Indian Army

1. By-Anuj Awasthi

2. Main Points Forces
 Armed forces lies under
ministry of defense
 Divided into three
services
 Army , Navy, Air force
 President of India is the
supreme commander of
the Indian defence
system
 Army-1947
 Air force-1932
 Navy-1934

4.  Indian Army is the
largest military
service in the India
 It came into being
when India gained
independence
 About 1100000
soldiers are in active
service
 2142821 reserve
personals
 It is the 2nd largest
force of the world in
number of soldiers.
 Head Quarter-New
Delhi
 Chief of the army-
General V.K. Singh

5.  Commands
 Division
 Corps
 Brigade(3000)
 Battalion(900
 Company(120)
 Platoon(32)
 Section(10
personnel)
 Indian Army has 6
commands including a
training command
shimla
 Western-Chandigarh
 Eastern-kolkata
 Northern-udhampur
 Southern-Pune
 Central-lucknow
 South westrern-Jaipur

7.  Infantry
 Education
 Engineering
 Medical
 Signal
 Transport &
logistics
 Military
intelligence

8.  General
 Lt. General
 Major General
 Brigadier
 Colonel
 Lt. colonel
 Major
 Captain
 Lieutenant
 Field marshal
 Only two person
have got this rank
after the
independence of
India
 Gen. Sam
Maneakshaw
 Gen. K.M. Cariappa

9.  In 1992 an important
landmark in the
history of Indian
army was the
induction of women
in Indian army.
 B.S.F. has setup a
battalion of women
in Punjab

10.  Infantry regiments
 Armored regiments
 Artillery regiments
 Assam riffles is the
oldest regiments of
Indian Army

11.  Defence research &
development
organization
 Bharat dynamic
limited(Hyderabad)
 Missiles-
agni,prithvi,dhanush,a
kash,trishul.bramos
 Radars-
indra,rani,rashmi,rajen
dra
 Tanks-T-54,T-
55,arjun,bhishm

12.  Permanent
commission
 Short commission
 Direct entry
 Education entry
 Permanent till the
time of retirement
 Short commission
for 10-14 years

13.  High altitude warfare
school of Indian
army is located at
gulmarg
 Total defence
expenditure of India
on army was-
74019.95
 It was 50% of total
expanditure

14.  Gallantry awards-
Those for gallantry
in the face of the
enemy
 Param Vir Chakra
 Maha Vir Chakra
 Vir Chakra
 Chiefs of Staff
Commendation Card
 Non-gallantry
awards-Those for
gallantry other than
in the face of the
enemy
 Ashoka Chakra
 Kirti Chakra
 Shaurya Chakra

15. Thanks