Defence (in the Republic of India)
- President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Prime Minister of Indian Republic: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of Indian Republic: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Defence Minister of India: Baldev Singh
- Commander-in-Chief of Free India: Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
- Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa,1949
- Chief of Air Staff: Subroto Mukerjee
- Indian Chief of Staff Indian Army: Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
- Commander-in-Chief, IAF: Subroto Mukerjee
- Chief of Naval Staff: Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey
- First Indian (pre Independence) flying Ace : Indra Lal Roy
- India's first military helicopter pilot : Air Commodore Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar
- Cosmonaut: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984
- Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw (S.H.F Manekshaw), 1973
- First female jawan in the Army: Sapper Shanti Tigga[3] lp
- First Param Vir Chakra Winner: Major Som Nath Sharma