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Army Commanders
Lt Gen SM Shrinagesh (15 Jan 1949 - 14 Jan 1953)
Lt Gen KS Thimayya, DSO (15 Jan 1953 - 31 Aug 1953) (25 Mar 1954 - 14 May 1955)
Lt Gen Kalwant Singh (01 Sep 1953 - 24 Mar 1954) (15 May 1955 - 14 May 1959)
Lt Gen PN Thapar (25 May 1959 - 07 May 1961)
Lt Gen Daulet Singh (08 May 1961 - 22 Nov 1963)
Lt Gen SHFJ Manekshaw, MC (04 Dec 1963 - 15 Nov 1964)
Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh, VrC (16 Nov 1964 - 26 Sep 1969)
Lt Gen KP Candeth, PVSM (27 Sep 1969 - 21 Oct 1972)
Lt Gen ML Thapan, PVSM (23 Oct 1972 - 26 Oct 1973)
Lt Gen TN Raina, MVC (27 Oct 1973 - 31 May 1975)
Lt Gen IS Gill, PVSM, MC(10 Jun 1975 - 30 May 1979)
Lt Gen KV Krishna Rao, PVSM (31 May 1979 - 31 May 1981)
Lt Gen SK Sinha, PVSM (01 Jun 1981 - 31 Dec 1982)
Lt Gen K Sundarji, PVSM* (01 Jun 1983 - 13 Feb 1985)
Lt Gen H Kaul, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (14 Feb 1985 - 30 Sep 1986)
Lt Gen PN Hoon, PVSM, AVSM, SM (01 Oct 1986 - 31 Oct 1987)
Lt Gen VK Nayar, PVSM, SM, ADC (01 Nov 1987 - 31 Oct 1989)
Lt Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (01 Nov 1989 - 30 Jun 1990)
Lt Gen GS Grewal, PVSM (01 Jul 1990 - 31 Jul 1992)
Lt Gen BC Joshi, PVSM, AVSM* (14 Aug 1992 - 30 Jun 1993)
Lt Gen RK Gulati, PVSM (01 Jul 1993 - 15 Apr 1995)
Lt Gen Arun Gautam, PVSM (16 Apr 1995 - 31 Oct 1996)
Lt Gen HB Kala, PVSM, AVSM, SC (01 Nov 1996 - 14 Oct 1999)
Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (15 Oct 1999- 29 Sep 2000)
Lt Gen Surjit Singh, PVSM, VSM (30 Sep 2000 - 31 Mar 2002)
Lt Gen SS Mehta, PVSM, AVSM**, VSM, ADC (01 Apr 2002 - 31 Jan 2004)
Lt Gen JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC (01 Feb 2004 - 31 Jan 2005)
Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman, AVSM, SM, VSM (01 Feb 2005 - 30 Sep 2005)
Lt Gen Daljeet Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC (01 Oct 2005 to 31 Oct 2007)
Lt Gen TK Sapru, PVSM, YSM, ADC (01 Nov 2007 - 30 Nov 2009)
Lt Gen SR Ghosh, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC (01 Dec 2009 - 31 May 2012)
Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra, AVSM, VSM (01 Jun 2012 - 30 Jun 2013)
Lt Gen Philip Campose AVSM**, VSM (01 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2014)
Lt Gen KJ Singh PVSM, AVSM** (01 Aug 2014 - 31 Jul 2016)
Lt Gen Surinder Singh PVSM, AVSM**, VSM, ADC (01 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2019)
Lt Gen RP Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM (01 Aug 2019 - 31 Oct 2021)
Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri AVSM, VSM (01 Nov 2021 - Till Date)
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