List of Army Chief in India for Competitive Exams
Chief of Army Staff in India: In most of the Government Exams such as UPSC, SSC RRB, etc. questions related to Chief of Army Staff in India are asked in their General Awareness Section Here we have prepared the list of Army Chief of India to help you improve your general knowledge for competitive exams
List of Army Staff of India
Name |
Rank |
Tenure |
Unit of Commission |
General Francis Robert Roy Bucher |
Commander-in-Chief |
21 June 1948 – 15 January 1949 |
Scottish Rifles |
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
Commander-in-Chief |
16 January 1949 – 14 January 1953 |
Rajput Rifles |
General Maharaja Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
Commander-in-Chief |
14 January 1953 – 1 April 1955 |
2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) |
General Maharaja Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 April 1955 – 14 May 1955 |
2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) |
General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh |
Chief of Army Staff |
15 May 1955 – 7 May 1957 |
19th Hyderabad Regiment |
General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya |
Chief of Army Staff |
8 May 1957 – 7 May 1961 |
19th Hyderabad Regiment |
General Pran Nath Thapar |
Chief of Army Staff |
8 May 1961 – 19 November 1962 |
1st Punjab Regiment |
General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri |
Chief of Army Staff |
20 November 1962 – 7 June 1966 |
7th Light Cavalry |
General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam |
Chief of Army Staff |
8 June 1966 – 7 June 1969 |
Regiment of Artillery |
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw |
Chief of Army Staff |
8 June 1969 – 15 January 1973 |
12th Frontier Force Regiment |
General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor |
Chief of Army Staff |
16 January 1973 – 31 May 1975 |
Dogra Regiment |
General Tapishwar Narain Raina |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 June 1975 – 31 May 1978 |
Kumaon Regiment |
General Om Prakash Malhotra |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 June 1978 – 31 May 1981 |
Regiment of Artillery |
General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 June 1981 – 31 July 1983 |
Mahar Regiment |
General Arun Kumar Shridhar Vaidya |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 August 1983 – 31 January 1986 |
9th Deccan Horse |
General Krishnaswamy Sundarji |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 February 1986 – 31 May 1988 |
Mahar Regiment |
General Ashwa Nath Sharma |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 June 1988 – 30 June 1990 |
16th Light Cavalry |
General Sunith Francis Rodrigues |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 July 1990 – 30 June 1993 |
Regiment of Artillery |
General Bipin Chandra Joshi |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 July 1993 – 19 November 1994 |
64th Cavalry |
General Shankar Roy Chowdhary |
Chief of Army Staff |
20 November 1994 – 30 September 1997 |
20th Lancers |
General Ved Prakash Malik |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 October 1997 – 30 September 2000 |
Sikh Light Infantry |
General Sundarajan Padmanabhan |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 October 2000 – 31 December 2002 |
Regiment of Artillery |
General Nirmal Chander Vij |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 January 2003 – 31 January 2005 |
Dogra Regiment |
General Joginder Jaswant Singh |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 February 2005 – 30 September 2007 |
Maratha Light Infantry |
General Deepak KapoorChief of Army Staff |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 October 2007 – 31 March 2010 |
Regiment of Artillery |
General Vijay Kumar Singh |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 April 2010 – 31 May 2012 |
Rajput Regiment |
General Bikram Singh |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 June 2012 – 31 July 2014 |
Sikh Light Infantry |
General Balbir Singh Suhag |
Chief of Army Staff |
1 August 2014 – 31 December 2016 |
5 Gorkha Rifles |
General Bipin Rawat |
Chief of Army Staff |
31 December 2016 – 31 December 2019 |
11 Gorkha Rifles |
General Manoj Mukund Naravane |
Chief of Army Staff |
31 December 2019 – Present |
7 Sikh Light Infantry |