List of Chief of Army Staff of India

Chief of Army Staff: Indian Army is one of the largest armies in the world and has been at the forefront of many battles. According to the 2020 GlobalFirepower report, India has the fourth most powerful military force in the world. To manage such a large army, a central leader is required and such a leader is called as Chief of Army Staff or COAS. In simple words, the leader of the Indian Army is called the General.

In this blog, we will be looking at the list of all the army chiefs of India along with their tenures.

Chief of Army Staff – Complete List

The table below shows the list of Chief of Army Staff of India:

Sl.no	Name	Took Charge	Left Charge	Time spent in the office
1	General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja (1899–1964)	1 April 1955	14 May 1955	43 days
2	General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh (1903–1977)	15 May 1955	7 May 1957	1 year, 357 days
3	General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya  (1906–1965)	8 May 1957	7 May 1961	4 years, 0 days
4	General Pran Nath Thapar (1906–1975)	8 May 1961	19 November 1962	1 year, 195 days
5	General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri (1908–1983)	20 November 1962	7 June 1966	3 years, 199 days
6	General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913–2000)	8 June 1966	7 June 1969	2 years, 364 days
7	Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw  (1914–2008)	8 June 1969	15 January 1973	3 years, 221 days
8	General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor  (1916–1989)	16 January 1973	31 May 1975	2 years, 135 days
9	General Tapishwar Narain Raina (1921–1980)	1 June 1975	31 May 1978	2 years, 364 days
10	General Om Prakash Malhotra (1922–2015)	1 June 1978	31 May 1981	2 years, 364 days
11	General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (1923–2016)	1 June 1981	31 July 1983	1 year, 364 days
12	General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya (1926–1986)	1 August 1983	31 January 1986	2 years, 244 days
13	General Krishnaswamy Sundarji (1928–1999)	1 February 1986	31 May 1988	2 years, 120 days
14	General Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930)	1 June 1988	30 June 1990	2 years, 29 days
15	General Sunith Francis Rodrigues (born 1933)	1 July 1990	30 June 1993	2 years, 364 days
16	General Bipin Chandra Joshi (1935–1994)	1 July 1993	19 November 1994	1 year, 141 days
17	General Shankar Roy Chowdhary (born 1937)	20 November 1994	30 September 1997	2 years, 314 days
18	General Ved Prakash Malik (born 1939)	1 October 1997	30 September 2000	2 years, 365 days
19	General Sundararajan Padmanabhan (born 1940)	1 October 2000	31 December 2002	2 years, 91 days
20	General Nirmal Chander Vij  (born 1943)	1 January 2003	31 January 2005	2 years, 30 days
21	General Joginder Jaswant Singh (born 1945)	1 February 2005	30 September 2007	2 years, 241 days
22	General Deepak Kapoor (born 1948)	1 October 2007	31 March 2010	2 years, 181 days
23	General Vijay Kumar Singh (born 1951)	1 April 2010	31 May 2012	2 years, 60 days
24	General Bikram Singh  (born 1952)	1 June 2012	31 July 2014	2 years, 60 days
25	General Dalbir Singh Suhag (born 1954)	1 August 2014	31 December 2016	2 years, 152 days
26	General Bipin Rawat (1958–2021)	31 December 2016	31 December 2019	3 years, 0 days
27	General Manoj Mukund Naravane  (born 1960)	31 December 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 11 days

Reference: Wikipedia

Current Chief of Army Staff

General Manoj Mukund Naravane is the current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of India. He is the 27th COAS presiding over the duties of army general from 31st December 2019. He was preceded by Vipin Rawat.

Conclusion

The Chief of Army Staff is responsible for managing the complete army. The topic of Chief of Army Staff falls under the General Awareness section of the SSC CHSL Tier-1 exam. Not only that, it is helpful for candidates who are preparing for other SSC, Banking, Railways and other government exams. We hope that this blog will help the candidates in their SSC CHSL preparation.

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