INDIAN ARMY
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No. IN THE WORLD - 04th
DATE OF FOUNDATION - 15 Aug 1947 SIZE - 13 Lakh + COLOR - Gold , Red , Black MOTTO - Service Before Self HEAD QUARTER - New Delhi , India UNDER - Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces HEAD OF INDIAN ARMY - President of India CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF - General Dalbir Singh Suhag VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF - Lt. General Philip Compose FIELD MARSHALS - (i) Field Marshal Carriappa (ii) Field Marshal Manekshaw FUNCTIONING : - At the Army Headquarters in New Delhi , the Chief of Army Staff is assisted by the Vice Chief of the Army Staff and five other Principal Staff Officer-Deputy Chief of Army Staff , Adjutant - General , Quartermaster - General , Master - General of Ordinance and Military Secretary and a Head of Branch , namely , Engineering-in-Chief. Army is organised into five Commands - Western , Eastern , Northern , Southern , and Central . Each is under Gen. Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Lt.-Gen. . The commands are divided into Areas , Independent Sub-Areas . An area is commanded by a Gen. Officer Commanding of the rank of a Major-Gen. and an Independent Sub-Area by a Brigadier . |
