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Chief
of
the
Army
Staff
(
Since
1955) |
|
Chief
of
the
Air
Staff (Since
1955)
|
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No |
General |
From |
To |
|
No. |
Air
Marshal/
Air
Chief
Marshal |
From |
To |
|
1
|
Maharaj
Shri
Rajendrasinhji
Jadeja
|
1
April
1955
|
14
May
1955
|
|
1 |
Subroto
Mukerjee
|
1
April
1955 |
8
Nov
1960 |
|
2
|
Satyawant
Mallannah
Shrinagesh
|
15
May
1955
|
7
May
1957
|
|
2 |
Aspy
Engineer |
1
Dec
1960 |
31
July
1964 |
|
3
|
Kodendera
Subayya
Thimayya
|
8
May
1957
|
7
May
1961
|
|
3 |
Arjan
Singh
|
1
Aug
1964 |
15
July
1969 |
|
4
|
Pran
Nath
Thapar
|
8
May
1961
|
19
Nov
1962
|
|
4 |
Pratap
Chandra
Lal
|
16
July
1969 |
15
Jan
1973 |
|
5
|
Joyanto
Nath
Chaudhuri
|
20
Nov
1962
|
7
June
1966
|
|
5 |
Om
Prakash
Mehra
|
16
Jan
1973 |
31
Jan
1976 |
|
6
|
Paramasiva
Prabhakar
Kumaramangalam
|
8
June
1966
|
7
June
1969
|
|
6 |
Hrushikesh
Moolgavkar
|
1
Feb
1976 |
31
Aug
1978 |
|
7
|
Sam
Hormusji
Framji
Jamshedji
Manekshaw
|
8
June
1969
|
15
Jan
1973
|
|
7 |
Idris
Latif
|
1
Sept
1978 |
31
Aug
1981 |
|
8
|
Gopal
Gurunath
Bewoor
|
16
Jan
1973
|
31
May
1975
|
|
8 |
Dilbagh
Singh
|
1
Sept
1981 |
3
Sept
1984 |
|
9
|
Tapishwar
Narain
Raina
|
1
June
1975
|
31
May
1978
|
|
9 |
Lakshman
Mohan
Katre
|
3
Sept
1984 |
1
July
1985 |
|
10
|
Om
Prakash
Malhotra
|
1
June
1978
|
31
May
1981
|
|
10 |
Denis
La
Fontaine
|
3
July
1985 |
31
July
1988 |
|
11
|
Kotikalapudi
Venkata
Krishna
Rao
|
1
June
1981
|
31
July
1983
|
|
11 |
Surinder
Mehra
|
1
Aug
1988 |
31
July
1991 |
|
12
|
Arun
Shridhar
Vaidya
|
1
Aug
1983
|
31
Jan
1985
|
|
12 |
Nirmal
Chandra
Suri
|
31
July
1991 |
31
July
1993 |
|
13
|
Krishnaswamy
Sundarji
|
1
Feb
1985
|
31
May
1988
|
|
13 |
Swaroop
Kaul
|
1
Aug
1993 |
31
Dec
1995 |
|
14
|
Vishwa
Nath
Sharma
|
1
June
1988
|
30
June
1990
|
|
14 |
Satish
Sareen
|
31
Dec
1995 |
31
Dec
1998 |
|
15
|
Sunith
Francis
Rodrigues
|
1
July
1990
|
30
June
1993
|
|
15 |
Anil
Tipnis
|
31
Dec
1998 |
31
Dec
2001 |
|
16
|
Bipin
Chandra
Joshi
|
1
July
1993
|
19
Nov
1994
|
|
16 |
Srinivasapuram
Krishnaswamy
|
31
Dec
2001 |
31
Dec
2004 |
|
17
|
Shankar
Roychowdhury
|
20
Nov
1994
|
30
Sept
1997
|
|
17 |
Shashindra
Pal
Tyagi
|
31
Dec
2004 |
31
March
2007 |
|
18
|
Ved
Prakash
Malik
|
1
Oct
1997
|
30
Sept
2000
|
|
18 |
Fali
Homi
Major
|
31
March
2007 |
31
March
2009 |
|
19
|
Sundararajan
Padmanabhan
|
1
Oct
2000
|
30
Dec
2002
|
|
19 |
Pradeep
Vasant
Naik
|
31
March
2009 |
31
July
2011 |
|
20
|
Nirmal
Chander
Vij
|
31
Dec
2002
|
31
Jan
2005
|
|
20 |
Norman
Anil
Kumar
Browne
|
31
July
2011 |
31
Dec
2013 |
|
21
|
Joginder
Jaswant
Singh
|
31
Jan
2005
|
30
Sept
2007
|
|
21 |
Arup
Raha
|
31
Dec
2013 |
31
Dec
2016 |
22
|
Deepak
Kapoor
|
30
Sept
2007
|
31
March
2010
|
|
22 |
Birender
Singh
Dhanoa |
31
Dec
2016 |
|
|
23
|
Vijay
Kumar
Singh
|
31
Marc
2010 |
31
May
2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
Bikram
Singh
|
31
May
2012 |
31
Jul
2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
Dalbir
Singh
Suhag
|
31
July
2014
|
31
Dec
2016
|
|
|
|
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|
26 |
Bipin
Rawat
|
1
Jan.
2017
|
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