Indian Army

Indian Army
भारतीय सेना
Insignia of the Indian Army
Founded	26 January 1950 (1950-01-26) (in current form) 1 April 1895 (1895-04-01) (as British Indian Army)
Country	India
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	1,248,000 active personnel 900,000 reserve personnel ~310 manned aircraft
Part of	India Armed Forces
Headquarters	Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Motto(s)	Sevā Paramo Dharmaḥ (ISO) transl. 'Service Before Self' lit. 'Service is the eternal dharma.'
Colours	Gold, red and black
March	Quick: Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja (Keep stepping forward) Slow: Samman Guard (The Guard of Honour)
Anniversaries	Army Day: 15 January
Engagements	See list: Large scale international conflicts Mahdist War (1881–1899) World War I (1914–1918) World War II (1939–1945) Korean War Wars with Afghanistan Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) Tirah campaign (1897–1898) Waziristan campaign (1919–1920) Wars with China Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Sino-Indian War (1962) Second Sino-Indian War (1967) China–India border skirmishes Sri Lankan Civil War Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War (1987–1990) Indian intervention in Maldives coup d'etat (1988) Wars with Pakistan First Kashmir War (1947–1949) Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Siachen conflict (1984–2003) Kargil War (1999) India-Pakistan standoffs and border skirmishes 2008 India–Pakistan standoff 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 2016 Indian Line of Control strike 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes Minor conflicts and annexations Expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) Annexation of Hyderabad (1948) Annexation of Goa (1961) Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954) Invasion of Sikkim (1975) Domestic conflicts Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–) Insurgency in Northeast India (1954–) Naxalite-Maoist insurgency (1967–)
Website	indianarmy.nic.in
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	President Droupadi Murmu
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)	General Upendra Dwivedi
Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS)	Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani
Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (DCOAS)	Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma
Notable commanders	Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw General K. S. Thimayya
Insignia
Flag
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter	HAL Rudra, HAL Prachand
Utility helicopter	HAL Dhruv, HAL Chetak, HAL Cheetah

The Indian Army is the part of the Indian Military which operates on land. It is the largest part of the Indian Military. It was started as the British Indian Army in 1895 and later absorbed the Presidency armies. In 1947 it became the army of independent India.

In 2010, Indian Army had 1,128,000 active personnel and 960,000 personnel. It has more soldiers than any other nation except China, the United States, and Russia. Majority of the Indian Army's forces are currently stationed in the northern region of Kashmir.