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Chief of the Army Staff

Former COAS

General Sir Mcgregor Macdonald Lockhart
(15 Aug 1947 to 31 Dec 1947)

General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher
(01 Jan 1948 to 15 Jan 1949)

Field Marshal KM Cariappa
(16 Jan 1949 to 14 Jan 1953)

General KS Rajendra Sinhji
(15 Jan 1953 to 14 May 1955)

General SM Shrinagesh
(15 May 1955 to 07 May 1957)

General KS Thimayya
(08 May 1957 to 07 May 1961)

General PN Thapar
(08 May 1961 to 19 Nov 1962)

General JN Chaudhuri
(20 Nov 1962 to 07 Jun 1966)

General PP Kumaramangalam
(08 Jun 1966 to 07 Jun 1969)

Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw
(08 Jun 1969 to 15 Jan 1973)

General GG Bewoor
(16 Jan 1973 to 31 May 1975)

General TN Raina
(01 Jun 1975 to 31 May 1978)

General OP Malhotra
(01 Jun 1978 to 31 May 1981)

General KV Krishna Rao
(01 Jun 1981 to 31 Jul 1983)

General AS Vaidya
(01 Aug 1983 31 Jan 1986)

General K Sundarji
(01 Feb 1986 to 31 May 1988)

General VN Sharma
(30 Jun 1988 to 30 Jun 1990)

General SF Rodrigues
(01 Jul 1990 to 30 Jun 1993)

General BC Joshi
(01 Jul 1993 to 19 Nov 1994)

General S Roy Chowdhury
(22 Nov 1994 to 30 Sep 1997)

General VP Malik
(01 Oct 1997 to 30 Sep 2000)

General S Padmanabhan
(01 Oct 2000 to 30 Dec 2002)

General NC Vij
(31 Dec 2002 to 31 Jan 2005)

General JJ Singh
(01 Feb 2005 to 30 Sep 2007)

General Deepak Kapoor
(30 Sep 2007 to 30 Mar 2010)

General VK Singh
(31 Mar 2010 to 31 May 2012)

General Bikram Singh
(01 Jun 2012 to 31 Jul 2014)

General Dalbir Singh
(01 Aug 2014 to 31 Dec 2016)

General Bipin Rawat
(31 Dec 2016 to 31 Dec 2019)

General MM Naravane
(31 Dec 2019 to 30 Apr 2022)

General Manoj Pande