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As of March 2021, the Indian Navy has three operational commands and one

training command:
 Western Naval Command: Located in Mumbai
 Eastern Naval Command: Located in Visakhapatnam
 Southern Naval Command: Located in Kochi
 Training Command: Located in Kochi
Andaman & Nicobar Command: Located in Port Blair

What are the 7 commands in Indian Army?


 Western Command: Chandimandir.
 Eastern Command: Kolkata.
 Northern Command: Udhampur.
 Southern Command: Pune.
 Central Command: Lucknow.
 Army Training Command: Shimla.
 South-Western Command: Jaipur.

As of February 2023, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has seven commands:
 Eastern Air Command: Headquartered in Shillong
 South-Western Air Command: Headquartered in Gandhinagar
 Southern Air Command: Headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram
 Western Air Command: Headquartered in New Delhi
 Central Air Command: Headquartered in Allahabad
 Maintenance Command: Headquartered in Nagpur
Training Command: Headquartered in Bangalore
represents a 5 star rank

 Admiral of the fleet, has never been awarded yet.


 Field marshal, awarded to Kodandera Madappa Cariappa and Sam
Manekshaw.
 Marshal of the Indian Air Force, awarded to Arjan Singh.
 Indian military officers of five-star rank hold their rank for life, and are
considered to be serving officers until their deaths.
NOTES
Since gaining independence in 1947, India has fought four wars:
 1947: Indo-Pak War:- 1st MVC Brigadier Rajinder Singh. (savior of Kashmir)
 1962: India-China War:- MVC. Jaswant Singh Rawat , Nayak Bahadur Singh
 1965: Indo-Pakistan War:- PVC Abdul Hamid
 1971: India-Pakistan War:- Hero was Sam Manekshaw
 1999: Kargil War:- PVC Cap. Vikram Battra , PVC Cap. Manoj Pandey

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