During the period of the

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and

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rule in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief ''in'' or ''of'' India") was the supreme commander of the

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from 1833 to 1947. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at GHQ India, and liaised with the civilian

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. Following the

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in 1947 and the creation of the independent dominions of

and

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, the post was abolished. It was briefly replaced by the position of Supreme Commander of India and Pakistan before the role was abolished in November 1948. Subsequently, the role of Commander-in-Chief was merged into the offices of the Commanders-in-Chief of the independent

and

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, respectively, before becoming part of the office of the

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from 1950 and of the

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from 1947. Prior to independence, the official residence was the Flagstaff House, which later became the residence of the first Prime Minister of India; as

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(Teen Murti House), it is now a museum. This is a list of people who were the military Commander-in-Chief, India until 1947. The rank and title are the final ones for the officer's career and not necessarily applicable to his tenure as Commander-in-Chief in India. P.R. Cadell wrote an article correcting and elaborating on the early commanders-in-chief of the

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's forces in the ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' in 1944.

List of Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders-in-Chief have been:Army Commands
† denotes people who died in office.

Commanders-in-Chief of India, 1801–1857

Commanders-in-Chief of India, 1861–1947

References

* (Summer 1944) *

External links

Chronological List of Commanders-in-Chief, India to 1947
* Bharat Rakshak, Land Forces {{India topics British military commanders in chief Government of British India Military history of British India 1748 establishments in the British Empire 1947 disestablishments in the British Empire

List of Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders-in-Chief of India, 1801–1857

Commanders-in-Chief of India, 1861–1947

See also

References

External links