Talk:Indian Army ranks and insignia

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Someone should do comparative ranks of the British military as well - I am not. Molotov (talk) 23:47, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I dont mind helping you but u gotta give me some time --{{IncMan|talk}} 23:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

the us ranks have to move up one

the are all off

ie 5 star general in US would be the same as a Field Marshal

or you could add Field Marshal to the Indian column and it would be correct

Thanks for the heads up - I corrected the problem. Molotov (talk) 20:13, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A one-star officer in the Indian Army is a Brigadier, not a Brigadier General. There is some mix-up in the JCO ranks as well, Risaldar and Risladar Major are specific to the Armoured Corps, other branches have Subhedar and Subhedar Major as corresponding ranks. And the lowest enlisted rank is Sepoy, not Private. And the NCO ranks are Havildar (Daffadar for Cavalry/Armoured Corps), Naik (Lance Daffadar for Cavalry/Armoured Corps) and Lance Naik (Acting Lance Daffadar for Cavalry/Armoured Corps). I'm making these changes in the article. --Kunal 07:14, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have been having problems with several rank articles I have created, but I want to let you know that all of my info was provided from the World Rank Insignia site (with nothing different that I know of). E-mail them; I could only add what I was and what my research said. I am sorry that such errors were here, but the good thing is that they are gone. I will no longer create rank articles.

αίδεια* 21:55, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply

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I have entered the Cavalry equivalents for CQMH and CHM (which,incidentally, are temporary appointments for Havildars/Daffadars rather than ranks). See also: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1403LONDON 19:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are the non-commissioned ranks of the Indian Army known as enlisted? The Indian Army usually follows British Army traditions rather than American ones, and in the British Army the 'enlisted' ranks are the 'soldier' ranks. Further, the Junior Commissioned Officers shouldn't be under that heading at all, as they are commissioned officers. They would either fit under the commissioned officers section, with a subheading; or in their own separate section. Also, Sepoys and Sowars wouldn't be classified as Non-commissioned officers - they're simply soldiers.

HMT (Havildar Major Technician):- What about the rank of HMT(Havildar Major Technician)? This one of the most important rank, which in professional master in technical department, this rank is the backbone to maintain, repair and develop the all equipment which is used in Indian Army. And this rank is the senior most rank in NCO category in Indian Army —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.195.212.6 (talk) 06:23, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We would need a verifiable source to be able to add that rank. I have been unable to find anything about an HMT online. If you have any info from a verifiable source, we can add it.Myopia123 (talk) 16:26, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Title is pretty self explanatory. And I have added the picture of the insignia in Commons, look for "Field_Marshal". I am not sure however what to put down as the copyright status, I know it's in the public domain though.

It will be useful for the readers if someone can upload pictures of insignia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.75.201.5 (talk) 06:09, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Add a table of enlisted ranks, that lists the ranks of the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and other paramilitary forces. It would be very useful as a comparison between ranks of the different forces. As reference, see the table at the bottom of

Vedabit (talk) 05:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Postal Assistants in the Army Postal Service Corps are initially employed in the rank of Warrant Officer - see page 2 of the attached link: http://indiapostkerala.gov.in/parectt/Prospectus.pdf 92.11.25.61 (talk) 19:33, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indian army does not have any rank known as 'warrant officer'Myopia123 (talk) 22:05, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tell the name of army ranks 2409:4051:4E95:A412:71DE:6763:66D4:957E (talk) 14:49, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SV Bernad Maj Genaral (Retierd) SV Bernad( Retired) Maj Genaral what is correct 2402:4000:B198:BA55:8C6B:5A73:FA27:AC1D (talk) 13:42, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that it should be "Maj. Gen. (retd) SV Bernad", or "SV Bernad, Maj. Gen. (retd)", based on what I've just Googled and my own experience (you can probably expand those abbreviations, as well). There doesn't seem to be any guidance given at such as Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history, although there might be some page that I haven't found that does give such guidance. Dhtwiki (talk) 19:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]