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The '''Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS)''' is a [[three-star rank]] medical [[flag officer]] in the [[Indian Armed Forces]]-of the protocol rank equivalent to Army Commanders/Defence Secretary. As the administrative head of the Armed Forces Medical Services, the DGAFMS is the advisor to the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] (CDS) and the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] on the medical requirements of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web| title =DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES | publisher =Ministry of Defence| url =https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services | access-date = 31 December 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132633/https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services| archive-date =31 December 2020| url-status = dead}}</ref>
The '''Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS)''' is a [[three-star rank]] medical [[flag officer]] in the [[Indian Armed Forces]]-of the protocol rank equivalent to Army Commanders/Defence Secretary. As the administrative head of the [[Armed Forces Medical Services]], the DGAFMS is the advisor to the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] (CDS) and the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] on the medical requirements of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web| title =DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES | publisher =Ministry of Defence| url =https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services | access-date = 31 December 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132633/https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services| archive-date =31 December 2020| url-status = dead}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
In March 1947, an ''Armed Forces Medical Services and Research Integration Committee'' was formed by the Government of India. The committee, headed by Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], subsequently Chief Minister of West Bengal until 1962, was tasked with examining the integration of medical services and research of the three branches of the Armed Forces. The committee recommended that the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services would have a supreme controller designated ''Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services''.<ref>{{cite web |title=DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES {{!}} Department Of Defence |url=https://www.mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services |website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref>
In March 1947, an ''Armed Forces Medical Services and Research Integration Committee'' was formed by the Government of India. The committee, headed by Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], subsequently Chief Minister of West Bengal until 1962, was tasked with examining the integration of medical services and research of the three branches of the Armed Forces. The committee recommended that the [[Armed Forces Medical Services|Indian Armed Forces Medical Services]] would have a supreme controller designated ''Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services''.<ref>{{cite web |title=DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES {{!}} Department Of Defence |url=https://www.mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services |website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref>


==Appointees==
==Appointees==
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|26 October 1966
|26 October 1966
|15 December 1967
|15 December 1967
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen A. K. Dev Takes Over as New DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENC/PDF/DEF-1966-10-25_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 October 1966|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen A. K. Dev Takes Over as New DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENC/PDF/DEF-1966-10-25_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 October 1966|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|15 December 1967
|15 December 1967
|27 July 1968
|27 July 1968
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen J R Vaid - New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-12-14_195.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 December 1967|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen Vaid Passes Away, Body Cremated With Full Military Honours|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-28_092.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen J R Vaid - New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-12-14_195.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 December 1967|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen Vaid Passes Away, Body Cremated With Full Military Honours|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-28_092.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|31 July 1968
|31 July 1968
|9 July 1969
|9 July 1969
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen B. Bhattacharjya, New Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-31_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen B. Bhattacharjya, New Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-31_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|9 July 1969
|9 July 1969
|1 August 1973
|1 August 1973
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Chatterjee Takes Over As Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1969-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1969-07-09_016.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 July 1969|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Chatterjee Takes Over As Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1969-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1969-07-09_016.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 July 1969|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|2 August 1973
|2 August 1973
|31 December 1974
|31 December 1974
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Ved Prakash Appointed Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-07-22_035.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 July 1973|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Ved Prakash Appointed Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-07-22_035.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 July 1973|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 January 1975
|1 January 1975
|23 April 1976
|23 April 1976
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Ajit Nath|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1666|website=IAF - Bharat Rakshak|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Ajit Nath|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1666|website=IAF - Bharat Rakshak|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|24 April 1976
|24 April 1976
|1 July 1977
|1 July 1977
|<ref name="RS_Hoon">{{cite web|title=Lt. Gen. R. S. Hoon Appointed Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-23_105.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 April 1976|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="BDP_Rao"/>
|<ref name="RS_Hoon">{{cite web|title=Lt. Gen. R. S. Hoon Appointed Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-23_105.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 April 1976|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="BDP_Rao"/>
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|1 July 1977
|1 July 1977
|24 April 1978
|24 April 1978
|<ref name="BDP_Rao">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Rao is New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-06-30_175.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1977|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="BDP_Rao">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Rao is New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-06-30_175.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1977|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|24 April 1978
|24 April 1978
|31 October 1979
|31 October 1979
|<ref name="reflections">{{cite web|title=Timeless Reflections 1764-2011|url=https://deltazuluconsultancy.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/timeless-reflections.pdf|website=Indian Army Medical Corps|date=2011|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Armed Forces Dental Clinic Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1978-APR-AUG-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1978-04-24_042.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 April 1978|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="DN_Gupta"/>
|<ref name="reflections">{{cite web|title=Timeless Reflections 1764-2011|url=https://deltazuluconsultancy.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/timeless-reflections.pdf|website=Indian Army Medical Corps|date=2011|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Armed Forces Dental Clinic Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1978-APR-AUG-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1978-04-24_042.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 April 1978|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="DN_Gupta"/>
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|1 November 1979
|1 November 1979
|31 January 1982
|31 January 1982
|<ref name="DN_Gupta">{{cite web|title=General Gupta New DGAFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-II/PDF/DEF-1979-10-28_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 October 1979|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="HS_Seth"/>
|<ref name="DN_Gupta">{{cite web|title=General Gupta New DGAFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-II/PDF/DEF-1979-10-28_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 October 1979|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="HS_Seth"/>
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|1 February 1982
|1 February 1982
|31 July 1982
|31 July 1982
|<ref name="HS_Seth">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen HS Seth New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-01-03_002.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 January 1982|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="HS_Seth">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen HS Seth New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-01-03_002.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 January 1982|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 August 1982
|1 August 1982
|31 May 1983
|31 May 1983
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director General For Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-M-II/PDF/DEF-1982-07-25_025.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 July 1982|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director General For Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-M-II/PDF/DEF-1982-07-25_025.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 July 1982|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 June 1983
|1 June 1983
|1985
|1985
|<ref>{{cite web|title=General Subramanian to Head Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-05-31_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 May 1983|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=General Subramanian to Head Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-05-31_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 May 1983|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|October 1985
|October 1985
|31 August 1986
|31 August 1986
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1985-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1985-10-18_298.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 October 1985|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-08-31_055.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 August 1986|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1985-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1985-10-18_298.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 October 1985|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-08-31_055.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 August 1986|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 September 1986
|1 September 1986
|31 December 1987
|31 December 1987
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Jagdish Narayan Appointed As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-09-06_058.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1986|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Jagdish Narayan Appointed As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-09-06_058.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1986|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 January 1988
|1 January 1988
|September 1988
|September 1988
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Symposium on Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-08-26_063.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 August 1988|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Symposium on Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-08-26_063.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 August 1988|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|30 September 1988
|30 September 1988
|February 1990
|February 1990
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Paul Appointed DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-09-30_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 September 1988|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Paul Appointed DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-09-30_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 September 1988|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|16 February 1990
|16 February 1990
|March 1991
|March 1991
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen VK Tewari Retires |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-03-05_084.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1991|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen VK Tewari Retires |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-03-05_084.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1991|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|16 April 1991
|16 April 1991
|December 1994
|December 1994
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen N C Sanyal Is New DG Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-04-16_110.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=16 April 1991|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen N C Sanyal Is New DG Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-04-16_110.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=16 April 1991|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|18 December 1994
|18 December 1994
|1 September 1996
|1 September 1996
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surgeon Vice Admiral Inderjit Singh Takes Over As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-12-18_430.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 December 1994|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surgeon Vice Admiral Inderjit Singh Takes Over As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-12-18_430.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 December 1994|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 September 1996
|1 September 1996
|1 September 1997
|1 September 1997
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen D Raghunath Takes Over As DG AFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-09-09_087.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1996|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="jayaswal"/>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen D Raghunath Takes Over As DG AFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-09-09_087.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1996|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="jayaswal"/>
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|1 September 1997
|1 September 1997
|2000
|2000
|<ref name="jayaswal">{{cite web|title=Gen Jayaswal New DG of Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/MINISTRY%20OF%20HEALTH/1997-JAN-DEC-MIN-HEALTH-FAMILY-PLANNING-NO-1-31/PDF/HEA-1997-09-01_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 September 1997|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="jayaswal">{{cite web|title=Gen Jayaswal New DG of Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/MINISTRY%20OF%20HEALTH/1997-JAN-DEC-MIN-HEALTH-FAMILY-PLANNING-NO-1-31/PDF/HEA-1997-09-01_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 September 1997|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|9 October 2000
|9 October 2000
|31 October 2002
|31 October 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Jetley Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2000-OCT-DEC-MIN-OF-DEC/PDF/DEF-2000-10-09_017.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 October 2000|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Jetley Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2000-OCT-DEC-MIN-OF-DEC/PDF/DEF-2000-10-09_017.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 October 2000|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 November 2002
|1 November 2002
|1 February 2004
|1 February 2004
|<ref>{{cite web|title=LT GEN SHAHI TAKES OVER AS NEW DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rnov2002/02112002/r021120021.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=LT GEN SHAHI TAKES OVER AS NEW DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rnov2002/02112002/r021120021.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|1 February 2004
|1 February 2004
|May 2005
|May 2005
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen JR Bhardwaj takes over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Rahul |date=3 June 2005 |title=More legal trouble for the Army|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/More-legal-trouble-for-the-Army/articleshow/1131905.cms|work=Times of India |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen JR Bhardwaj takes over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Rahul |date=3 June 2005 |title=More legal trouble for the Army|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/More-legal-trouble-for-the-Army/articleshow/1131905.cms|work=Times of India |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|June 2005
|1 May 2007
|1 May 2007
|<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2007 |title=Vice Adm Yogendra Singh to Take Charge as DGAFMS|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/04/30/vice-adm-yogendra-singh-to-take-charge-as-dgafms-1178000307.html |work=OneIndia.com |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2007 |title=Vice Adm Yogendra Singh to Take Charge as DGAFMS|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/04/30/vice-adm-yogendra-singh-to-take-charge-as-dgafms-1178000307.html |work=OneIndia.com |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surg. Vice Admiral Yogendra Singh takes over as new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 May 2007|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surg. Vice Admiral Yogendra Singh takes over as new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 May 2007|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Naresh Kumar assumes the charge of DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2009|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Naresh Kumar assumes the charge of DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2009|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt. General HL Kakria Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2011|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt. General HL Kakria Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2011|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite news |date=3 July 2012 |title=Air Marshal Joshi appointed DGAFMS |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/air-marshal-joshi-appointed-dgafms/969608/ |work=Indian Express |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="chopra"/>
|<ref>{{cite news |date=3 July 2012 |title=Air Marshal Joshi appointed DGAFMS |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/air-marshal-joshi-appointed-dgafms/969608/ |work=Indian Express |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="chopra"/>
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|<ref name="chopra">{{cite web|title=LT Gen BK Chopra Takes Over As DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2014|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="chopra">{{cite web|title=LT Gen BK Chopra Takes Over As DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2014|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen MK Unni Takes over as the new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 July 2016|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen MK Unni Takes over as the new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 July 2016|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Bipin Puri, VSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Service |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 2017|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Bipin Puri, VSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Service |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 2017|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Anup Banerji takes charge as DG AFMS|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1589978|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2019|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Anup Banerji takes charge as DG AFMS|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1589978|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2019|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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