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Indian Army. The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, [ 3] and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The Indian Army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the East ...
The Indian Armed Forces have been engaged in a number of major military operations, including: the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971, the Portuguese-Indian War, the Sino-Indian War, the 1967 Cho La incident, the 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish, the Kargil War, and the Siachen conflict among others.
Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024. ^ "Lt Gen Ram Chander Tiwari takes charge of Eastern Command". 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024. ^ "Lt Gen Manoj Katiyar assumes charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command".
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
The Corps consists of three groups of combat engineers, namely the Madras Sappers, the Bengal Sappers and the Bombay Sappers. The list of Engineer regiments is as follows: 1 Armoured Engineer Regiment. 2 Engineer Regiment. 3 Engineer Regiment. 4 Engineer Regiment. 5 Engineer Regiment.
Total plan is of 670,000+ rifles. Will be the standard service rifle of Indian Army replacing INSAS [ 41] SIG 716i. Battle rifle. 7.62×51mm. United States. Status: In service. 66,400 units of SIG 716i in service. Additional 70,000 on order. [ 42][ 43][ 44] IWI Tavor X95.
The Officers Training Academy ( OTA) is a training establishment of the Indian Army that trains officers for the Short Service Commission (SSC). The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps. [ 1] Established in 1963, the first academy is located in Alandur, a southern ...
The Indian National Army ( INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ /; lit. 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit of Indian collaborators that fought under the command of the Japanese Empire. [ 1] It was founded by Mohan Singh on September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II .