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	\| first = [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant general]] [[Beauchamp Duff\|Sir Beauchamp Duff]]<br>(British Indian Army)		\| first = [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant general]] [[Beauchamp Duff\|Sir Beauchamp Duff]]<br>(British Indian Army)
	\| last = [[Lieutenant general (India)\|Lieutenant General]] Moti Sagar (Indian Army)		\| last = [[Lieutenant general (India)\|Lieutenant General]] [[Moti Sagar]] (Indian Army)
	\| abolished = January 1965		\| abolished = January 1965
	\| succession = [[~~Deputy~~ Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|~~Deputy~~ Chief of the Army Staff]]		\| succession = [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] in 1965
	\| abbreviation = CGS		\| abbreviation = CGS
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	The '''Chief of the General Staff, India''' was a senior military commander in [[British ~~India~~]] from 1906 to 1947, and in the independent [[Indian Army]] from 1947 until 1965.		The '''Chief of the General Staff, India''' was a senior military commander in the [[British Indian Army]] from 1906 to 1947, and in the independent [[Indian Army]] from 1947 until 1965.

	==History==		==History==
	During British rule, the Chief of the General Staff, India assisted the [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] in commanding the [[British Indian Army]]. The post was largely honorary as all power resided in the hands of [[Commander-in-Chief, India]].<ref>[http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html The Indian Army in 1914] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html \|date=September 9, 2009 }}</ref> After Indian independence in 1947, the CGS remained a senior staff appointment. In January 1959, the appointment of [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff]] (DCOAS) was established as the deputy commander of the Indian Army until it was superseded by the new post of [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] In January 1965. Subsequently, the post of ~~DCOAS~~ replaced the CGS.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part II-Section 4: Ministry of Defence\|page=140 \|date=15 May 1965 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1965/O-1794-1965-0020-81818.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		During British rule, the Chief of the General Staff, India assisted the [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] in commanding the [[British Indian Army]]. The post was largely honorary as all power resided in the hands of [[Commander-in-Chief, India]].<ref>[http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html The Indian Army in 1914] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html \|date=September 9, 2009 }}</ref> After Indian independence in 1947, the CGS remained a senior staff appointment. In January 1959, the appointment of [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff]] (DCOAS) was established as the deputy commander of the Indian Army until it was superseded by the new post of [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] (VCOAS) In January 1965. Subsequently, the post of VCOAS replaced the CGS.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part II-Section 4: Ministry of Defence\|page=140 \|date=15 May 1965 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1965/O-1794-1965-0020-81818.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

	==Chiefs of the General Staff==		==Chiefs of the General Staff==
	Holders of the post have been:<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf \|date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref>		Holders of the post have been:<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf \|date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref>

	===British Indian Army (~~1906-1947~~)===		===British Indian Army (1906–1947)===
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	===Indian Army (~~1947-1965~~)===		===Indian Army (1947–1965)===
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	\|[[Major general (India)\|Major General]] [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] {{small\|{{postnominals\|country=GB\|sep=,\|OBE}}}}		\|[[Major general (India)\|Major General]] [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] {{small\|{{postnominals\|country=GB\|sep=,\|OBE}}}}
	\|[[7th Light Cavalry]]		\|[[7th Light Cavalry]]
	\|~~January~~ 1953		\|29 September 1953
	\|December 1955		\|December 1955
	\|<ref name="Chaudhuri"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S APPRECIATION \|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-03-29_045.pdf \|website=archive.pib.gov.in \|date=29 March 1954}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=ARMY COMMANDERS CONFERENCE \|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-12-06_238.pdf \|website=archive.pib.gov.in \|date=6 December 1955}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) \|page=238 \|date=31 October 1953 \|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1953/O-2248-1953-0044-103972.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="Chaudhuri"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S APPRECIATION \|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-03-29_045.pdf \|website=archive.pib.gov.in \|date=29 March 1954}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=ARMY COMMANDERS CONFERENCE \|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-12-06_238.pdf \|website=archive.pib.gov.in \|date=6 December 1955}}</ref>
	\|Later served as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Chief of the Army Staff]].		\|Later served as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Chief of the Army Staff]].
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	\|[[Lieutenant general (India)\|Lieutenant General]] Moti Sagar		\|[[Lieutenant general (India)\|Lieutenant General]] [[Moti Sagar]]
	\|[[4th Gorkha Rifles]]		\|[[4th Gorkha Rifles]]
	\| 4 October 1962		\| 4 October 1962

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The '''Chief of the General Staff, India''' was a senior military commander in [[British India]] from 1906 to 1947, and in the independent [[Indian Army]] from 1947 until 1965.

==History==
During British rule, the Chief of the General Staff, India assisted the [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] in commanding the [[British Indian Army]]. The post was largely honorary as all power resided in the hands of [[Commander-in-Chief, India]].<ref>[http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html The Indian Army in 1914] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |date=September 9, 2009 }}</ref> After Indian independence in 1947, the CGS remained a senior staff appointment. In January 1959, the appointment of [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff]] (DCOAS) was established as the deputy commander of the Indian Army until it was superseded by the new post of [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] In January 1965. Subsequently, the post of DCOAS replaced the CGS.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part II-Section 4: Ministry of Defence|page=140 |date=15 May 1965 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1965/O-1794-1965-0020-81818.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

==Chiefs of the General Staff==
Holders of the post have been:<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref>

===British Indian Army (1906-1947)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Unit of commission
!Ref
|-
|1
|Lieutenant-General [[Beauchamp Duff|Sir Beauchamp Duff]]
|Mar 1906
|Oct 1909
|[[Royal Artillery]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|2
|Lieutenant-General [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Sir Douglas Haig]]
|Oct 1909
|Feb 1912
|[[7th Queen's Own Hussars]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|3
|Lieutenant-General [[Percy Lake|Sir Percy Lake]]
|Feb 1912
|Jan 1916
|[[59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|4
|Lieutenant-General [[George Macaulay Kirkpatrick|Sir George Kirkpatrick]]
|Jan 1916
|Jan 1920
|[[Royal Engineers]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|5
|General [[Claud Jacob|Sir Claud Jacob]]
|Jan 1920
|Nov 1924
|[[Worcestershire Regiment]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|6
|General [[Andrew Skeen|Sir Andrew Skeen]]
|Nov 1924
|Oct 1928
|[[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|7
|General [[Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode|Sir Philip Chetwode]]
|Oct 1928
|Jul 1930
|[[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|8
|Lieutenant-General [[Cyril Deverell|Sir Cyril Deverell]]
|Jul 1930
|Mar 1931
|[[West Yorkshire Regiment|Prince of Wales's West Yorkshire Regiment]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|9
|General [[Kenneth Wigram|Sir Kenneth Wigram]]
|Mar 1931
|May 1934
|[[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|10
|General [[William Bartholomew (British Army officer)|Sir William Bartholomew]]
|May 1934
|Oct 1937
|[[Royal Artillery]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|11
|General [[Ivo Vesey|Sir Ivo Vesey]]
|Oct 1937
|Jun 1939
|[[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|12
|General [[Eric de Burgh|Sir Eric de Burgh]]
|Jun 1939
|May 1941
|[[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|13
|Lieutenant-General [[Thomas Jacomb Hutton|Sir Thomas Hutton]]
|May 1941
|Dec 1941
|[[Royal Artillery]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|14
|Lieutenant-General [[Edwin Morris (British Army officer)|Sir Edwin Morris]]
|Dec 1941
|Apr 1944
|[[Royal Engineers]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|15
|Lieutenant-General [[John Swayne|Sir John Swayne]]
|Apr 1944
|Jan 1946
|[[Somerset Light Infantry]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|16
|Lieutenant-General [[Arthur Smith (British Army officer)|Sir Arthur Smith]]
|Jan 1946
|Aug 1947
|[[Coldstream Guards]]
|<ref name=commands/>
|-
|}

===Indian Army (1947-1965)===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 20px;" | S.No
! scope="col" style="width: 450px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Regiment of commission
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 20px;" | References
! scope="col" style="width: 600px;" | Notes
|-
|1
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] [[K. M. Cariappa]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=GB|sep=,|OBE}}}}
|[[Rajput Regiment]]
|August 1947
|November 1947
|<ref>{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL K .M. CARIAPPA |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-08-18_209.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=18 August 1952}}</ref>
|Later became first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.
|-
|
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] ''[[Pran Nath Thapar]]''
|[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
|December 1947
|February 1948
|<ref>{{cite web |title=NEW CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-AUG-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-12-27_116.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=27 December 1947}}</ref>
|Officiating Chief of the General Staff. Later served as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]].
|-
|
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] ''[[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=GB|sep=,|OBE}}}}''
|[[7th Light Cavalry]]
|February 1948
|May 1948
|<ref name="Chaudhuri">{{cite web|title=General J.N. Chaudhuri|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1965-AUG-DEC-DURING-INDO-PAK/PDF/DEF-1965-11-09_235.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 November 1965|accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref>
|Officiating. Later served as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]].
|-
|2
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Kalwant Singh
|[[1st Punjab Regiment]]
|May 1948{{refn|Promoted to Lieutenant General in 1949.<ref>{{cite web |title=INDIAN DEFENCE DELEGATION IN OTTAWA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1949-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1949-05-12_171.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=12 May 1949}}</ref>|group= n}}
|March 1950
|<ref>{{cite web |title=DEFENCE MINISTER ENTERTAINS MOHAN BAGAN |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-10-26_299.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=26 October 1948}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=INDIAN DEFENCE DELEGATION IN OTTAWA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1949-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1949-05-12_171.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=12 May 1949}}</ref>
|Later served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]].
|-
|3
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] [[S. P. P. Thorat]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|KC}}}}, {{small|{{postnominals|country=GB|sep=,|DSO}}}}
|[[14th Punjab Regiment]]
|3 April 1950
|January 1953
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=35 |date=20 May 1950 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1950/O-2343-1950-0008-108747.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF N.C.C. |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-05-05_111.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=5 May 1952}}</ref>
|Later served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]].
|-
|4
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=GB|sep=,|OBE}}}}
|[[7th Light Cavalry]]
|January 1953
|December 1955
|<ref name="Chaudhuri"/><ref>{{cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S APPRECIATION |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-03-29_045.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=29 March 1954}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ARMY COMMANDERS CONFERENCE |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-12-06_238.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=6 December 1955}}</ref>
|Later served as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]].
|-
|5
|[[Major general (India)|Major General]] [[Mohinder Singh Wadalia]]
|[[Kumaon Regiment]]
|December 1955
|May 1957
|<ref>{{cite web |title=DEFENCE SERVICES DELEGATION LEAVE FOR CHINA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-09-24_115.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=25 September 1956}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=129 |date=25 May 1957 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2125-1957-0021-96387.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="appts">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=114 |date=16 May 1959 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1959/O-1985-1959-0020-89538.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|6
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] S. D. Verma
|
|May 1957{{refn|Promoted to Lieutenant General in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHANGES IN SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1958-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1958-12-09_230.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=9 December 1958}}</ref>|group= n}}
|December 1958
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=129 |date=25 May 1957 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2125-1957-0021-96387.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ATOMIC RESOURCES IN INDIA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1959-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1958-04-04_206.pdf|website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=4 April 1958}}</ref>
|
|-
|7
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Lionel Protip Sen]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=GB|sep=,|DSO}}}}
|[[Baloch Regiment]]
|February 1959
|8 May 1961
|<ref name="appts"/>
|Later served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]].
|-
|8
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Brij Mohan Kaul]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|[[Rajputana Rifles]]
|8 May 1961
|4 October 1962
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=128 |date=20 May 1961 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1909-1961-0020-85838.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davar |first=Praveen |date=1 December 2017 |title=How 1962 war cut short 2 brilliant careers |url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/011217/how-1962-war-cut-short-2-brilliant-careers.html |work=The Asian Age |location= |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
|9
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Moti Sagar
|[[4th Gorkha Rifles]]
| 4 October 1962
|15 January 1965
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Communique|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1964-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1964-05-08_320.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 May 1964|accessdate=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=73 |date=6 February 1965 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1965/O-1725-1965-0006-78835.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief of India]]
* [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Military history of British India]]
[[Category:British military appointments]]
[[Category:Indian military appointments]]