The Indian Army is the largest and main component of Indian Armed forces. Indian army was founded on 1 April 1895, 124 years ago. The size of Indian Army is 1,237,117 active personnel, 960000 reserve personnel and 181 manned aircraft. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of Indian Army Forces. Two officers have been conferred with rank of Five star which is a ceremonial position for the great honour. The units of Indian Army have participated in many battles and campaigns across the world, earning a large number of battles across the world and even won large number of battles before and after independance. The army has embarked on an Futuristic Infanty Soldier As a System, and is also upgrading and aquiring new assests for its armoured and aviation branches.

Indian army is a main part of Indian Armed Forces. Its headquarters is in New Delhi. The one and only motto of Indian Army is Service Before Self. The colours of Indian army are Gold, red and black.

The Army anniversaries is always celebrated on 15 January. Their are many types of commanders in Indian army-:

  1. Commander in Chief

  2. Chief of the Army Staff

  3. Vice Chief of the Army Staff

  4. Notable commanders

Aircraft flown in Indian Army are-:

  1. HAL Dhruv

  2. HAL Rudra

  3. HAL Chetak

  4. HAL Cheetah

  5. Kamov Ka-226

So if you want to do something for our nation, you should definately try to join Indian Army and always remember Accept Responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Even the army leaves their family and do each and everything to serve their nation and their first priority is always their to serve their nation after that they think about themselves or their families. Always keep one thing in mind which each and every army member thinks of It's my nature to be kind, gentle and humane, But Remember, when it comes to matters of protecting my Country and my people, Fear me! For I'm also the most deadliest one, who is powerful and relentless.

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