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	{{Short description\|The army head of India}}		{{Short description\|The army head of India}}
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	\| unofficial_names = Army Chief		\| unofficial_names = Army Chief
	\| deputy = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Indian Vice Chief of Army Staff.svg\|size=24px}} [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| deputy = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Indian Vice Chief of Army Staff.svg\|size=24px}} [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
	\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
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	The '''Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)''' (unofficially known as the '''Army Chief''') is a statutory position in the [[Indian Army]] held usually by a four star [[general]]. As the highest ranking officer to serve solely in the [[Indian Army]], the chief is the professional head of the ground forces and a key adviser to the [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]. The COAS, in a separate capacity, is also a member of the [[National Security Council]] and thereby an advisor to the president and the prime minister. The COAS is typically the most senior army officer in the [[Indian Armed Forces]], unless the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff ]] and/or the [[Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee]] is an army officer.		The '''Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)''' (unofficially known as the '''Army Chief''') is a statutory position in the [[Indian Army]] held usually by a four star [[general]]. As the highest ranking officer to serve solely in the [[Indian Army]], the chief is the professional head of the ground forces and a key adviser to the [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]. The COAS, in a separate capacity, is also a member of the [[National Security Council]] and thereby an advisor to the president and the prime minister. The COAS is typically the most senior army officer in the [[Indian Armed Forces]], unless the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff ]] and/or the [[Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee]] is an army officer.
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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	* {{cite book \|title=Thimayya: an amazing life \|last=Khanduri \|first=Chandra B. \|year=2006 \|publisher=Knowledge World \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=978-81-87966-36-4 \|pages=394 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWXfAAAAMAAJ \|access-date=30 July ~~2022~~}}		* {{cite book \|title=Thimayya: an amazing life \|last=Khanduri \|first=Chandra B. \|year=2006 \|publisher=Knowledge World \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=978-81-87966-36-4 \|pages=394 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWXfAAAAMAAJ \|access-date=30 July 2010}}

	{{Chief of the Army Staff (India)}}		{{Chief of the Army Staff (India)}}

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			{{Short description\|Commander of the Indian Army}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2021}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2021}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2016}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2016}}
	{{Infobox official post		{{Infobox official post
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	\| body = the Army Staff		\| body = the Army Staff
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	\| flagcaption = [[List of Indian flags#Army\|Flag of the Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| flagcaption = [[List of Indian flags#Army\|Flag of the Chief of the Army Staff]]
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	\| image = General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC (1).jpg		\| image = General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC (1).jpg
	\| imagesize =		\| imagesize =
	\| alt =		\| alt =
	\| incumbent = [[General (India)\|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]],<br/>{{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|SM\|VSM\|ADC}}		\| incumbent = [[General (India)\|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]]<br/>{{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|SM\|VSM\|ADC}}
	\| acting =		\| acting =
	\| incumbentsince = 31 December 2019		\| incumbentsince = 31 December 2019
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	\| status =		\| status = Military branch chief
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	\| style =		\| style =
	\| member_of = [[National Security Council (India)\|National Security Council]]		\| member_of = [[Strategic Policy Group]] <br> [[Defence Planning Committee]] <br> [[National Security Council (India)\|National Security Council]] <br> Defence Acquisition Council
	\| reports_to = [[File:Flag of India.svg\|20px]] [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] <br/>[[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg\|20px]] [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]<br/>[[File:Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg\|20px]] [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff]]		\| reports_to = [[File:Flag of India.svg\|20px]] [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] <br/>[[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg\|20px]] [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]<br/>[[File:Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg\|20px]] [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff]]
	\| residence =		\| residence =
	\| seat = [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi\|Central Secretariat]]		\| seat = [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi\|Central Secretariat]]
	\| nominator =		\| nominator =
	\| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet\|ACC]]		\| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet\|ACC]]
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	\| constituting_instrument = [https://mod.gov.in/sites/default/files/TheArmyAct1950.pdf Army Act, 1950 (Act No. 46 of 1950)]		\| constituting_instrument = [https://mod.gov.in/sites/default/files/TheArmyAct1950.pdf Army Act, 1950 (Act No. 46 of 1950)]
	\| precursor = Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army		\| precursor = Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army
	\| formation = {{Start date and age\|df=yes\|1948\|06\|21}}		\| formation = {{Start date and age\|df=yes\|1948\|06\|21}}
	\| first = [[General (India)\|General]] [[Rob Lockhart\|Sir Rob Lockhart]]		\| first = [[General (India)\|General]] [[Rob Lockhart\|Sir Rob Lockhart]]
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	\| succession =		\| succession =
	\| abbreviation = COAS		\| abbreviation = COAS
	\| unofficial_names = Army Chief		\| unofficial_names = Army Chief
	\| deputy = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Indian Vice Chief of Army Staff.svg\|size=24px}} [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| deputy = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Indian Vice Chief of Army Staff.svg\|size=24px}} [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
	\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>		\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
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			The '''Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)''' (unofficially known as the '''Army Chief''') is the [[chief of staff\|chief commanding authority]] and highest-ranking officer of the [[Indian Army]]. The COAS is the principal advisor to the [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]] on matters exclusively pertaining to the army{{Efn\|The Chief of Defence Staff advises the minister on matters concerning more than one service.}} and is also a key military adviser to the [[President of India\|president]], the supreme commander. The current COAS is [[General (India)\|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]], serving since 31 December 2019.
	The '''Chief of the Army Staff''' is the [[chief of staff\|~~head]] of the [[military staff~~]] of the [[Indian Army]] ~~and the chairman of the Indian Army Board~~. The ~~Chief~~ is ~~usually~~ the ~~highest ranking officer of~~ the ~~Indian army unless the Chief and Vice Chief~~ of Defence ~~are army officers. The position is abbreviated as '''COAS''' in Indian Army, and is always held by a [[Four star rank\|full]] [[General~~ (India)\|~~general]]. The general is responsible for directing and chairing the army staff~~ of ~~the armed forces serving as the staff's [[chief executive~~]]~~. As the most senior officer~~ to ~~serve in the [[Indian Army]],~~ the Chief of the ~~Army Staff~~ is a military adviser to the [[~~Government of the Republic~~ of India]] ~~and~~ the ~~[[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]]~~. The current COAS is [[General (India)\|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]], ~~who took office on~~ 31 December 2019.

	==Office of the Chief of the Army Staff==		==Office of the Chief of the Army Staff==
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	\| military_rank = [[General (United Kingdom)\|General]]		\| military_rank = [[General (United Kingdom)\|General]]
	\| officeholder = {{nowrap\|[[Rob Lockhart\|Sir Robert Mcgregor Macdonald Lockhart]], {{post-nominals\|country=UK\|size=75%\|sep=,\|KCB\|CIE\|MC}}}}		\| officeholder = {{nowrap\|[[Rob Lockhart\|Sir Robert Mcgregor Macdonald Lockhart]], {{post-nominals\|country=UK\|size=75%\|sep=,\|KCB\|CIE\|MC}}}}
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	\| image = J. J. Singh.jpg		\| image = General J. J. Singh.jpg
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	\| officeholder = [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]], {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|VSM\|ADC}}		\| officeholder = [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]], {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|VSM\|ADC}}
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	\| military_rank = [[General (India)\|General]]		\| military_rank = [[General (India)\|General]]
	\| officeholder = [[Vijay Kumar Singh]], {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|YSM\|ADC}}		\| officeholder = [[Vijay Kumar Singh]], {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|YSM\|ADC}}
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	\| born_year = 1958		\| born_year = 1958
	\| died_year =		\| died_year =2021
	\| term_start = 31 December 2016		\| term_start = 31 December 2016
	\| term_end = 31 December 2019		\| term_end = 31 December 2019

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	\| member_of = [[National Security Council (India)\|National Security Council]]		\| member_of = [[National Security Council (India)\|National Security Council]]
	\| reports_to = [[File:Flag of India.svg\|20px]][[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] <br/>[[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg\|20px]][[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]<br/>[[File:Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg\|20px]][[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff]]		\| reports_to = [[File:Flag of India.svg\|20px]] [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] <br/>[[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg\|20px]] [[Minister of Defence (India)\|Minister of Defence]]<br/>[[File:Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg\|20px]] [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)\|Chief of Defence Staff]]
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	\| seat = [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi\|Central Secretariat]]		\| seat = [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi\|Central Secretariat]]
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	\| abbreviation = COAS		\| abbreviation = COAS
	\| unofficial_names = Army Chief		\| unofficial_names = Army Chief
	\| deputy = [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| deputy = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Indian Vice Chief of Army Staff.svg\|size=24px}} [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
	\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>		\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
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	{{See also\|Commander-in-Chief, India\|Chief of the General Staff (India)}}		{{See also\|Commander-in-Chief, India\|Chief of the General Staff (India)}}

	The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Chief of the Army Staff or its preceding positions since the [[independence of India]].<ref name="ia-coas">{{cite web \|last=Official Indian Army Web Portal \|title=Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) \|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D \|website=www.indianarmy.nic.in \|access-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718121307/https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D \|archive-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>		The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Chief of the Army Staff or its preceding positions since the [[independence of India]].<ref name="ia-coas">{{cite web \|last=Official Indian Army Web Portal \|title=Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) \|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D \|website=www.indianarmy.nic.in \|access-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718121307/https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D \|archive-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> Ranks and honours are as at the completion of their tenure:

	===Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1948)===		===Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1948)===
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	===Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1948-1955)===		===Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1948-1955)===
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The '''Chief of the Army Staff''' is the [[chief of staff|head]] of the [[military staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] and the chairman of the Indian Army Board. The Chief is usually the highest ranking officer of the Indian army unless the Chief and Vice Chief of Defence are army officers. The position is abbreviated as '''COAS''' in Indian Army, and is always held by a [[Four star rank|full]] [[General (India)|general]]. The general is responsible for directing and chairing the army staff of the armed forces serving as the staff's [[chief executive]]. As the most senior officer to serve in the [[Indian Army]], the Chief of the Army Staff is a military adviser to the [[Government of the Republic of India]] and the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]. The current COAS is [[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]], who took office on 31 December 2019.

==Office of the Chief of the Army Staff==

The post of [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] was established in 1748 to designate the commander of all forces of [[East India Company]].

After 1857 , the Commander-in-Chief become the supreme commander of the [[British Indian Army]]. The C-in-C was also the overall head of the armed forces of the [[British Raj|British India]] including the [[Royal Indian Air Force]] and [[Royal Indian Navy]]. The Commander-in-Chief was also closely in contact with Office of the [[Viceroy of india|Viceroy of India]].

After partition in 1947 the post of Commander-in-Chief was divided into:- Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army, [[Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army|Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army]] and Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in India and Pakistan. At Independence, the head of the Indian Army was designated as the "'''Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army'''". On 1 March 1948, the designation changed to "'''Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army"''' .<ref>{{cite web|date=28 February 1948|title=Press Communique|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-02-28_119.pdf|access-date=16 February 2020|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive}}</ref> The designation was again changed to "'''Chief of Army Staff"''' through the Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act ,1955.<ref name="india-cincact3">{{cite web|title=The Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955|url=http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/laws/The-Commanders-In-Chief-Change-in-Designation-Act-1955.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111144149/http://vakilno1.com/bareacts/laws/The-Commanders-In-Chief-Change-in-Designation-Act-1955.html|archive-date=11 November 2011|access-date=18 October 2011|publisher=VakilNo1.com|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The office is based at [[South Block]] of the [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|Central Secretariat]] at [[Raisina Hill]], [[New Delhi]].

Appointments to the office are made by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] (ACC). The COAS reaches [[superannuation]] upon three years in the office or at the age of 62, whichever is earlier.

==Appointees==
{{See also|Commander-in-Chief, India|Chief of the General Staff (India)}}

The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Chief of the Army Staff or its preceding positions since the [[independence of India]].<ref name="ia-coas">{{cite web |last=Official Indian Army Web Portal |title=Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) |url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D |website=www.indianarmy.nic.in |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718121307/https://indianarmy.nic.in/site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=KlXwOige5RfLtzzoCqAdnQ%3D%3D&ParentID=03FzZ1bcM4iK4xVqplbx8w%3D%3D&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ%3D%3D |archive-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>

===Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1948)===
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| image =
| military_rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| officeholder = {{nowrap|[[Rob Lockhart|Sir Robert Mcgregor Macdonald Lockhart]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KCB|CIE|MC}}}}
| officeholder_sort = Lockhart, Rob
| officeholder_note = {{Efn|Formerly ''[[British Indian Army]]''. Seconded from the ''[[British Army]]''.|name=British Army}}
| born_year = 1893
| died_year = 1981
| term_start = 15 August 1947
| term_end = 31 December 1947
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|08|15|1947|12|01}}
| election = [[51st Sikhs]]

}}
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| order = 2
| image = General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Roy Bucher|Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KBE|CB|MC}}
| officeholder_sort = Bucher, Roy
| officeholder_note = {{Efn|name=British Army}}
| born_year = 1895
| died_year = 1980
| term_start = 1 January 1948
| term_end = 20 June 1948
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1948|01|01|1948|06|20}}
| election = [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|4th Cameronians]]
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===Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1948-1955)===
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| order = 1
| image = General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Roy Bucher|Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KBE|CB|MC}}
| officeholder_sort = Bucher, Roy
| officeholder_note = {{Efn|name=British Army}}
| born_year = 1895
| died_year = 1980
| term_start = 21 June 1948
| term_end = 15 January 1949
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1948|06|21|1949|01|15}}
| election = [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|4th Cameronians]]
| ref = —
}}
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| order = 2
| image = General K. M. Cariappa.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Kodandera M. Cariappa|Kodandera Madappa Cariappa]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|OBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Cariappa, Kodandera
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1899
| died_year = 1993
| term_start = 15 January 1949
| term_end = 14 January 1953
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1949|01|15|1953|01|14}}
| election = [[88th Carnatic Infantry]]
| ref = —
}}
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| order = 3
| image = Gen Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Maharaj]] [[Shri]] [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|DSO}}
| officeholder_sort = Jadeja, Rajendrasinhji
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1899
| died_year = 1964
| term_start = 14 January 1953
| term_end = 1 April 1955
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|01|14|1955|04|01}}
| election = [[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]]
| ref = <ref name="BRmksr">{{cite web |last1=Contibutor |first1=Bharat Rakshak - Indian Army & Land Forces |title=General Maharaj Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji DSO |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/personnel/chiefs/123-shri-rajendrasinhji.html |website=www.Bharat-Rakshak.com |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111071604/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/personnel/chiefs/123-shri-rajendrasinhji.html |archive-date=11 January 2018 |df=dmy}}</ref>
}}
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===Chief of the Army Staff (1955–present)===
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| order = 1
| image = Gen Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Maharaj]] [[Shri]] [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=|DSO}}
| officeholder_sort = Jadeja, Rajendrasinhji
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1899
| died_year = 1964
| term_start = 1 April 1955
| term_end = 14 May 1955
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|04|01|1955|05|14}}
| election = [[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 2
| image = General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[S. M. Shrinagesh|Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh]]
| officeholder_sort = Shrinagesh, S.
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1903
| died_year = 1977
| term_start = 15 May 1955
| term_end = 7 May 1957
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|05|15|1957|05|07}}
| election = [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 3
| image = General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Kodandera Subayya Thimayya]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|DSO}}
| officeholder_sort = Thimayya, Kodendera
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1906
| died_year = 1965
| term_start = 8 May 1957
| term_end = 7 May 1961
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1957|05|07|1961|05|07}}
| election = [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 4
| image = General Pran Nath Thapar.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Pran Nath Thapar]]
| officeholder_sort = Thapar, Pran
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1906
| died_year = 1975
| term_start = 8 May 1961
| term_end = 19 November 1962
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1961|05|08|1962|11|19}}
| election = [[1st Punjab Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 5
| image = General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|OBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Chaudhuri, Jayanto Nath
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1908
| died_year = 1983
| term_start = 20 November 1962
| term_end = 7 June 1966
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1962|11|20|1966|06|07}}
| election = [[16th Light Cavalry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 6
| image = General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumramangalam.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|DSO|MBE}}
| officeholder_sort = Kumaramangalam, Paramasiva Prabhakar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1913
| died_year = 2000
| term_start = 8 June 1966
| term_end = 7 June 1969
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1966|06|08|1969|06|07}}
| election = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 7
| image = FM Sam Manekshaw.jpg
| military_rank = [[Field marshal (India)|Field Marshal]]
| officeholder = [[Sam Manekshaw|Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw]], {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|MC}}
| officeholder_sort = Manekshaw, Sam
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1914
| died_year = 2008
| term_start = 8 June 1969
| term_end = 15 January 1973
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1969|06|08|1973|01|15}}
| election = [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 8
| image = General Gopal Gurnath Bewoor.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Gopal Gurunath Bewoor]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Bewoor, Gopal Gurunath
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1916
| died_year = 1989
| term_start = 16 January 1973
| term_end = 31 May 1975
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1973|01|16|1975|05|31}}
| election = [[Dogra Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 9
| image = General Tapishwar Narain Raina.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|MVC|SM}}
| officeholder_sort = Raina, Tapishwar Narain
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1921
| died_year = 1980
| term_start = 1 June 1975
| term_end = 31 May 1978
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1975|06|01|1978|05|31}}
| election = [[Kumaon Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 10
| image = Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Om Prakash Malhotra]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Malhotra, Om Prakash
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1922
| died_year = 2015
| term_start = 1 June 1978
| term_end = 31 May 1981
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1978|06|01|1981|05|31}}
| election = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 11
| image = General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[K. V. Krishna Rao|Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Rao, K.
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1923
| died_year = 2016
| term_start = 1 June 1981
| term_end = 31 July 1983
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1981|06|01|1983|05|31}}
| election = [[Mahar Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 12
| image = General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya|Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|MVC|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Vaidya, Arun Shridhar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1926
| died_year = 1986
| term_start = 1 August 1983
| term_end = 31 January 1986
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1983|06|01|1986|01|31}}
| election = [[9th Deccan Horse]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 13
| image = General Krishnaswami Sundarji.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Krishnaswamy Sundarji]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Sundarji, Krishnaswamy
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1928
| died_year = 1999
| term_start = 1 February 1986
| term_end = 31 May 1988
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1986|02|01|1988|05|31}}
| election = [[Mahar Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 14
| image = General Vishwa Nath Sharma.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Vishwa Nath Sharma]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Sharma, Vishwa Nath
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1930
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 June 1988
| term_end = 30 June 1990
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1988|06|01|1990|06|30}}
| election = [[16th Light Cavalry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 15
| image = General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|VSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Rodrigues, Sunith Francis
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1933
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 July 1990
| term_end = 30 June 1993
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|07|01|1993|06|30}}
| election = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 16
| image = General Bipin Chandra Joshi.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Bipin Chandra Joshi]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Joshi, Bipin Chandra
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1935
| died_year = 1994
| term_start = 1 July 1993
| term_end = 19 November 1994
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1993|07|01|1994|11|19}}
| election = [[64th Cavalry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 17
| image = Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhary.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Shankar Roychowdhury|Shankar Roy Chowdhary]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Roychowdhury, Shankar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1937
| died_year =
| term_start = 20 November 1994
| term_end = 30 September 1997
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|11|20|1997|09|30}}
| election = [[20 Lancers (India)|20th Lancers]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 18
| image = General VP Malik.png
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Ved Prakash Malik]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Chowdhury, Shankar Roy
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1939
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 October 1997
| term_end = 30 September 2000
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1997|10|01|2000|09|30}}
| election = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 19
| image = General Sundararajan Padmanabhan.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Padmanabhan, Sundararajan
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1940
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 October 2000
| term_end = 31 December 2002
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|10|01|2002|12|31}}
| election = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 20
| image = General Vij.png
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Nirmal Chander Vij]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Vij, Nirmal Chander
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1943
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 January 2003
| term_end = 31 January 2005
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|01|01|2005|01|31}}
| election = [[Dogra Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 21
| image = J. J. Singh.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Vij, Nirmal Chander
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1945
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 February 2005
| term_end = 30 September 2007
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2005|02|01|2007|09|30}}
| election = [[Maratha Light Infantry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 22
| image = General Deepak Kapoor.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Deepak Kapoor]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|SM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Kapoor, Deepak
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1948
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 October 2007
| term_end = 31 March 2010
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2007|10|01|2010|03|31}}
| election = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 23
| image = General Vijay Kumar Singh.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Vijay Kumar Singh]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Singh, Vijay Kumar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1951
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 April 2010
| term_end = 31 May 2012
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2010|04|01|2012|05|31}}
| election = [[Rajput Regiment]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 24
| image = Gen Bikram Singh.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Bikram Singh (general)|Bikram Singh]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|SM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Singh, Bikram
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1952
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 June 2012
| term_end = 31 July 2014
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2012|06|01|2014|07|31}}
| election = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 25
| image = General Dalbir Singh official photo.jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Dalbir Singh Suhag]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Singh, Dalbir
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 August 2014
| term_end = 31 December 2016
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|08|01|2016|12|31}}
| election = [[5 Gorkha Rifles]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 26
| image = Bipin Rawat (CDS).jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Bipin Rawat]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|YSM|SM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Rawat, Bipin
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1958
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 December 2016
| term_end = 31 December 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|12|31|2019|12|31}}
| election = [[11 Gorkha Rifles]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 27
| image = General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC (1).jpg
| military_rank = [[General (India)|General]]
| officeholder = [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]], {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|SM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Naravane, Manoj Mukund
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1960
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 December 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|12|31}}
| election = [[Sikh Light Infantry]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==See also==
{{commons cat|Chief of the Army Staff (India)}}
* [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]
* [[Chief of the General Staff (India)|Chief of the General Staff]]
* [[Field marshal (India)|Field Marshal of the Indian Army]]
* [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]]
* [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]]
* [[Chief of Integrated Defence Staff]]
* [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
* [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
* [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
* [[List of serving generals of the Indian Army]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |title=Thimayya: an amazing life |last=Khanduri |first=Chandra B. |year=2006 |publisher=Knowledge World |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-87966-36-4 |pages=394 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWXfAAAAMAAJ |access-date=30 July 2010}}

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