ARMY FIRST

1. 1st chief of Army Staff---General Rajendrasinhji
2. 1st Commander in chief of Indian Army---General KM Cariappa (later Field Marshal)
3. The chief of Army during 1971 war---Field Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw
4. First Army Chief to become Field Marshall---Field Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw
5. First Sikh to become the Chief of Army Staff---General JJ Singh
6. First Army Chief to die in harness ---General BC Joshi
7. First Chief of Naval Staff---Vice Admiral RD Katari
8. First Naval Chief to be removed from office---Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
9. 1st Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall---Thomas Elmhirst
10. 1st Indian Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall---Subroto Mukherji
11. 1st Chief in the rank of Air Chief Marshall---Air Chief Marshall Arjan Singh
12. 1st Marshall of the Indian Air Force---Air Chief Marshall Arjan Singh
13. The Chief of Air Staff during 1971 war---Air Chief Marshall PC Lal
14. First Chief of Integrated Service Command---Lt Gen Pankaj S Joshi