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Commanders-In-Chief: India

Name Tenure

General Sir Roy Bucher .................................................... 1 January 1948-14 January 1949

General (later Field Marshal) K.M. Cariappa ............... 15 January 1949-14 January 1953

General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji……………………… 15 January 1953-31 March 1955