Highlights
- Field Marshal KM Cariappa became the first army chief on 15 January.
- There were 2 lakh soldiers in the Indian Army at that time.
- Today there are 12,00,255 active soldiers.
about army day
The Indian Army was formed in 1776 by the East India Company in Kolkata. This army was occupied by the British commander before the independence of the country. When the country became independent in the year 1947, even then the Indian Army was headed by a British origin. About two years later, on 15 January 1949, the last British Commander-in-Chief of independent India, General Francis Butcher, handed over the command of the Indian Army to Indian Lieutenant General KM Cariappa. He became the first Indian military commander of independent India. It is one of the most important events in the history of India. That is why January 15 is celebrated every year as Indian Army Day. One of the motives of celebrating Army Day is also to salute all the martyrs who laid down their lives in the defense of the country and also to salute the soldiers who are engaged in the service of the country.
history of indian army
– The East India Company formed the Indian Army in Kolkata in 1776, then the number of Britishers in this army was more and Indians were less, at that time Indians were not kept in the rank of officers.
When Cariappa became the army chief, there were about 2 lakh soldiers in the Indian army. At the same time, there are about 12,00,255 active soldiers in the Indian Army today.
In today’s time, the Indian Army is the third largest military contingent in the world after the US and China. At the same time, today, most soldiers of the Indian Army go to UN Peacekeeping every year.
Today, the Indian Army has 53 cantonments and nine army bases across the country. Indian Military Engineering Services is the largest manufacturing company in India.
The Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force of the Indian Army, which was established in the year 1835.
The guards engaged in the security of the President are the oldest regiment of the Regimental Army and remain in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Indian Army controls the highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier. The Indian Army also has an external base in Tajikistan.
The motto of the Indian Army is ‘Service before Self’. India has the world’s largest volunteer army (reserved soldiers), whose number is about 9,90,960.
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About KM Cariappa
Born in Coorg, Karnataka in 1899, Field Marshal Cariappa started a job in the British Indian Army at the age of just 20.
He also received the Order of the British Empire for defeating the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War.
Cariappa led the army on the western border in the Indo-Pak war of 1947.
At the time of Indo-Pak independence, he was entrusted with the responsibility of dividing the armies of both the countries.
Cariappa retired in the year 1953 and later, he served as the High Commissioner of India to Australia and New Zealand till 1956. He died in the year 1993 at the age of 94.
The rank of Field Marshal is the highest in the Indian Army. This position is given as an honor. So far this rank has been given to only two officers in Indian history. The first Field Marshal of the country is Sam Manekshaw. He was awarded the rank of Field Marshal by the President in January 1973. M Cariappa was the second Field Marshal of the country. He was made Field Marshal in 1986.
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