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| {{Short description|Protocol list of governmental positions in India}}
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| The '''order of precedence of the Republic of India''' is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the [[separation of powers]] under the constitution. The order is established by the [[President of India]], through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. It is not applicable for the day-to-day functioning of the Government of India.
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| == Order ==
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| If there are multiple persons of similar rank, then they will be listed in alphabetical order. The order of precedence between themselves is determined by the date of entry into that position/rank.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|access-date=5 August 2010|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Precedence (Updated) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
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| ! Rank
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| ! Persons
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| [[President of India|President]] ([[Ram Nath Kovind]])
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| [[Vice President of India|Vice-President]] ([[Venkaiah Naidu]])
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| [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] ([[Narendra Modi]])
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| [[Governors of states of India|Governors of states]] (within their respective states)
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| Former Presidents ([[Pratibha Devisingh Patil|Pratibha Patil]])
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| [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Deputy Prime Minister]] (vacant)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/documents/table-precedence|title=table of precedence}}</ref>
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| * [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]] ([[N. V. Ramana]])
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| * [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] ([[Om Birla]])
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| * [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet ministers of the Government of India]]
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| * [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief ministers of states]] (within their respective states)
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| *[[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]] (''position no longer exists'', replaced by NITI Aayog){{Efn|The [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] was dissolved by the Government of India in 2014 and was replaced by the [[NITI Aayog]].|name=Planning Commission}}
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| * Former Prime Ministers ([[H. D. Deve Gowda]], [[Manmohan Singh]])
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| * [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leaders of the opposition]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] ([[Mallikarjun Kharge]]) and the [[Lok Sabha]] (''Vacant'')
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| | 7A<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |title=Ministry of Home |access-date=2 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |archive-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| * Holders of the [[Bharat Ratna]] ([[Amartya Sen]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[C. N. R. Rao]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]])
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| * [[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary|Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary]] and the [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|high commissioners]] of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]] [[List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to India|accredited to India]].
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| * [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief ministers of states]] (when outside their respective states)
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| *[[Governor (India)|Governors of states]] (when outside their respective states)
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| | [[List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India|Justices of the Supreme Court of India]]
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| * Chairman of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] (Pradeep Kumar Joshi)<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Pradeep Kumar Joshi appointed as UPSC chairman |url=https://theprint.in/india/professor-pradeep-kumar-joshi-appointed-upsc-chairman/477017/ |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=7 August 2020}}</ref>
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| * [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]] ([[Sushil Chandra]])
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| * [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India|Comptroller and Auditor General]] ([[G. C. Murmu|Girish Chandra Murmu]])
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| * [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] ([[Harivansh Narayan Singh]])
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| * [[Deputy Chief Minister|Deputy chief ministers of states]]
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| * [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (''vacant'')
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| * Members of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Planning Commission}}
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| * [[Minister of State|Ministers of states of the Union]] (and any other Minister in the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] for defence matters)
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| *[[Lieutenant Governor (India)|Lieutenant Governors of union territories]] (within their respective union territories)
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| * [[Attorney General of India|Attorney General]] ([[K. K. Venugopal]])
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| * [[Cabinet Secretary of India|Cabinet Secretary]] ([[Rajiv Gauba]])
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| *Chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[full General]] or equivalent rank ([[Four-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]])
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| ** [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Bipin Rawat]])
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| ** [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]])
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| ** [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]])
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| ** [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[Karambir Singh]])
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| |[[Envoy (title)|Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary]] accredited to India
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| * [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief justices of high courts]]
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| * [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Chairmen and speakers of state legislatures]] (within their respective states)
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| * [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief ministers of union territories]] (within their respective union territories)
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| * Cabinet ministers in states (within their respective states)
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| * Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (within their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|The Delhi Metropolitan Council was dissolved by the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and the Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi was replaced by the [[List of Chief Ministers of Delhi|Chief minister of Delhi]] and the executive councillors were replaced by government ministers. Whereas, the chairman and deputy chairman of the council were replaced by the speaker and deputy speaker of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]].|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * Deputy ministers of the union
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| |Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[Lieutenant-General|lieutenant general]] or equivalent rank
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| * Judges of [[List of high courts in India|high courts]]
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| * Chairman, [[Tribunals in India|Central Administrative Tribunal]]
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| * Chairman, [[National Commission for Minorities|Minorities Commission]]
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| * Chairman, [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes|Scheduled Castes]] and [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes Commission]]<ref name="HA" />
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| * Cabinet ministers in states (outside their respective states)
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| * [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Chairmen and speakers of state legislatures]] (outside their respective states)
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| * Chairman of Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission was replaced by the [[Competition Commission of India]] through [[The Competition Act, 2002]].|name=Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission}}
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| * Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (within their respective states)
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| * Ministers of state in states (within their respective states)
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| * Ministers of union territories and executive councillors of Delhi (within their respective union territories)
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| * [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories]]
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| * Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * Chief commissioners of union territories not having a council of ministers (within their respective union territories)
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| * Deputy ministers in states (within their respective states)
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| * Deputy speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
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| * Deputy chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (outside their respective states)
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| * Ministers of state in states (outside their respective state)
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| |[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]]
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| |Deputy ministers in states (outside their respective states)
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| * [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretaries to the Government of India]]
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| *Senior [[Three-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]] who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or Vice Chiefs of staff, holding the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank
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| ** [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Chandi Prasad Mohanty]])
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| ** Army Commanders (General Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
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| ** [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Satish Namdeo Ghormade]])
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| ** Naval Commanders (Flag Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
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| ** [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] [[Sandeep Singh (air marshal)|Sandeep Singh]])
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| ** Air Commanders (Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
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| * [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries to state Governments]] (within their respective states)
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| * Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities
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| * Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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| * Members, Minorities Commission
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| * Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
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| * Secretary, Minorities Commission
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| * Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
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| * Secretary to the President
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| * [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|Secretary to the Prime Minister]]
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| * Secretary General, Rajya Sabha/[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]]
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| * [[Solicitor General of India|Solicitor General]] ([[Tushar Mehta]])
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| * Vice-Chairman of the [[Central Administrative Tribunal]]
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| * [[Three-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]]
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| ** [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant general]]s of the [[Indian Army]]
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| ** [[Air Marshal (India)|Air marshal]]s of the [[Indian Air Force]]
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| ** [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice admiral]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]
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| * [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional secretaries to Government of India]]
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| * Principal staff officers of the [[Armed Forces of India|Armed Forces]] of the rank of [[Major general (India)|major general]] or equivalent rank
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| * [[Advocate general (India)|Advocates general of states]]
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| * [[Additional Solicitor General of India|Additional solicitors general]]
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| * Chairman, Tariff Commission
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| * [[Chargé d'affaires]] and acting high commissioners a pied and [[Ad interim|ad. interim]].
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| * [[List of current Indian chief ministers|Chief ministers of union territories]] (outside their respective union territories)
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| * Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries of state governments]] (outside their respective states)
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| * Deputy comptrollers and auditors general
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| * Deputy speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
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| * Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * Deputy Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]] ([[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]])
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| * Director, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]
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| * Director General, [[Border Security Force]]
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| * Director General, [[Central Reserve Police Force]]
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| * [[Lieutenant-Governor|Lieutenants governor of union territories]] (outside their respective union territories)
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| * Members, Central Administrative Tribunal
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| * Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission}}
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| * Members of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] and State Public Service Commission.<ref>https://gad.kerala.gov.in/order-precedence</ref>
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| * Ministers of union territories and executives councillors of Delhi (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| * [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories]]
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| * [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint secretaries to the Government of India]]
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| * [[Two-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]]
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| ** [[Major general (India)|Major general]]s of the [[Indian Army]]
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| ** [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear admiral]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]
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| ** [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air vice marshal]]s of the [[Indian Air Force]]
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| == Notes ==
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| {{Notelist}}
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Gazetted Officer (India)|Gazetted Officer]]
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| * [[List of office-holders in India]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| * [https://shikshaved.com/2021/10/12/independence-day-essay-in-marathi/ Order of Precedence of India] MHA, India
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| [[Category:Government of India|Order of precedence]]
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