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 Gurmit Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM 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:
  • Jan 1900 - Apr 1901 Major-General Sir Edmond Elles
  • Apr 1901 - Nov 1901 Major-General Beauchamp Duff
• 9 Nov 1901 - Jun 1903 Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien^[11]
• 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^[12]

References

1. Army Headquarters Bharat Rakshak
2. Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh has taken over as Adjutant General at the Integrated Headquarters of MoD SP's Land Forces
3. The London Gazette: no. 19833. p. 556. 6 March 1840.
4. The London Gazette: no. 20592. p. 1280. 7 April 1846.
5. The London Gazette: no. 20941. p. 316. 2 February 1849.
6. The London Gazette: no. 21540. p. 1090. 7 April 1854.
7. The London Gazette: no. 21638. p. 3991. 8 December 1854.
8. The London Gazette: no. 22051. p. 3426. 13 October 1857.
9. The London Gazette: no. 22202. p. 4909. 19 November 1858.
10. The London Gazette: no. 22397. p. 2361. 22 June 1860.
11. The London Gazette: no. 27397. p. 297. 14 January 1902.
12. Army Commands, p. 297