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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General K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, taking over from General Sir Roy Bucher in 1949. He led the Indian forces during the 1947-48 Kashmir war and later retired as Field Marshal.

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