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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]

Role, organisation and function

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The office of the Adjutant General deals with a wide spectrum of issues relating to Army, which includes manpower planning, human resource policy, recruitment, discipline, matters relating to Judge Advocate General's Department, Provost Marshal Directorate (Corps of Military Police), missing defence personnel, service matters relating to personnel and welfare of serving soldiers.[2]

The Adjutant-General's office is organised as follows:[3][4]

  • Director General (Manpower Planning and Personnel Services)
    • Additional Directorate General Manpower
    • Additional Directorate General of Recruiting
    • Additional Directorate General Personnel and Services
  • Director General (Discipline, Ceremonial and Welfare)
    • Additional Directorate General (Discipline and Vigilance)
    • Additional Directorate General (Ceremonial and Welfare)
    • Provost Marshal
    • Judge Advocate General's Department
    • Managing Director, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS)
  • Director General Medical Services
  • Director General Dental Services
  • Army Group Insurance
  • Directorate of Indian Army Veterans
    • Policy and Outreach
    • Pension and Entitlements
    • Benefits and Services
    • Career Transition Planning Sections
  • Army Welfare Education Society
  • Army Welfare Housing Organisation

Adjutants-General prior to Independence

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Adjutants-General before the independence of India have included:

RankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeReferences
ColonelSir Henry George Smith6 March 18407 April 1846[5]
ColonelCharles Robert Cureton7 April 184622 November 1848[6]
ColonelArmine Simcoe Henry Mountain2 February 18498 February 1854[7]
ColonelFrederick Markham7 April 185428 November 1854[8]
ColonelHenry Havelock28 November 185430 July 1857[9]
ColonelSir Edward Lugard31 July 185722 October 1858[10]
ColonelThe Hon. William Lygon Pakenham22 October 18581860[11]
ColonelEdmund Haythorne22 June 1860Jan 1866[12]
ColonelHenry Errington LongdenJan 1866Mar 1869
Major-GeneralThe Hon. Frederic Augustus ThesigerMar 1869Mar 1874
Major-GeneralEdwin Beaumont JohnsonMar 1874Sep 1874
Major-GeneralSir Peter Stark LumsdenSep 1874Oct 1879
Major-GeneralSir George Richards GreavesOct 1879Nov 1884
Major-GeneralSir Thomas Durand BakerNov 1884Feb 1887
Major-GeneralWilliam Kidston EllesFeb 1887Oct 1890
Major-GeneralWilliam GalbraithOct 1890Apr 1895
Major-GeneralGerald de Courcy MortonApr 1895Nov 1898
Major-GeneralSir William Nicholson4 Nov 18989 Nov 1901
Major-GeneralSir Edmond Elles (acting Adjutant-General)4 Jan 1900Apr 1901[13]
Major-GeneralBeauchamp Duff (acting Adjutant-General)Apr 1901Nov 1901
Major-GeneralHorace Smith-Dorrien9 Nov 1901Jun 1903[14]
Major-GeneralBeauchamp DuffJun 1903Mar 1906
Major-GeneralAlfred MartinApr 1906May 1908
Major-GeneralRobert ScallonJun 1908Mar 1909
Lieutenant-GeneralSir Arthur BarrettApr 1909Feb 1912
Major-GeneralFenton AylmerMar 1912Nov 1915
Major-GeneralJohn WalterNov 1915Feb 1917
Lieutenant-GeneralSir Havelock HudsonFeb 1917Nov 1920
Lieutenant-GeneralSir Walter DelamainNov 1920Mar 1923
Lieutenant-GeneralSir George BarrowMar 1923Feb 1924
GeneralSir John SheaFeb 1924May 1928
GeneralSir Robert CasselsMay 1928May 1930
GeneralSir Norman MacMullenMay 1930Apr 1932
GeneralSir Walter LeslieApr 1932Apr 1936
Lieutenant-GeneralSir John BrindApr 1936Oct 1937
GeneralSir Roger WilsonOct 1937Mar 1941
Lieutenant-GeneralBrodie HaigMay 1941Oct 1941
Lieutenant-GeneralSir William BakerOct 1941Mar 1944
Lieutenant-GeneralSir Ralph DeedesMar 1944Mar 1946
Lieutenant-GeneralSir Reginald SavoryMar 19461947[15]

Adjutants-General after Independence

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Adjutants-General after independence have included:

RankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeUnit of CommissionReferences
Major GeneralHira Lal Atal16th Light Cavalry[16][17]
S M ShrinageshJanuary 1948August 194819th Hyderabad Regiment[18]
Jayanto Nath ChaudhuriJanuary 1952January 19537th Light Cavalry[19]
Lieutenant GeneralKanwar Bahadur Singh1 October 195919th Hyderabad Regiment[16][20]
P P Kumaramangalam5 October 195930 April 1963Regiment of Artillery[21]
Kashmir Singh Katoch1 May 1963November 1963East Surrey Regiment[22]
Har PrasadDecember 19703rd Cavalry[23]
Har Krishen SibalDecember 1970June 19725th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)[23]
Srinivas Kumar SinhaJuly 1980Jat Regiment[24]
K BalaramJuly 1985Corps of Signals
SK Mazumdar1988Bengal Sappers
Manohar Lal Chibber5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)[25]
Bhartruhari Trimbak Pandit1990March 1992Corps of Engineers[26][27]
R V KulkarniMarch 1992April 1993Garhwal Rifles[28]
Madan Mohan LakheraJune 1993October 1995Kumaon Regiment[16][29]
Krishna Mohan SethOctober 199531 December 1997Regiment of Artillery[30]
S S Grewal1 January 199830 April 2002Jammu and Kashmir Rifles[31]
A Natarajan1 May 200231 January 2004Regiment of Artillery[32]
Mohinder Singh3 February 200430 October 2005Punjab Regiment[33]
A S Jamwal31 October 200531 August 2006Regiment of Artillery[34][35]
Thomas Mathew1 September 2006January 2009Rajput Regiment[34][36]
Mukesh SabharwalJanuary 20092011Rajput Regiment[37][38]
Jai Prakash Nehra2011May 2013Madras Regiment[39][40]
Sanjeev Anand20132014Mechanised Infantry Regiment[41][42]
Gurmit SinghJuly 20142015Assam Regiment[43]
Rakesh Sharma2015March 201711th Gorkha Rifles[44]
Ashwani Kumar201731 October 2019Corps of Army Air Defence[45]
Arvind Dutta1 January 2020November 2020Dogra Regiment[46]
Harsha GuptaDecember 2020March 2022Sikh Light Infantry[47]
Bansi PonnappaApril 2022IncumbentMahar Regiment[48]

References

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  6. ^ "No. 20592". The London Gazette. 7 April 1846. p. 1280.
  7. ^ "No. 20941". The London Gazette. 2 February 1849. p. 316.
  8. ^ "No. 21540". The London Gazette. 7 April 1854. p. 1090.
  9. ^ "No. 21638". The London Gazette. 8 December 1854. p. 3991.
  10. ^ "No. 22051". The London Gazette. 13 October 1857. p. 3426.
  11. ^ "No. 22202". The London Gazette. 19 November 1858. p. 4909.
  12. ^ "No. 22397". The London Gazette. 22 June 1860. p. 2361.
  13. ^ "No. 27469". The London Gazette. 29 August 1902. p. 5610.
  14. ^ "No. 27397". The London Gazette. 14 January 1902. p. 297.
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  21. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 November 1959. p. 286.
  22. ^ "Lt Gen KS Katoch retires" (PDF). 22 November 1970. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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  32. ^ "LT GEN A NATARAJAN TAKES OVER AS ADJUTANT GENERAL". 1 May 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  33. ^ "Lt Gen Mohinder Singh assumes charge as Adjutant General". 3 February 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  34. ^ a b "Lt Gen Thomas Mathew taking over the office of Adjutant General of Indian Army from Lt Gen A S Jamwal at Army HQ in New Delhi on September 1". 6 September 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  35. ^ "Lt Gen Anup Singh Jamwal takes over as Adjutant General". 31 October 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  36. ^ "Lt Gen Thomas Mathew takes over as new Adjutant General". 1 September 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  37. ^ "CMP Ceremonial Parade". 11 January 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  38. ^ "t Gen Mukesh Sabherwal (right) taking over the charge of Adjutant General from Lt Gen Thomas Mathew in New Delhi". 1 January 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  39. ^ "JAG Day, When Justice is Duty". 1 February 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  40. ^ "Senior Army general shunted after charges of irregularity". 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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  42. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  43. ^ "Platinum Jubilee, Corps of Military Police". 1 December 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  44. ^ "Indian Army and CGDA hold conference to upgrade Financial Governance". 16 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  45. ^ "Lt General Ashwani Kumar assumes charge as Adjutant General". 8 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  46. ^ "Lt Gen Arvind Dutta appointed Adjutant General of Indian Army". ANI. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  47. ^ "MOU Signed Between Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV) and Mrs Veena Nayyar to Support Families of Servicemen Deceased in the Line of Duty". 1 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  48. ^ @adgpi (1 April 2022). "Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa assumed the appointment of Adjutant General of Indian Army on 01 Apr 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 April 2022 – via Twitter.
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