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Andaman and Nicobar Command Date Raised : 2001-10-01 Location : Port Blair The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) is the first integrated theatre command in India with headquarters at Port Blair and setup in October 2001. It is commanded by a three-star officer (rank of Lieutenant General of the Indian Army or equivalent) who reports directly to the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in New Delhi. The Chief of Staff of the command is a two-star officer; each component (sea, land, air) is commanded by a one-star officer.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 02 Dec 06 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar | 12018 GD(P) | C-in-C | Port Blair |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 30 Sep 08 | Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan | 12408 GD(P) | C-in-C | Port Blair |  |
| 02 Nov 12 to 31 May 14 | Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Roy | 14100 F(P) | C-in-C | Port Blair |  |
| 01 May 23 to | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Saju | 18300 F(P) | C-in-C | Port Blair |  |
| 12 Dec 01 to 11 Jan 04 | Air Commodore Krishna Kumar Swaminathan | 13251 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 16 Feb 04 to 19 Jun 05 | Air Commodore Kesava Kurup Vijay Kumar | 13396 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 20 Jun 05 to 01 Jul 07 | Air Commodore Jugal Kumar Bhuyan | 14115 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair | |
| 02 Jul 07 to 31 Jan 09 | Air Commodore Shalabh Srivastava | 13782 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 20 Apr 09 to 06 Jun 10 | Air Commodore Anil Golani | 16986 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair | |
| 07 Jun 10 to 06 May 12 | Air Commodore Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu | 17714 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 07 May 12 to 29 Dec 13 | Air Commodore Bakul Vaikunthrai Upadhyay | 18281 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 30 Dec 13 to 01 Jul 16 | Air Commodore Arun Bhaskar Gupta | 18121 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
| 01 May 18 to 30 Nov 18 | Air Commodore Kenneth Allen | 18805 F(P) | AOCC | Port Blair |  |
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