Adjutant-General (India)
The Adjutant-General of the Indian Army is the senior administration officer who reports to the Chief of Army Staff and is also the Colonel of the Corps of Military Police and Judge Advocate General.[1] Lt Gen Arvind Dutta is the current Adjutant-General of the Indian Army. [2]
Adjutants-General prior to Independence
Adjutants-General prior to Independence have included:
- 6 March 1840–7 April 1846 Colonel Sir Henry George Smith[3]
- 7 April 1846–22 November 1848 Colonel Charles Robert Cureton[4]
- 2 February 1849–8 February 1854 Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain[5]
- 7 April 1854–28 November 1854 Colonel Frederick Markham[6]
- 28 November 1854–30 July 1857 Colonel Henry Havelock[7]
- 31 July 1857–22 October 1858 Colonel Sir Edward Lugard[8]
- 22 October 1858–1860 Colonel the Hon. William Lygon Pakenham[9]
- 22 June 1860 – Jan 1866 Colonel Edmund Haythorne[10]
- Jan 1866 – Mar 1869 Colonel Henry Errington Longden
- Mar 1869 – Mar 1874 Major-General the Hon. Frederic Augustus Thesiger
- Mar 1874 – Sep 1874 Major-General Edwin Beaumont Johnson
- Sep 1874 – Oct 1879 Major-General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden
- Oct 1879 – Nov 1884 Major-General Sir George Richards Greaves
- Nov 1884 – Feb 1887 Major-General Sir Thomas Durand Baker
- Feb 1887 – Oct 1890 Major-General William Kidston Elles
- Oct 1890 – Apr 1895 Major-General William Galbraith
- Apr 1895 – Nov 1898 Major-General Gerald de Courcy Morton
- 4 November 1898 – 9 Nov 1901 Major-General Sir William Nicholson
- acting, while Nicholson served in South Africa during the Second Boer War:
- 4 Jan 1900 – Apr 1901 Major-General Sir Edmond Elles[11]
- Apr 1901 – Nov 1901 Major-General Beauchamp Duff
- 9 Nov 1901 – Jun 1903 Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien[12]
- Jun 1903 – Mar 1906 Major-General Beauchamp Duff
- Apr 1906 – May 1908 Major-General Alfred Martin
- Jun 1908 – Mar 1909 Major-General Robert Scallon
- Apr 1909 – Feb 1912 Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Barrett
- Mar 1912 – Nov 1915 Major-General Fenton Aylmer
- Nov 1915 – Feb 1917 Major-General John Walter
- Feb 1917 – Nov 1920 Lieutenant-General Sir Havelock Hudson
- Nov 1920 – Mar 1923 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Delamain
- Mar 1923 – Feb 1924 Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow
- Feb 1924 – May 1928 General Sir John Shea
- May 1928 – May 1930 General Sir Robert Cassels
- May 1930 – Apr 1932 General Sir Norman MacMullen
- Apr 1932 – Apr 1936 General Sir Walter Leslie
- Apr 1936 – Oct 1937 Lieutenant-General Sir John Brind
- Oct 1937 – Mar 1941 General Sir Roger Wilson
- May 1941 – Oct 1941 Lieutenant-General Brodie Haig
- Oct 1941 – Mar 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir William Baker
- Mar 1944 – Mar 1946 Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Deedes
- Mar 1946 – 1947 Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory[13]
References
- Army Headquarters Archived 6 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bharat Rakshak
- "Lt Gen Arvind Dutta appointed Adjutant General of Indian Army". ANI. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- "No. 19833". The London Gazette. 6 March 1840. p. 556.
- "No. 20592". The London Gazette. 7 April 1846. p. 1280.
- "No. 20941". The London Gazette. 2 February 1849. p. 316.
- "No. 21540". The London Gazette. 7 April 1854. p. 1090.
- "No. 21638". The London Gazette. 8 December 1854. p. 3991.
- "No. 22051". The London Gazette. 13 October 1857. p. 3426.
- "No. 22202". The London Gazette. 19 November 1858. p. 4909.
- "No. 22397". The London Gazette. 22 June 1860. p. 2361.
- "No. 27469". The London Gazette. 29 August 1902. p. 5610.
- "No. 27397". The London Gazette. 14 January 1902. p. 297.
- Army Commands Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 297
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