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Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee

Name
Admiral Sushil Kumar General S. Padmanabhan SS Admiral Arun Prakash Admiral Sureesh Mehta 29 December 2001

Tenure

30 December 2001- 31 December 2002 31 July 2004- 31 Oct 2006 31 Oct 2006- till date

Commanders-in-Chief Name General Sir Roy Bucher K. M. Cariappa General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji Tenure 1 January 1948-14 January 1949 15 January 1949-14 January 1953 15 January 1953-31 March 1955

Chiefs of Army Staff

Name General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji General S.M.Srinagesh LGeneral K.S. Thimayya General R.N. Thapar General J.N. Choudhuri General P.P. Kumaramangalam General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw General G.G.Bewoor General T.N. Raina General O.P. Malhotra General K.V.Krishna Rao General A.S.Vaidya Tenure 1 April 1955-14 May 1955 15 May 1955-7 May 1957 8 May 1957-7 May 1961 8 May 1961-19 November 1962 20 November 1962-7 June 1966 8 June 1966-7 June 1969 8 June 1969-31 December 1972 1 January 1973-14 January 1973 15 January 1973-31 May 1975 1 June 1975-31 May 1978 1 June 1978-31 May 1981 1 June 1981-31 July 1983 1 August 1983-31 January 1986

General K.Sunderji General V.N.Sharma General S.F.Rodrigues General B.C.Joshi General S.Roychowdhury General V.P.Malik General S. Padmanabhan General N.C.Vij General J J Singh General Deepak Kapoor

1 February 1986-30 April 1988 1 May 1988-30 June 1990 1 July 1990-30 June 1993 1 July 1993-18 November 1994 22 November 1994-30 September 1997 1 October 1997-30 September 2000 1 October 2000- 31December 2002. 31 December 2002 - 31 January 2005 31 January 2005 - September 29, 2007 September 30, 2007 - till date Top

Chiefs of Naval Staff

Name Vice Admiral R.D. Katari Vice Admiral B.S.Soman Admiral A.K.Chatterjee Admiral S.M. Nanda Admiral S.N. Kohli Admiral J.L. Cursetji Admiral R.L. Pereira Admiral O.S. Dawson Admiral R.H. Tahiliani Admiral J.G. Nadkarni Admiral Ramdas Admiral V.S. Shekhawat Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat Admiral Sushil Kumar S Admiral Madhvendra Singh Admiral Arun Prakash Admiral Sureesh Mehta Tenure 22 April 1958-4 June 1962 5 June 1962-3 March 1966 4 March 1966-27 February 1970 1 March 1970-28 February 1973 1 March 1973-28 February 1976 1 March 1976-28 February 1979 1March 1979-28 February 1982 1March 1982-30 November 1984 1 December1984-30 November 1987 1 December1987-30 November 1990 1 December1990-30 September 1993 1 October1993-30 September 1996 1 October 1996-30 December 1998 30 December 1998 - 29 December 2001 29 December 2001- 31 July 2004 31 July 2004- 31 Oct 2006 31 Oct 2006- till date Top

First Ever Marshal of the IAF

Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh Chiefs of Air Staff Name Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst Air Marshal Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapman Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs Air Marshal S. Mukherjee Air Marshal A.M.Engineer Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar Air Chief Marshal I.H.Latif Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre Air Chief Marshal D.A. La Fontaine Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major

25 January 2002-

Tenure 15 August 1947-21 February 1950 22 February 1950-9 December 1951 10 December 1951-31 March 1954 1 April 1954-8 November 1960 1 December 1960-31 July 1964 1 August1964-15 July 1969 16 July 1969-15 January 1973 16 January 1973-31 January 1976 1 February 1976-31 August 1978 1 December 1978-31 August 1981 1 September 1981-3 September 1984 4 September 1984-1 July 1985 3 July 1985-31 July 1988 1 August 1988-31 July 1991 1 August 1991-31 July 1993 1 August 1993-31 December 1995 31 December 1995-31 December 1998 1 January 1999- 31 December 2001 31 December 2001 - 1 January 2005 1 January 2005 - 2007 2007 - till date