CHIEFS OF THE INDIAN ARMY

Last Updated: 01 December 2007

"To me there is only two Sthans - Hindusthan (India) and Foujisthan (the Army)."
- Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, OBE

Commanders-in-Chief from Inception to Independence
Sir Robert Lockhart	Sir Roy Bucher	K.M. Cariappa	K.S. Rajendrasinhji
S.M. Shrinagesh	K.S. Thimayya	P.N. Thapar	J.N. Chaudhuri
P.P. Kumaramangalam	S.H.F.J. Manekshaw	G.G. Bewoor	T.N. Raina
O.P. Malhotra	K.V. Krishna Rao	A.S. Vaidya	K. Sundarji
V.N. Sharma	S.F. Rodrigues	B.C. Joshi	S. Roychowdhury
/V.P. Malik	S. Padmanabhan	N.C. Vij	J.J. Singh
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Acknowledgments: Bharat Rakshak expresses its sincere gratitude for the help received from various quarters in the making of this particular section. Namely Ministry of Defence (Government of India), the official website of the Indian Army, DG-Infantry (Indian Army), Maratha Light Infantry - Regimental Officers' Association, Sainik Samachar, Sherwood College (Nainital), Major General Eustace D'Souza (Retd.), Colonel C.N. Cariappa (Retd.), Rajesh Kadian (India and its Army, 1990), The Wikimedia Foundation, Palachanda Mamatha & Jyotsna (Kodava.Org), E.B. Jolliffe (The Empire Club of Canada) and Frank Kusy.

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