1	General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart KCB, CIE, MC C-in-C, 15 Aug 1947 - 31 Dec 1947 Infantry, 51 Sikhs Frontier Force more...
2	General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher CB, OBE, MC C-in-C, 31 Dec 1947 - 15 Jan 1949 Infantry more...
3	Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa OBE C-in-C, 15 Jan 1949 - 14 Jan 1953 Infantry, Rajput Regiment more...
4.	General Maharaj K.S. Rajendrasinhji DSO C-in-C, 14 Jan 1953 - 31 March 1955 COAS, 01 April 1955 - 14 May 1955 Armoured Corps, 2 Lancers more...
5.	General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh COAS, 14 May 1955 - 07 May 1957 Infantry, Kumaon Regiment more...
6.	General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya DSO COAS, 07 May 1957 - 07 May 1961 Infantry, Kumaon Regiment more...
7.	General Pran Nath Thapar COAS, 07 May 1961 - 19 Nov 1962 Infantry, Bengal Infantry & Punjab more...
8.	General Joyanto Nath Chaudhury COAS, 19 Nov 1962 - 07 June 1966 Armoured Corps, 16 CAV and 7 LC more...
9.	General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam DSO COAS, 07 June 1966 - 07 June 1969 Regiment of Artillery more...
10.	Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bushan, MC COAS, 07 June 1969 - 15 Jan 1973 Infantry, 8 Gorkha Rifles more...
11.	General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM COAS, 15 Jan 1973 - 31 May 1975 Infantry, 11 Gorkha Rifles and Dogra more...
12.	General Tapishwar Narain Raina MVC COAS, 31 May 1975 - 31 May 1978 Infantry, Kumaon Regiment more...
13.	General O.P. Malhotra PVSM COAS, 31 May 1978 - 31 May 1981 Regiment of Artillery more...
14.	General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao PVSM COAS, 31 May 1981 - 31 July 1983 Infantry, Mahar Regiment more...
15.	General Arun Shridhar Vaidya Padma Vibhushan, PVSM, MVC (Bar), AVSM COAS, 31 July 1983 - 31 Jan 1986 Armoured Corps, Deccan Horse more...
16.	General Krishnaswamy Sundarji PVSM, ADC COAS, 01 Feb 1986 - 30 April 1988 Infantry, Mahar Regiment more...
17.	General V.N. Sharma PVSM, AVSM COAS, 30 April 1988 - 30 June 1990 Armoured Corps, 16 Light Cavalry more...
18.	General Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, VSM COAS, 30 June 1990 - 30 June 1993 Regiment of Artillery more...
19.	General Bipin Chandra Joshi PVSM, AVSM, ADC COAS, 30 June 1993 - 18 Nov 1994 Armoured Corps, 64 CAV and 2 Lancers more...
20.	General Shankar Roy-Chowdhury PVSM, ADC COAS, 22 Nov 1994 - 30 Sept 1997 Armoured Corps, 20 Lancers more...
21.	General V.P. Malik PVSM, AVSM, ADC COAS, 30 Sept 1997 - 30 Sept 2000 Infantry, Sikh Light Infantry more...
22.	General Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, ADC COAS, 30 Sept 2000 - 31 Dec 2002 Regiment of Artillery more...
23.	General N.C. Vij PVSM, UYSM, AVSM COAS, 31 Dec 2002 - 31 Jan 2005 more...
24.	General J.J. Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC COAS, 31 Jan 2005 - 30 Sept 2007 more...
25.	General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) more...