The indian army is also the second largest standing army in the world. The indian army is the land based branch of the indian armed forces it is the largest component of the indian armed forces with 1 237 117 active troops and 960 000 reserve troops. This process of restructuring was running for 35 years to balance the ranks with civil services.
With this slashing the colonel who is getting a promotion will directly become major general. But indian army is planning to cut down its brigadier rank form the officer s cadre. Let us tell you that only field marshal sam manekshaw and field marshal km cariappa were the only two officers to be elevated to the rank of field marshal.
The field marshal rank is the top rank in the indian army. The other two armed forces of india are the indian air force and the indian navy. The indian army is one of the indian armed forces which is a land based branch.
Indian army ranks as per the structure of officers ranks are given here in detail. Spain italy france the netherlands and the indonesian police ranks. In other countries it is a non commissioned rank e g.
Brigadier b r ɪ ɡ ə ˈ d ɪər is a military rank the seniority of which depends on the country in some countries it is a senior rank above colonel equivalent to a brigadier general typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. Until 26 january 1950 when india became a republic the indian army utilised the british pattern rank badges of the british indian army upon independence in 1947 india became a dominion within the british commonwealth of nations but the old rank insignia incorporating the tudor crown and four pointed bath star pip was retained as george vi remained commander in chief of the.
