Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first Indian Commander -in-chief of free India was…

  1. Air Marshal S Mukherjee

  2. Gen. Rajendrasinhji

  3. General Cariappa

  4. Gen. Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
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Explanation

General (later Field Marshal) K.M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949, marking the transition from British command to Indian leadership. The prefix 'General' in his name is a title, not a first name. Air Marshal Mukherjee, Rajendrasinhji, and Bewoor held other military positions but were not the first C-in-C.

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