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Indian Armed Forces

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{{Infobox national military
|name = Indian Armed Forces
|native_name = 


|branches = {{nowrap|[[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|22px|border|Indian Army seal]] [[Indian Army]]}}
 {{nowrap|[[File:Naval Ensign of India.svg|22px|border|Indian Navy seal]] [[Indian Navy]]}} {{nowrap|[[File:Air Force Ensign of India.svg|22px|border|Indian Air Force Seal]] [[Indian Air Force]]}}

| headquarters = [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|South Block]], [[New Delhi]]

|commander-in-chief = {{flagicon|India}} [[President of India|President]] [[Droupadi Murmu]]
|commander-in-chief_title=[[Commander in Chief|Supreme Commander]]
|chief minister = {{flagicon|India}} [[Narendra Modi]]
|chief minister_title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
|minister = {{flagicon|India}} [[Rajnath Singh]]
{{Infobox |child = yes
| label1 = [[Defence Secretary of India|Defence Secretary]]
| data1 = {{flagicon|India}} [[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
}}
|minister_title = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
|commander = [[File:Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg|25px|border]] ''Vacant''
|commander_title = [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]]

|age = 18<ref name=ia-recruit>{{cite web|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=zErLx/kOfcM=&ParentID=G+0mK8DeGyw=|title=Categories of Entry|publisher=Indian Army|access-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823010101/http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=zErLx%2FkOfcM%3D&ParentID=G+0mK8DeGyw%3D|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>
|conscription = No
|manpower_data =
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|reaching =23,116,044<ref>{{cite news |title=Manpower Reaching Military Age Annually (2020) |url=https://www.globalfirepower.com/manpower-reaching-military-age-annually.asp |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=Global Fire Power (GFP) |language=en}}</ref>
|reaching_f =
|active = 1,455,550<ref name="Studies2020">{{cite book |title = The Military Balance 2020 |author = International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link = International Institute for Strategic Studies |date = 15 February 2020 |pages = 269–275 |publisher = [[Routledge]] |location = London, England |isbn = 9780367466398 |ref = IISS2020 }}</ref>
|ranked = 2nd
|reserve = 1,155,000<ref name="Studies2020" /> (ranked 3rd)

|amount = {{INRConvert|478195|c|lk=on|year=2021}} {{small|(2021–22)}}<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sitharaman allocates Rs 4.78 lakh crore to defence budget for 2021-22, 'highest in 15 years'|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/sitharaman-allocates-rs-478-lakh-crore-to-defence-budget-for-2021-22-highest-in-15-years20210201142046/|access-date=2 February 2021|work=ANI News|language=en|date=1 February 2021}}</ref> ([[List of countries by military expenditures|ranked 3rd]])
|percent_GDP = 2.4% {{small|(2019)}}<ref name=SIPRI-2019>{{cite web | url=https://idsa.in/issuebrief/india-def-budget-2020-21-lkbehera-040220 |title=Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019 |publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] |first1=Nan |last1=Tian |first2=Aude |last2=Fleurant |first3=Alexandra |last3=Kuimova |first4=Pieter D. |last4=Wezeman |first5=Siemon T. |last5=Wezeman |date=27 April 2020 |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>

|domestic_suppliers = {{hidden
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| headerstyle=background:#b0c4de
| style=text-align:center;| [[Indian Ordnance Factories]] [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] [[Bharat Electronics Limited]] [[Bharat Earth Movers Limited]] [[Bharat Dynamics Limited]] [[Mazagon Dock Limited|Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]] [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]] [[Mishra Dhatu Nigam]]<ref name="mod.nic.in">http://mod.nic.in/product&supp/welcome.html {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704170459/http://mod.nic.in/product%26supp/welcome.html |date=4 July 2012 }}</ref> }}
|foreign_suppliers = {{flag|Russia}}<ref name="SIPRI" /> {{flag|France}}<ref name="SIPRI" /> {{flag|Israel}}<ref name="SIPRI" /> {{flag|United Kingdom}}<ref name="E15.cz">{{cite web |url = http://zpravy.e15.cz/byznys/prumysl-a-energetika/ceska-tatra-se-vraci-do-indicke-armady-1150598 |title = Czech Tatra becoming into Indian Armed Forces |publisher = [[MAFRA]] a.s. |access-date = 19 February 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150110054802/http://zpravy.e15.cz/byznys/prumysl-a-energetika/ceska-tatra-se-vraci-do-indicke-armady-1150598 |archive-date = 10 January 2015 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> {{flag|United States}}<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/html/export_values.php|website=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]|title=India / Aircraft / Jianjiji / Fighter|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119012346/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/html/export_values.php|archive-date=19 January 2012|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> {{flag|Italy}}
|imports = US$42.9 billion (2000–16)<ref name=sipri20f>{{cite web|title=Arms Transfers Database|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/toplist.php|publisher=SIPRI|access-date=20 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214003447/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/toplist.php|archive-date=14 February 2013}}</ref> (Ranked 4th)
|exports = US$2.23 billion (2019–20)<ref>{{cite news |title=India's annual defence exports to touch Rs 35,000 crore by 2024: Rajnath Singh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indias-annual-defence-exports-to-touch-rs-35000-crore-by-2024-rajnath-singh/articleshow/74336614.cms?from=mdr |access-date=28 March 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=27 February 2020}}</ref> (Ranked 19th)


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|history = [[Military history of India]] [[Presidency armies]] [[British Indian Army]] [[Royal Indian Navy]] [[Indian National Army]] [[List of wars involving India|Wars involving India]]
|ranks = [[Army ranks and insignia of India|Army]] [[Naval ranks and insignia of India|Navy]] [[Air Force ranks and insignia of India|Air Force]]
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The '''Indian Armed Forces''' are the military of [[India]]. It is made up of an [[Indian Army|Army]], [[Indian Navy|Navy]], [[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] and [[Indian Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]. There are other parts like Paramilitary and Strategic Nuclear Command.

The President of India is its Commander-in-Chief. However, it is managed by the Ministry of Defence.

In 2010, the Indian Armed Forces had 1.32 million active personnel. This makes it one of the largest militaries in the world.<ref>IISS 2010, pp. 358</ref>

Currently, the Indian Army is becoming more modern by buying and making new weapons. It is also building defences against missiles of other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/India-s-army-seeks-military-space-program-3280116.php|title=India's army seeks military space program|first1=Gavin|last1=Rabinowitz|first2=Associated|last2=Press|date=18 June 2008|website=SFGate}}</ref> In 2011, India imported more weapons than any other nation in the world.<ref>http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/html/export_values.php</ref>

From its independence in 1947, India fought four wars with Pakistan and one war with China.

Every year, 7 December is celebrated as Armed Forces Flag Day.

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Indian Armed Forces

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