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.[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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