Indian Chief Of Army Staff |
S.No. |
Name |
Tenure |
Unit of Commission |
1 |
General Sir Robert Lockhart |
15 Aug 1947 to 31st Dec 1947 |
51 Sikhs Frontier Force |
2 |
General Francis Robert Roy Bucher |
21 June 1948 – 15 January 1949 |
Scottish Rifles |
3 |
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa |
16 January 1949 – 14 January 1953 |
Rajput Rifles |
4 |
General Maharaj Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
15 January 1953 – 1 April 1955 |
2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) |
5 |
General Maharaj Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
1 April 1955 – 14 May 1955 |
2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) |
6 |
General Satyawant Mallana Sringesh |
15 May 1955 – 7 May 1957 |
19th Hyderabad Regiment |
7 |
General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya |
8 May 1957 – 7 May 1961 |
19th Hyderabad Regiment |
8 |
General Pran Nath Thapar |
8 May 1961 – 19 November 1962 |
1st Punjab Regiment |
9 |
General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri |
20 November 1962 – 7 June 1966 |
7th Light Cavalry |
10 |
General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam |
8 June 1966 – 7 June 1969 |
Regiment of Artillery |
11 |
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw |
8 June 1969 – 15 January 1973 |
12th Frontier Force Regiment |
12 |
General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor |
16 January 1973 – 31 May 1975 |
Dogra Regiment |
13 |
General Tapishwar Narain Raina |
1 June 1975 – 31 May 1978 |
Kumaon Regiment |
14 |
General Om Prakash Malhotra |
1 June 1978 – 31 May 1981 |
Regiment of Artillery |
15 |
General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao |
1 June 1981 – 31 July 1983 |
Mahar Regiment |
16 |
General Arun Kumar Shridhar Vaidya |
1 August 1983 – 31 January 1986 |
9th Deccan Horse |
17 |
General Krishnaswamy Sundarji |
1 February 1986 – 31 May 1988 |
Mahar Regiment |
18 |
General Ashwa Nath Sharma |
1 June 1988 – 30 June 1990 |
16th Light Cavalry |
19 |
General Sunith Francis Rodrigues |
1 July 1990 – 30 June 1993 |
Regiment of Artillery |
20 |
General Bipin Chandra Joshi |
1 July 1993 – 19 November 1994 |
64th Cavalry |
21 |
General Shankar Roy Chowdhary |
20 November 1994 – 30 September 1997 |
20th Lancers |
22 |
General Ved Prakash Malik |
1 October 1997 – 30 September 2000 |
Sikh Light Infantry |
23 |
General Sundarajan Padmanabhan |
1 October 2000 – 31 December 2002 |
Regiment of Artillery |
24 |
General Nirmal Chander Vij |
1 January 2003 – 31 January 2005 |
Dogra Regiment |
25 |
General Joginder Jaswant Singh |
1 February 2005 – 30 September 2007 |
Maratha Light Infantry |
26 |
General Deepak Kapoor |
1 October 2007 – 31 March 2010 |
Regiment of Artillery |
27 |
General Vijay Kumar Singh |
1 April 2010 – 31 May 2012 |
Rajput Regiment |
28 |
General Bikram Singh |
1 June 2012 – 31 July 2014 |
Sikh Light Infantry |
29 |
General Dalbir Singh Suhag |
1 August 2014 – 31 December 2016 |
5 Gorkha Rifles |
30 |
General Bipin Rawat |
31 December 2016 – 31 December 2019 |
11 Gorkha Rifles |
31 |
General Manoj Mukund Naravane |
31 December 2019 – 30 April 2022 |
7 Sikh Light Infantry |
32 |
General Manoj Pande |
30 April 2022 – Present |
Corps of Engineers |