Tag chief of army staff

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is the highest-ranking officer in the Indian Army. Here are some notable Chiefs of the Army Staff:

  1. General KM Cariappa (1949-1953) - First Indian Chief of Army Staff
  2. General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja (1953-1955)
  3. General Pran Nath Thapar (1955-1961)
  4. General Chandra Kumar Venkata Raja (1961-1962)
  5. General J.N. Chaudhuri (1962-1966)
  6. General Harbaksh Singh (1966-1969)
  7. General P.P. Kumaramangalam (1969-1973)
  8. General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw (1973-1977)
  9. General Om Prakash Malhotra (1977-1981)
  10. General A.S. Vaidya (1981-1983)
  11. General K. Sundarji (1983-1986)
  12. General V.N. Sharma (1986-1988)
  13. General K. Sundarji (1988-1990)
  14. General V.P. Malik (1990-1993)
  15. General S.F. Rodrigues (1993-1994)
  16. General B.C. Joshi (1994-1997)
  17. General S.K. Sinha (1997-2000)
  18. General V.P. Malik (2000-2002)
  19. General N.C. Vij (2002-2005)
  20. General J.J. Singh (2005-2007)
  21. General Deepak Kapoor (2007-2010)
  22. General V.K. Singh (2010-2012)
  23. General Bikram Singh (2012-2014)
  24. General Dalbir Singh Suhag (2014-2016)
  25. General Bipin Rawat (2016-2019)
  26. General Manoj Mukund Naravane (2019-present)

Note: The list only includes the Chiefs of the Army Staff since India gained independence in 1947.