Adjutant-General in India

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The Adjutant-General in India was a senior British Indian Army staff post responsible for overseeing personnel administration, discipline, and organizational matters across the army in colonial India.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian Army position ⓘ
military staff position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
basedIn New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India

Simla ⓘ
linked to: Shimla
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Partition of India ⓘ
fieldOfWork military administration ⓘ
military discipline ⓘ
military personnel management ⓘ
governs personnel policy of the British Indian Army ⓘ
hasDuty disciplinary procedures ⓘ
discipline ⓘ
implementation of army regulations ⓘ
management of leave and pensions policies ⓘ
morale and welfare policy ⓘ
organizational matters ⓘ
oversight of postings and transfers ⓘ
oversight of promotions ⓘ
personnel administration ⓘ
records and documentation of personnel ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver regular forces of the British Indian Army ⓘ
hasRankOfOfficeHolder general officer ⓘ
lieutenant-general ⓘ
major-general ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Raj era ⓘ
linked to: British India

colonial India ⓘ
isA principal staff officer role ⓘ
senior staff post ⓘ
isSimilarTo Adjutant-General to the Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ
isSubordinateTo Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

India ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
officeScope all-India ⓘ
officeType general staff appointment ⓘ
partOf Army Headquarters India ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
positionHeldIn British Indian Army ⓘ
replacedBy Adjutant-General of the Indian Army ⓘ
Adjutant-General of the Pakistan Army ⓘ
responsibleFor European officers of the British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian commissioned officers ⓘ
other ranks in the British Indian Army ⓘ
seat Army Headquarters, India ⓘ
usedBy British Empire ⓘ
usedUntil 1947 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Birdwood → positionHeld → Adjutant-General in India ⓘ
Philip Chetwode → positionHeld → Adjutant-General, India ⓘ
subject linked to: Field Marshal Philip Chetwode
linked to: Adjutant-General in India
Adjutant-General in India → replacedBy → Adjutant-General of the Indian Army ⓘ
linked to: Adjutant-General in India
Adjutant-General in India → replacedBy → Adjutant-General of the Pakistan Army ⓘ
linked to: Adjutant-General in India
Deputy Chiefs of Army Staff → worksWith → Adjutant General of the Indian Army ⓘ
linked to: Adjutant-General in India
Director General of Manpower Planning and Personnel Services → reportsTo → Adjutant General of the Indian Army ⓘ
linked to: Adjutant-General in India
Thomas Sidney Beckwith → positionHeld → Adjutant-General in India ⓘ
British high command in India → includedPosition → Adjutant-General in India ⓘ