Chief of the General Staff (India)
The Chief of the General Staff, India was a senior military commander in British India from 1904 to Indian Independence in 1947.
History
The Chief of the General Staff, India assisted the Commander-in-Chief, India in commanding the British Indian Armed Forces. The post was largely honorary as all power resided in the hands of Commander-in-Chief, India.[1] The post was replaced by that of Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army in 1947 and then by that of Chief of the Army Staff in 1955.[2]
Chiefs of the General Staff
Holders of the post have been:[3]
- Mar 1906 – Sep 1909 Lieutenant-General Sir Beauchamp Duff
- Oct 1909 – Feb 1912 Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig
Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1955)
| № | Name | Took office | Left office | Unit of Commission | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake | Feb 1912 | Jan 1916 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir George Kirkpatrick | Jan 1916 | Jan 1920 | |||
| General Sir Claud Jacob | Jan 1920 | Nov 1924 | |||
| General Sir Andrew Skeen | Nov 1924 | Oct 1928 | |||
| General Sir Philip Chetwode | Oct 1928 | Jul 1930 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir Cyril Deverell | Jul 1930 | Mar 1931 | |||
| General Sir Kenneth Wigram | Mar 1931 | May 1934 | |||
| General Sir William Bartholomew | May 1934 | Oct 1937 | |||
| General Sir Ivo Vesey | Oct 1937 | Jun 1939 | |||
| General Sir Eric de Burgh | Jun 1939 | May 1941 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hutton | May 1941 | Dec 1941 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Morris | 1941 | 1944 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir John Swayne | 1944 | 1946 | |||
| Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur | 1946 | 1947 | |||
| General
Rob Lockhart KCB,CIE, MC (1893–1981)[a] |
15 August 1947 | 31 December 1947 | 51st Sikhs | — | |
| General
Roy Bucher KCB, CB,MC (1895–1980)[a] |
1 January 1948 | 15 January 1949 | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | — | |
| Field Marshal
K. M. Cariappa OBE (1899–1993) |
16 January 1949 | 14 January 1953 | Rajput Regiment | — | |
| General
Rajendrasinhji Jadeja DSO (1899–1964) |
14 January 1953 | 1 April 1955 | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) | [6] |
Chief of the Army Staff (1955–present)[edit]
| № | Name | Took office | Left office | Unit of Commission | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General
Rajendrasinhji Jadeja DSO (1899–1964) |
1 April 1955 | 14 May 1955 | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) | |
| 2 | General
S. M. Shrinagesh (1903–1977) |
15 May 1955 | 7 May 1957 | 19th Hyderabad Regiment | |
| 3 | General
K. S. Thimayya Padma Bhushan,DSO,ADC (1906–1965) |
8 May 1957 | 7 May 1961 | 19th Hyderabad Regiment | |
| 4 | General
Pran Nath Thapar (1906–1975) |
8 May 1961 | 19 November 1962 | 1st Punjab Regiment | |
| 5 | General
Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Padma Vibhushan,OBE (1908–1983) |
20 November 1962 | 7 June 1966 | 7th Light Cavalry | |
| 6 | General
P. P. Kumaramangalam Padma Vibhushan,DSO, MBE (1913–2000) |
8 June 1966 | 7 June 1969 | Regiment of Artillery | |
| 7 | Field Marshal
Sam Manekshaw Padma Vibhushan,Padma Bhushan,MC (1914–2008) |
8 June 1969 | 15 January 1973 | 12th Frontier Force Regiment | |
| 8 | General
Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM (1916–1989) |
16 January 1973 | 31 May 1975 | 10th Baluch Regiment | |
| 9 | General
Tapishwar Narain Raina Padma Bhushan,MVC (1921–1980) |
1 June 1975 | 31 May 1978 | Kumaon Regiment | |
| 10 | General
Om Prakash Malhotra PVSM (1922–2015) |
1 June 1978 | 31 May 1981 | Regiment of Artillery | |
| 11 | General
K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM (1923–2016) |
1 June 1981 | 31 July 1983 | Mahar Regiment | |
| 12 | General
Arun Shridhar Vaidya Padma Vibhushan,PVSM, MVC & Bar, AVSM (1926–1986) |
1 August 1983 | 31 January 1986 | 9th Deccan Horse | |
| 13 | General
Krishnaswamy Sundarji PVSM, ADC (1930–1999) |
1 February 1986 | 31 May 1988 | Mahar Regiment | |
| 14 | General
Vishwa Nath Sharma PVSM, AVSM, ADC (born 1930) |
1 June 1988 | 30 June 1990 | 16th Light Cavalry | |
| 15 | General
Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, VSM (born 1933) |
1 July 1990 | 30 June 1993 | Regiment of Artillery | |
| 16 | General
Bipin Chandra Joshi PVSM, AVSM, ADC (1935–1994) |
1 July 1993 | 19 November 1994 | 64th Cavalry | |
| 17 | General
Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM, ADC (born 1937) |
20 November 1994 | 30 September 1997 | 20th Lancers | |
| 18 | General
Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM, ADC (born 1939) |
1 October 1997 | 30 September 2000 | Sikh Light Infantry | |
| 19 | General
Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM,AVSM, VSM, ADC (born 1940) |
1 October 2000 | 31 December 2002 | Regiment of Artillery | |
| 20 | General
Nirmal Chander Vij PVSM, UYSM, AVSM,ADC (born 1943) |
1 January 2003 | 31 January 2005 | Dogra Regiment | |
| 21 | General
Joginder Jaswant Singh PVSM, AVSM,VSM, ADC (born 1945) |
1 February 2005 | 30 September 2007 | Maratha Light Infantry | |
| 22 | General
Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM,ADC (born 1948) |
1 October 2007 | 31 March 2010 | Regiment of Artillery | |
| 23 | General
Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM,ADC (born 1951) |
1 April 2010 | 31 May 2012 | Rajput Regiment | |
| 24 | General
Bikram Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM,VSM, ADC, |
1 June 2012 | 31 July 2014 | Sikh Light Infantry | |
| 25 | General
Dalbir Singh Suhag PVSM, UYSM, AVSM,VSM, ADC, (born 1954) |
1 August 2014 | 31 December 2016 | 5 Gorkha Rifles | |
| 26 | General
Bipin Rawat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM,VSM, ADC |
31 December 2016 | Incumbent | 11 Gorkha Rifles |
References
- ^ The Indian Army in 1914 Archived September 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955". VakilNo1.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Army Commands Archived July 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine