Army - Chief of the Army Staff

S.No. Name Tenure
1. General Sir Robert Lockhart 15 Aug 1947 – 31 Dec 1947
2. General Sir Roy Bucher 01 Jan 1948 – 15 Jan 1949
3. Field Marshal KM Cariappa 16 Jan 1949 – 14 Jan 1953
4. General KS Rajendra Sinhji 15 Jan 1953 - 14 May 1955
5. General S.M.Srinagesh 15 May 1955 - 7 May 1957
6. General K.S. Thimayya 8 May 1957 - 7 May 1961
7. General P.N. Thapar 8 May 1961 - 19 Nov 1962
8. General J.N. Choudhuri 20 Nov 1962 - 7 Jun 1966
9. General P.P. Kumaramangalam 8 Jun 1966 - 7 Jun 1969
10. Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw 8 Jun 1969 - 15 Jan 1973
11. General G.G.Bewoor 16 Jan 1973 - 31 May 1975
12. General T.N. Raina 1 Jun 1975 - 31 May 1978
13. General O.P. Malhotra 1 Jun 1978 - 31 May 1981
14. General K.V.Krishna Rao 1 Jun 1981 - 31 Jul 1983
15. General A.S.Vaidya 1 Aug 1983 - 31 Jan 1986
16. General K.Sunderji 1 Feb 1986 - 31 May 1988
17. General V.N.Sharma 1 May 1988 - 30 Jun 1990
18. General S.F.Rodrigues 1 Jul 1990 - 30 Jun 1993
19. General B.C.Joshi 1 Jul 1993 - 19 Nov 1994
20. General S.Roychowdhury 22 Nov 1994 - 30 Sep 1997
21. General V.P.Malik 1 Oct 1997 - 30 Sep 2000
22. General S. Padmanabhan 1 Oct 2000 - 31 Dec 2002
23. General N.C.Vij 31 Dec 2002 - 31 Jan 2005
24. General J J Singh 01 Feb 2005 - 30 Sep 2007
25. General Deepak Kapoor 30 Sep 2007 - 30 Mar 2010
26. General V.K. Singh 31 Mar 2010 - 31 May 2012
27. General Bikram Singh 01 Jun 2012 - 31 Jul 2014
28. General DS Suhag 01 Aug 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
29. General Bipin Rawat  31 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
30.  General Manoj Mukund Naravane 1 Jan 2020 - Till date

Navy - Chiefs of the Naval Staff

S.No. Name Tenure
1. Vice Admiral WE Parry 26 Jan 1950 - 12 Oct 1951
2. Vice Admiral Charles TM Pizey 13 Oct 1951 - 21 Jul 1955
3. Vice Admiral SH Carlill 22 Jul 1955 - 21 Apr 1958
4. Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari 22 Apr 1958 - 04 Jun 1962
5. Vice Admiral BS Soman 05 Jun 1962 - 03 Mar 1966
6. Admiral AK Chatterji 04 Mar 1966 - 28 Feb 1970
7. Admiral SM Nanda 28 Feb 1970 - 28 Feb 1973
8. Admiral SN Kohli 01 Mar 1973 - 29 Feb 1976
9. Admiral Jal Cursetji 01 Mar 1976 - 01 Mar 1979
10. Admiral RL Pereira 01 Mar 1979 - 28 Feb 1982
11. Admiral OS Dawson 01 Mar 1982 - 30 Nov 1984
12. Admiral RH Tahiliani 01 Dec 1984 - 30 Nov 1987
13. Admiral JG Nadkarni 01 Dec 1987 - 30 Nov 1990
14. Admiral L Ramdas 01 Dec 1990 - 30 Sep 1993
15. Admiral VS Shekhawat 01 Oct 1993 - 30 Sep 1996
16. Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat 01 Oct 1996 - 30 Dece 1998
17. Admiral Sushil Kumar 30 Dec 1998 - 29 Dec 2001
18. Admiral Madhvendra Singh 29 Dec 2001 - 31 Jul 2004
19. Admiral Arun Prakash 31 Jul 2004 - 31 Oct 2006
20. Admiral Sureesh Mehta 31 Oct 2006 - 31 Aug 2009
21. Admiral NK Verma 31 Aug 2009 - 31 Aug 2012
22. Admiral DK Joshi 31 Aug 2012 - 26 Feb 2014
23. Admiral RK Dhowan 26 Feb 2014 - 31 May 2016
24. Admiral Sunil Lanba 31 May 2016 - 31 May 2019
25. Admiral Karambir Singh 31 May 2019 - Till to date

Air Force - Chief of the Air Staff

S.No. Name Tenure
1. Air Marshal Thomas Elmhirst 26 Jan 1950 - 23 Feb 1950
2. Air Chief Marshal RI Chapman 23 Feb 1950 - 09 Dec 1951
3. Air Marshal Gerald Gibbs 10 Dec 1951 - 31 Mar 1954
4. Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee 1 Apr 1954 - 8 Nov 1960
5. Air Marshal Aspy Engineer 01 Dec 1960 - 31 Jul 1964
6. Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh 01 Aug 1964 - 15 Jul 1969
7. Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal 16 Jul 1969 - 15 Jan 1973
8. Air Chief Marshal H Moolgavkar 01 Feb 1976 - 30 Aug 1978
9. Air Chief Marshal IH Latif 01 Sep 1978 - 30 Aug 1981
10. Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh 01 Sep 1981 - 03 Sep 1984
11. Air Chief Marshal L M Katre 03 Sep 1984 - 01 Jul 1985
12. Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine 03 Jul 1985 - 31 Jul 1988
13. Air Chief Marshal Surinder Mehra 01 Aug 1988 - 31 Jul 1991
14. Air Chief Marshal NC Suri 31 Jul 1991 - 31 Jul 1993
15. Air Chief Marshal SK Kaul 01 Aug 1993 - 31 Dec 1995
16. Air Chief Marshal Satish Sareen 31 Dec 1995 - 31 Dec 1998
17. Air Chief Marshal AY Tipnis 31 Dec 1998 - 31 Dec 2001
18. Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy 31 Dec 2001 - 31 Dec 2004
19. Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi 31 Dec 2004 - 31 Mar 2007
20. Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major 31 Mar 2007 - 31 May 2009
21. Air Chief Marshal PV Naik 31 May 2009 - 31 Jul 2011
22. Air Chief Marshal Norman AK Browne 31 Jul 2011 - 31 Dec 2013
23. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha 31 Dec 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
24. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa 31 Dec 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
25. Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria 30 Sep 2019 - Till Date


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