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  2. Indian Army - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, [3] and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The Indian Army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the East India Company ...

  3. Infantry of the Indian Army - Wikipedia

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    The present regiments of the Indian Army trace their origin to the British East India Company, when Indians were employed to protect their trading stations. From the middle of the eighteenth century, the three presidencies of the company began to maintain armies at Calcutta (Bengal Army), Madras (Madras Army) and Bombay (Bombay Army). The ...

  4. Defence Services Staff College - Wikipedia

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    Defence Services Staff College. / 11.363529; 76.7917566. The Defence Services Staff College ( DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India . It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – ( Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force ), selected officers from the ...

  5. Madras Engineer Group - Wikipedia

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    Madras Engineer Group ( MEG ), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bengaluru. The Madras Sappers are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of ...

  6. Indian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Armed Forces have been engaged in a number of major military operations, including: the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971, the Portuguese-Indian War, the Sino-Indian War, the 1967 Cho La incident, the 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish, the Kargil War, and the Siachen conflict among others.

  7. College of Defence Management - Wikipedia

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    Website. cdm .ap .nic .in. The College of Defence Management ( CDM) is an Indian defence service training institution imparting management training to defence servants. CDM is entrusted with the responsibility of instilling contemporary management thoughts, concepts and practices in the senior leadership of the three services.

  8. Chief of the Army Staff (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Army (IA), the land forces branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily held by a four-star general officer, the COAS is the senior-most operational officer of the IA, tasked with the roles of overseeing the overall functioning of the force during peace and wartime, committing to the ...

  9. Indian Army ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    History The Indian Army Ensign. 1947–1950. Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief ...