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Indian Defence Important Notes 

Army headquarters ,-Indian Air Force Indian Navy Defence Admiral Vice Admiral Read Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lt Commander Lieutenant Army Staff and assisted by the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff and seven other Principal Staff Officers Air chief Marshal Air Marshal Air Vice Marshal Air Commodore Group Captain Wing Commander Squardron Leader

Ranks:-

1.       Navy

2.       Admiral

3.       Vice Admiral

4.       Read Admiral

5.       Commodore

6.       Captain

7.       Commander

8.       Lt Commander

9.       Lieutenant

10.   Sub-Lieutenant

The President of India is the supreme commander of the Indian defence system

The whole administrative control of the Armed forces lies in the Ministry of Defence

The Defence Minister is responsible to Parliament for all matters concerning defence of the country.

Indian defence system has been divided into three services-

1. ARMY

Army has its headquarters in New Delhi. 

It is head by Chief of the Army Staff and assisted by the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff and seven other Principal Staff Officers, namely, two Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Ajutant General, Quarter Master General, Master General of Ordinance, Military Secretary and Engineer-in-Chief. The army has following commands

S.No.	Command	Headquarter
1	Western command	Chandigarh
2	Eastern command	Kolkata
3	Northern command	56 APO
4	Southern command	Pune
5	Central command	Lucknow
6	Army Training Command	Shimla
7	South Western Command	Jaipur

Indian Army consists of following ranks:-

1.       General

2.       Lt. General

3.       Major General

4.       Brigadier

5.       Colonel

6.       Lt. Colonel

7.       Major

8.       Captain

9.       Lieutenant

2----INDIAN AIR FORCE

The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8 October 1932.

S.No.	Command	Headquarter
1	Western command	New Delhi
2	Central command	Allahabad
3	Eastern command	Shillong
4	South western command	Jodhpur
5	Training command	Bangaluru
6	Maintenance command	Nagpur
7	Southern command	Thiruvananthapuram

RANKS:

1.       Air chief Marshal

2.       Air Marshal

3.       Air Vice Marshal

4.       Air Commodore

5.       Group Captain

6.       Wing Commander

7.       Squardron Leader

8.       Flt. Lieutenant

9.       Flying officers

3---INDIAN NAVY

On 22 April 1958 V Adm RD Katari assumed office as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.

Indian Navy is headed by Chief of Navel Staff with headquarters at New Delhi. He is assisted by Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Personnel, Chief of Material and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. The Navy is organised into following commands:-

S.No.	Command	Headquarter
1	Eastern command	Vishakhapatnam
2	Southern command	Kochi
3	Western command	Mumbai