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 General Joginder Jaswant Singh. The next chief is due to be Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor, currently 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 Vishwa Nath 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
23	General Joginder Jaswant Singh	January 31, 2005	present	Infantry - Maratha Light Infantry	PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC

[edit] See also

• Chief of the Air Staff (India)
• Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy