Commander-in-Chief, India

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The British Commander-in-Chief in India reported to the civilian Governor-General of India. The Commander-in-Chief's staff were known as India Command and most were based at the General Headquarters India (GHQ India).

Following Indian Independence the post was merged into the office of the President of the Republic of India. Thus, the Indian President is also the Commander in Chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

This is a list of people who were the military Commander-in-Chief, India. The rank and title are the final for the person's career and not necessarily applicable to his tenure as Commander-in-Chief.

Major–General Stringer Lawrence</td> <td ></td> <td>1748 January ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td> Lieutenant–General John Adlercron</td> <td ></td> <td >1754 ???? ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td> Major–General Robert Clive</td> <td ></td> <td >1756 December 1</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td> Brigadier–General John Caillaud</td> <td ></td> <td >February 25 1760</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td> Brigadier–General John Carnac</td> <td ></td> <td >December 31 1760</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote</td> <td ></td> <td >1761 April ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td> Major Thomas Adams</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1763 ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td> Brigadier–General John Carnac</td> <td >2nd time appointment as C-in-C</td> <td >1764 January ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td> General Sir Hector Munro of Novar</td> <td ></td> <td >1764 July ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td> Brigadier–General John Carnac</td> <td >3rd time appointment as C-in-C</td> <td >1765 January ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td> Major–General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey</td> <td >2nd time appointment as C-in-C;Conquered Bengal from Nawab Siraj ud Dullah</td> <td >May 3 1765 ??</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">12</td> <td> Brigadier–General Richard Smith</td> <td ></td> <td >January 29 1767</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">13</td> <td> Brigadier–General Sir Robert Barker</td> <td ></td> <td >March 24 1770</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">14</td> <td> Colonel Charles Chapman</td> <td ></td> <td >December 22 1773</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">15</td> <td> Brigadier–General Alexander Champion</td> <td ></td> <td >1774 January 18</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">16</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Sir John Clavering</td> <td ></td> <td >1774 November 2</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">17</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1777 October 16</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">18</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote</td> <td >reappointed</td> <td >1779 March 25</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">19</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert</td> <td >reappointed</td> <td >1783 April 27</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">20</td> <td> General Sir Robert Sloper</td> <td ></td> <td >1785 July 21</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">21</td> <td> General Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis</td> <td >General and colonial governor during American Revolutionary War, and in India,famous for promulgating the Permanent Settlement and twice served as Governor General of India.</td> <td >1786 September 12</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">22</td> <td> General Sir Robert Abercromby</td> <td >officiating from 5 Oct. 1793</td> <td >1793 October 28</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">23</td> <td> Major–General Charles Morgan</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1797 January 17</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">24</td> <td> Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke</td> <td ></td> <td >1798 May 17</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">25</td> <td> General Sir James Henry Craig</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1801 February 25</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">26</td> <td> General Gerard Lake</td> <td ></td> <td >1801 March 13</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">27</td> <td> General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis</td> <td >reappointed</td> <td >1805 July 30</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">28</td> <td> General Gerard Lake, 1st Baron Lake</td> <td >reappointed</td> <td >1805 October 5</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">29</td> <td> General Sir George Hewett</td> <td ></td> <td >1807 October 17</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">30</td> <td> Lieutenant–General Forbes Champagné</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1807 December 10</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">31</td> <td>Field Marshal Sir George Nugent</td> <td ></td> <td >1811 January 14</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">32</td> <td>General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, later Marquess of Hastings</td> <td ></td> <td >1813 October 4</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">33</td> <td>General Sir Edward Paget</td> <td ></td> <td >1823 January 13</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">34</td> <td>Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere</td> <td ></td> <td >1825 October 7</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">35</td> <td>General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie</td> <td ></td> <td >1830 January 1</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">36</td> <td>Lieutenant–General Sir Edward Barnes</td> <td ></td> <td >1832 January 10</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">37</td> <td>General Lord William Bentinck</td> <td ></td> <td >1833 October 15</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>General Lord William Bentinck</td> <td >New Commission</td> <td >1834 April 22</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>General Sir James Watson</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1835 March 10</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>General Sir Henry Fane</td> <td ></td> <td >1835 September 5</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>General Sir Jasper Nicolls</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1839 December 7</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough</td> <td ></td> <td >1843 August 8</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td>General Sir Charles James Napier</td> <td >Conquered Sindh and made it part of Bombay Presidency</td> <td >1849 May 7</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td>General Sir William Maynard Gomm</td> <td ></td> <td >1851 December 6</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td>Major-General George Anson</td> <td ></td> <td >1856 January 23</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td>Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1857 June 17</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td>General Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde</td> <td ></td> <td >1857 August 13</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td>Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose</td> <td ></td> <td >1861 June 4</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">12</td> <td>General Sir William Rose Mansfield</td> <td ></td> <td >1865 March 23</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">13</td> <td>General Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala</td> <td >He did much to benefit the army and to encourage good shooting.</td> <td >1870 April 9</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">14</td> <td>General Sir Frederick Paul Haines</td> <td ></td> <td >1876 April 10</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">15</td> <td> General Sir Donald Stewart</td> <td ></td> <td >1881 April 8</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">16</td> <td>Lieutenant-General Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar VC</td> <td ></td> <td >1885 November 28</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">17</td> <td>General Sir George Stewart White, VC</td> <td ></td> <td >1893 April 8</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">18</td> <td>General Sir Charles Edward Nairne</td> <td >officiating</td> <td >1898 March 20</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">19</td> <td>General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart</td> <td ></td> <td >1898 November 4</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">20</td> <td>General Sir Arthur Power Palmer</td> <td ></td> <td >1900 March 19</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">21</td> <td>General Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener</td> <td >Oversaw restructuring of the Indian Army</td> <td >1902 November 28</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">22</td> <td>General Sir O'Moore Creagh, VC</td> <td ></td> <td >1909 September 10</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">23</td> <td>General Sir Harry Beauchamp Duff</td> <td ></td> <td >1914 March 8</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">24</td> <td>General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro</td> <td ></td> <td >1916 October 1</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">25</td> <td>General Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson</td> <td ></td> <td >1920 November 21</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">26</td> <td>General Sir Claud Jacob</td> <td ></td> <td >1925 April 3</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">27</td> <td>Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood</td> <td ></td> <td >1925 August 6</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">28</td> <td>Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode</td> <td ></td> <td >1930 November 30</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">29</td> <td>General Sir Robert Cassels</td> <td ></td> <td >1935 November 30</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">30</td> <td>General Sir Claude Auchinleck</td> <td ></td> <td >1941 January 27</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">31</td> <td>General Sir Archibald Wavell</td> <td >Left to take command of the short lived ABDACOM</td> <td >1941 July 5</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">32</td> <td>General Sir Alan Fleming Hartley</td> <td ></td> <td >1942 January 5</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">33</td> <td>Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell</td> <td >Reapointed, Hartley appointed Deputy C-in-C</td> <td >1942 March 7</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">34</td> <td>Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck</td> <td >Reapointed, 1947 August 15 Became Supreme Commander India & Pakistan and oversaw division of the Armed forces between the 2 new countries</td> <td >1943 June 20</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">35</td> <td>General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart</td> <td >C-in-C of Post-Partition India</td> <td >1947 August 15</td> <td ></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">36</td> <td>General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher</td> <td >C-in-C of Post-Partition India</td> <td >1947 December 31</td> <td ></td> </tr>