1. The Supreme command of the Indian Armed forces
vests in the President of India.
2. The responsibility for national defence rests
with Cabinet
3. Ministry of defence comprises of FIVE
departments
(a) Department of Defence
(b) Department of Military Affairs
(c) Department of Defence Production
(d) Department of Defence research and
development
(e) Department of Defence Ex-Servicemen welfare
4. First Defence minister of Independent India –
Baldev Singh Chokkar
5. In 1955, the commanders-in-chief were renamed
as the chief of the Army Staff, the chief of the Navy and the chief of the Air
staff.
6. Department of Defence production was set up in
the year 1962.
7. Department of Defence Research and development
was set up in the year 1980
8. Department of Defence Ex-Servicemen welfare
was set up in the year 2004.
9. The Post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was
created in the year 2019
10. General Bipin Rawat is India’s first Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS)
11. Department of Military Affairs was set up in
the year 2019.
12. Chief of Defence Staff heads the Department
of Military Affairs
13. CDS is the ex-officio secretary of Department
of Military Affairs
14. Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQIDS)
was raised in the year 2001.
15. India has a well – established training
institute in centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in Delhi, which was
established in the year 2000
16. Operation SANKALP was launched by the Indian
Navy in the Persian gulf and the gulf of oman as a measure to assure the safety
and security of Indian Vessels.
17. Operation SADBHAVNA was launched by Indian
Army in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to address the aspirations of people
affected by terrorism.
18. Indian Coast Guard operates under the
Ministry of Defence
19. Indian Coast Guard was constituted in 1977
20. India’s first Coast Guard Academy to come up
at Mangaluru, Karnataka.