|
Chief
of
the
Army
Staff
(
Since
1955) |
|
Chief
of
the
Naval
Staff
(
Since
1955) |
|
No |
General |
From |
To |
|
No. |
Vice
Admiral/
Admiral |
From |
To |
|
1 |
Maharaj
Shri
Rajendrasinhji
Jadeja |
1
April
1955 |
14
May
1955 |
|
1 |
Sir
Charles
Thomas
Mark
Pizey |
1
Apr
1955 |
21
July
1955 |
|
2 |
Satyawant
Mallannah
Shrinagesh |
15
May
1955 |
7
May
1957 |
|
2 |
Sir
Stephen
Hope
Carlill |
21
July
1955 |
21
Apr
1958 |
|
3 |
Kodendera
Subayya
Thimayya |
8
May
1957 |
7
May
1961 |
|
3 |
Ram
Dass
Katari |
22
Apr
1958 |
4
June
1962 |
|
4 |
Pran
Nath
Thapar |
8
May
1961 |
19
Nov
1962 |
|
4 |
Bhaskar
Sadashiv
Soman |
4
June
1962 |
3
Mar
1966 |
|
5 |
Joyanto
Nath
Chaudhuri |
20
Nov
1962 |
7
June
1966 |
|
5 |
Adhar
Kumar
Chatterji |
3
Mar
1966 |
28
Feb
1970 |
|
6 |
Paramasiva
Prabhakar
Kumaramangalam |
8
June
1966 |
7
June
1969 |
|
6 |
Sardarilal
Mathradas
Nanda |
28
Feb
1970 |
28
Feb
1973 |
|
7 |
Sam
Hormusji
Framji
Jamshedji
Manekshaw |
8
June
1969 |
15
Jan
1973 |
|
7 |
Sourendra
Nath
Kohli |
1
Mar
1973 |
29
Feb
1976 |
|
8 |
Gopal
Gurunath
Bewoor |
16
Jan
1973 |
31
May
1975 |
|
8 |
Jal
Cursetji |
1
Mar
1976 |
1
Mar
1979 |
|
9 |
Tapishwar
Narain
Raina |
1
June
1975 |
31
May
1978 |
|
9 |
Ronald
Lynsdale
Pereira |
1
Mar
1979 |
28
Feb
1982 |
|
10 |
Om
Prakash
Malhotra |
1
June
1978 |
31
May
1981 |
|
10 |
Oscar
Stanley
Dawson |
1
Mar
1982 |
30
Nov
1984 |
|
11 |
Kotikalapudi
Venkata
Krishna
Rao |
1
June
1981 |
31
July
1983 |
|
11 |
Radhakrishna
Hariram
Tahiliani |
1
Dec
1984 |
30
Nov
1987 |
|
12 |
Arun
Shridhar
Vaidya |
1
Aug
1983 |
31
Jan
1985 |
|
12 |
Jayant
Ganpat
Nadkarni |
1
Dec
1987 |
30
Nov
1990 |
|
13 |
Krishnaswamy
Sundarji |
1
Feb
1985 |
31
May
1988 |
|
13 |
Laxminarayan
Ramdas |
1
Dec
1990 |
30
Sept
1993 |
|
14 |
Vishwa
Nath
Sharma |
1
June
1988 |
30
June
1990 |
|
14 |
Vijai
Singh
Shekhawat |
1
Oct
1993 |
30
Sept
1996 |
|
15 |
Sunith
Francis
Rodrigues |
1
July
1990 |
30
June
1993 |
|
15 |
Vishnu
Bhagwat |
1
Oct
1996 |
30
Dec
1998 |
|
16 |
Bipin
Chandra
Joshi |
1
July
1993 |
19
Nov
1994 |
|
16 |
Sushil
Kumar |
30
Dec
1998 |
29
Dec
2001 |
|
17 |
Shankar
Roychowdhury |
20
Nov
1994 |
30
Sept
1997 |
|
17 |
Madhvendra
Singh |
29
Dec
2001 |
31
July
2004 |
|
18 |
Ved
Prakash
Malik |
1
Oct
1997 |
30
Sept
2000 |
|
18 |
Arun
Prakash |
31
July
2004 |
31
Oct
2006 |
|
19 |
Sundararajan
Padmanabhan |
1
Oct
2000 |
30
Dec
2002 |
|
19 |
Sureesh
Mehta |
31
Oct
2006 |
31
Aug
2009 |
|
20 |
Nirmal
Chander
Vij |
31
Dec
2002 |
31
Jan
2005 |
|
20 |
Nirmal
Kumar
Verma |
31
Aug
2009 |
31
Aug
2012 |
|
21 |
Joginder
Jaswant
Singh |
31
Jan
2005 |
30
Sept
2007 |
|
21 |
Devendra
Kumar
Joshi |
31
Aug
2012 |
26
Feb
2014 |
|
22 |
Deepak
Kapoor |
30
Sept
2007 |
31
Mar
2010 |
|
22 |
Robin
K
Dhowan |
17
Apr
2014 |
31
May
2016 |
|
23 |
Vijay
Kumar
Singh |
31
Marc
2010 |
31
May
2012 |
|
23 |
Sunil
Lanba |
31
May
2016 |
31 May 2019 |
|
24 |
Bikram
Singh |
31
May
2012 |
31
Jul
2014 |
|
24 |
Karambir Singh |
31 May 2019 |
|
|
25 |
Dalbir
Singh
Suhag |
31
July
2014 |
31
Dec2016 |
|
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|
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|
25 |
Bipin
Rawat |
31
July
2016 |
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Date |
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June
1,
2019 |
