoj Pande | 30 April 2022 to Present |
List of Indian Navy Chief Admirals |
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| Sr. No. | Names | Tenure of Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall | August 15, 1947, to August 14, 1948 |
| 2. | Admiral Sir Edward Parry | August 15, 1948, to October 13, 1951 |
| 3. | Admiral Sir Mark Pizey | October 14, 1951, to July 21, 1955 |
| 4. | Vice-Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill | July 22, 1955, to April 21, 1958 |
| 5. | Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari | April 22, 1958, to June 4, 1962 |
| 6. | Vice Admiral B.S. Soman | June 05, 1962, to March 3, 1966 |
| 7. | Admiral A.K. Chatterjee | March 04, 1966, to February 27, 1970 |
| 8. | Admiral S.M. Nanda | February 28, 1970, to February 28, 1973 |
| 9. | Admiral S.N. Kohli | March 01, 1973, to February 28, 1976 |
| 10. | Admiral J.L. Cursetji | March 01, 1976, to February 28, 1979 |
| 11. | Admiral R.L. Pereira | March 01, 1979, to February 28, 1982 |
| 12. | Admiral O.S. Dawson | March 01, 1982, to November 30, 1984 |
| 13. | Admiral R.H. Tahiliani | December 01, 1984, to November 30, 1987 |
| 14. | Admiral J.G. Nadkarni | December 01, 1987, to November 30, 1990 |
| 15. | Admiral Ramdas | December 01, 1990, to September 30, 1993 |
| 16. | Admiral V.S. Shekhawat | October 01, 1993, to September 30, 1996 |
| 17. | Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat | October 01, 1996, to December 30, 1998 |
| 18. | Admiral Sushil Kumar | December 31, 1998, to December 29, 2001 |
| 19. | Admiral Madhvendra Singh | December 29, 2001, to July 31, 2004 |
| 20. | Admiral Arun Prakash | August 01, 2004, to October 30, 2006 |
| 21. | Admiral Suresh Mehta | October 30, 2006, to August 31, 2009 |
| 22. | Admiral Nirmal Verma | August 31, 2009, to August 31, 2012 |
| 23. | Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi | August 31, 2012, to February 26, 2014 |
| 24. | Vice Admiral RK Dhowan | February 26, 2014, to May 31, 2016 |
| 25. | Admiral Sunil Lanba | May 31, 2016, to May 31, 2019 |
| 26. | Admiral Karambir Singh | May 31, 2019, to November 30, 2021 |
| 27. | Admiral R. Harikumar | November 30, 2021, to present |
| S. No. | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | Sir Thomas Elmhirst | 15 August 1947 – 23 February 1950 |
| 2 | Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman | 23 February 1950 – 9 December 1951 |
| 3 | Gerald Gibbs | 10 December 1951 – 31 March 1954 |
| 4 | Subroto Mukerjee | 1 April 1954 – 31 March 1955 |
| 5 | Aspy Engineer | 1 December 1960 – 31 July 1964 |
| 6 | Arjan Singh | 1 August 1964 – 15 July 1969 |
| 7 | Pratap Chandra Lal | 16 July 1969 – 15 January 1973 |
| 8 | Om Prakash Mehra | 16 January 1973 – 31 January 1976 |
| 9 | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1 February 1976 – 30 August 1978 |
| 10 | Idris Hasan Latif | 1 September 1978 – 30 August 1981 |
| 11 | Dilbagh Singh | 1 September 1981 – 3 September 1984 |
| 12 | Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3 September 1984 – 1 July 1985 |
| 13 | Denis La Fontaine | 3 July 1985 – 31 July 1988 |
| 14 | Surinder Mehra | 1 August 1988 – 31 July 1991 |
| 15 | Nirmal Chandra Suri | 31 July 1991 – 31 July 1993 |
| 16 | Swaroop Krishna Kaul | 1 August 1993 – 31 December 1995 |
| 17 | Satish Sareen | 31 December 1995 – 31 December 1998 |
| 18 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis | 31 December 1998 – 31 December 2001 |
| 19 | Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | 31 December 2001 – 31 December 2004 |
| 20 | Shashindra Pal Tyagi | 31 December 2004 – 31 March 2007 |
| 21 | Fali Homi Major | 31 March 2007 – 31 May 2009 |
| 22 | Pradeep Vasant Naik | 31 May 2009 – 31 July 2011 |
| 23 | Norman Anil Kumar Browne | 31 July 2011 – 31 December 2013 |
| 24 | Arup Raha | 31 December 2013 – 31 December 2016 |
| 25 | Birender Singh Dhanoa | 31 December 2016 – 30 September 2019 |
| 26 | Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | 30 September 2019 – 30 September 2021 |
| 27 | Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 30 September 2021 – Present |
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