Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

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The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (COAS) is the highest post in the Indian Army. The current Chief of Army Staff is Gen Deepak Kapoor, formerly the Commander of the Northern Command.

List of all Generals:

No. Name Appointment Date Left Office Unit of Commission Decorations
1 General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart* August 15, 1947 December 31, 1947 Infantry - 51 Sikhs Frontier Force KCB, CIE, MC
2 General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher* December 31, 1947 January 15, 1949 Infantry CB, OBE, MC
3 Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa January 15, 1949 January 14, 1953 Infantry - Rajput Regiment OBE
4 General Maharaj Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji January 14, 1953 May 14, 1955 Armoured Corps, 2nd Lancers DSO
5 General Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh May 14, 1955 May 7, 1957 Infantry - Kumaon Regiment
6 General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya May 7, 1957 May 7, 1961 Infantry - Kumaon Regiment Padma Vibhushan, DSO, ADC
7 General Pran Nath Thapar May 7, 1961 Nov 19, 1962 Infantry - Bengal Infantry
8 General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri Nov 19, 1962 June 7, 1966 Armoured Corps, 16 CAV and 7 LC Padma Vibhushan
9 General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam June 7, 1966 June 7, 1969 Regiment of Artillery DSO
10 Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw June 7, 1969 January 15, 1973 Infantry - 8 Gorkha Rifles Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, MC
11 General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor January 15, 1973 May 31, 1975 Infantry - 11 Gorkha Rifles and Dogra PVSM
12 General Tapishwar Narain Raina May 31, 1975 May 31, 1978 Infantry - Kumaon Regiment Padma Bhushan MVC
13 General Om Prakash Malhotra May 31, 1978 May 31, 1981 Regiment of Artillery PVSM
14 General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao May 31, 1981 July 31, 1983 Infantry - Mahar Regiment PVSM
15 General Arun Shridhar Vaidya July 31, 1983 January 31, 1986 Armoured Corps, Deccan Horse Padma Vibhushan, PVSM, MVC(Bar), AVSM
16 General Krishnaswamy Sundarji February 1, 1986 April 30, 1988 Infantry - Mahar Regiment PVSM, ADC
17 General V. N. Sharma April 30, 1988 June 30, 1990 Armoured Corps, 16 Light Cavalry MVC(Bar), AVSM
18 General Sunith Francis Rodrigues June 30, 1990 June 30, 1993 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, VSM
19 General Bipin Chandra Joshi June 30, 1993 November 18, 1994 Armoured Corps, 64 CAV PVSM, AVSM, ADC
20 General Shankar Roychowdhury November 22, 1994 September 30, 1997 Armoured Corps, 20 Lancers PVSM, ADC
21 General Ved Prakash Malik September 30, 1997 September 30, 2000 Infantry - Sikh Light Infantry PVSM, AVSM, ADC
22 General Sundararajan Padmanabhan September 30, 2000 December 31, 2002 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM, ADC
23 General Nirmal Chander Vij December 31, 2002 January 31, 2005 Infantry - Dogra Regiment PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
24 General Joginder Jaswant Singh January 31, 2005 September 29, 2007 Infantry - Maratha Light Infantry PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC
25 General Deepak Kapoor September 30, 2007 [] [Regiment of Artillery] PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, SM,

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