The post survived Indian independence and since 1948 has been manned by Indians who report to the Government of the Republic of India.
| Name
| Start
| Comments
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| Major–General Stringer Lawrence
| 1748 January ??
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| Lieutenant–General John Adlercron
| 1754 ???? ??
|
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| Major–General Robert Clive
| 1756 December 1
|
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| Brigadier–General John Caillaud
| 1760 February 25
|
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| Brigadier–General John Carnac
| 1760 December 31
|
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| Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote
| 1761 April ??
|
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| Major Thomas Adams
| 1763 ???? ??
| officiating
|
| Brigadier–General John Carnac
| 1764 January ??
|
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| General Sir Hector Munro of Novar
| 1764 July ??
|
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| Brigadier–General John Carnac
| 1765 January ??
|
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| Major–General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey
| 1765 May 3
|
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| Brigadier–General Richard Smith
| 1767 January 29
|
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| Brigadier–General Sir Robert Barker
| 1770 March 24
|
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| Colonel Charles Chapman
| 1773 December 22
|
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| Brigadier–General Alexander Champion
| 1774 January 18
|
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| Lieutenant–General Sir John Clavering
| 1774 November 2
|
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| Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert
| 1777 October 16
| officiating
|
| Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote
| 1779 March 25
| reappointed
|
| Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert
| 1783 April 27
| officiating
|
| General Sir Robert Sloper
| 1785 July 21
|
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| General Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis
| 1786 September 12
|
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| General Sir Robert Abercromby of Aithrey
| 1793 October 28
| officiating from 5 Oct. 1793
|
| Major–General Charles Morgan
| 1797 January 17
| officiating
|
| Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke
| 1798 May 17
|
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| General Sir James Henry Craig
| 1801 February 25
| officiating
|
| General Gerard Lake
| 1801 March 13
|
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| General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
| 1805 July 30
| reappointed
|
| General Gerard Lake, 1st Baron Lake
| 1805 October 5
| reappointed
|
| General Sir George Hewett
| 1807 October 17
|
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| Lieutenant–General Forbes Champagné
| 1807 December 10
| officiating
|
| Field Marshal Sir George Nugent
| 1811 January 14
|
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| General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, later Marquess of Hastings
| 1813 October 4
|
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| General Sir Edward Paget
| 1823 January 13
|
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| Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
| 1825 October 7
|
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| General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
| 1830 January 1
|
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| Lieutenant–General Sir Edward Barnes
| 1832 January 10
|
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| General Lord William Bentinck
| 1833 October 15
|
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| General Lord William Bentinck
| 1834 April 22
| new commission
|
| General Sir James Watson
| 1835 March 10
| officiating
|
| General Sir Henry Fane
| 1835 September 5
|
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| General Sir Jasper Nicolls
| 1839 December 7
|
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| Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough
| 1843 August 8
|
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| General Sir Charles James Napier
| 1849 May 7
|
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| Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm
| 1851 December 6
|
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| General George Anson
| 1856 January 23
|
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| Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant
| 1856 June 17
| officiating
|
| Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
| 1857 August 13
|
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| Field Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
| 1861 June 4
|
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| General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
| 1865 March 23
|
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| Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
| 1870 April 9
| He did much to benefit the army and to encourage good shooting.
|
| Field Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines
| 1876 April 10
|
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| Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart
| 1881 April 8
|
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| Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC
| 1885 November 28
|
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| Field Marshal Sir George Stewart White , VC
| 1893 April 8
|
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| General Sir Charles Edward Nairne
| 1898 March 20
| officiating
|
| General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart
| 1898 November 4
|
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| General Sir Arthur Power Palmer
| 1900 March 19
|
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| Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener
| 1902 November 28
| oversaw restructuring of the Indian Army
|
| General Sir Garret O'Moore Creagh, VC
| 1909 September 10
|
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| General Sir Harry Beauchamp Duff
| 1914 March 8
|
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| General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro
| 1916 October 1
|
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| General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson
| 1920 November 21
|
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| Field Marshal Sir Claude William Jacob
| 1925 April 3
|
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| Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac
| 1925 August 6
|
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| Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode
| 1930 November 30
|
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| Field Marshal General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels
| 1935 November 30
|
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| Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck
| 1941 January 27
|
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| Field Marshal Archibald Wavell
| 1941 July 5
| Left to take command of the short lived ABDACOM
|
| General Sir Alan Flemming Hartley
| 1942 January 5
|
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| Field Marshal Archibald Wavell
| 1942 March 7
| Reapointed, Hartley appointed Deputy C-in-C
|
| Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck
| 1943 June 20
| 1947 August 15 Became Supreme Commander India & Pakistan
|
| General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart
| 1947 August 15
|
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| General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher
| 1947 December 31
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