The document provides information about the Indian army, navy, and air force. It discusses the foundation and qualities, importance, features, and sacrifices of the Indian army. It also summarizes key wars involving the Indian forces, including the Kashmir war and Kargil war. For the navy, it outlines the chief of naval staff, commands, weapons systems, active ships, and strengths. It concludes with an overview of the Indian air force, including its operations, hierarchy, and strengths.

1. The Indian Soldier
Prepared By: Manish Dubey

2. Content

3. INDIAN ARMY
A soldier serves the armed forces of a country. The
importance of soldiers in India is very high in
defending and protecting it’s borders. Every country
has its own soldiers for her defence.

4. 1. Foundation and qualities
2. Importance of army
3. Features of army
4. A soldier’s sacrifise in army
5. Kashmir war
6. Kargil war
INDEX

5. Foundation and qualities
• Part: Indian Armed Forces
• Headquarters: new Delhi
• Founded: August 15, 1947, India
• Notable commanders: kodandera Madappa
Carippa, sam manekshaw

6. Importance of Army
• The Indian army consists of soldiers and Paracommands
who are the protectors of our country.
• The security of our country depends the soldier and if
he will be fully trained then only our county would be
safe.
• The soldiers spend their whole night without resting.
They do their duty 24 hours and 365 days.

7. Features of army
• Our Indian army is highly equipped with a number of
latest weapons.
• Our Indian army is having a number of powerful tanks
and aircrafts.
• Indian soldiers are considered as the very best hill
climbers in among other countries.
• India has the biggest volunteer army in the world.

8. soldier’s sacrifise in army
• We celebrate holi,diwali,baisakhi and
many
more festivals with our family but a soldier
did
not get time to celebrate a single festival.
• No one cares about the soldiers who give
their life for India’s sake. We should care
about them who are present 24 hours for our
safety.

9. Kashmir war
 The war of 1947/1948 - this was fought against Pakistan
over the Kashmir issue. After independence, all princely
states were asked whether they wanted to join India or
Pakistan. Kashmir was among these princely states.
However before a referendum could take place, Pakistan
tried annexing Kashmir, citing the Muslim majority as a
reason. The king of Kashmir came to India for help.

10. Kargil war
 The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict,
was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that
took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil
district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of
Control. Pakistanis planned to drop nuclear weapons
on India. Nowadays that conflict is also known as
Operation Vijay.

11. Indian navy

12. In India, 4th December is celebrated as Navy Day.
The theme for the Navy Day is ‘Indian Navy: Maritime
Power
for National Prosperity’. This was the day when the Indian
Navy played a significant role in the bombing of Karachi
harbor In the 1971 war. The name given to the attack
was Operation Trident which was launched on December 4.
Owing to its success, the day of the attack has been
celebrated as Navy Day ever since
Navy day

13. INTRODUCTION
• Established by Britain while India was a colony, the
Indian Navy (Bharatiya Nau Sena) is the naval branch of
the Armed Forces of India. In terms of personnel, it is
the world's fifth largest navy. It presently operates over
180 vessels, including one aircraft carrier. Earlier it
was known as Royal Indian Marine but after 1934 It
was known as Indian navy.

14. CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF
• The Chief of the Naval Staff is the commander
and the highest-ranking officer in the Indian
Navy. The position is abbreviated CNS in
Indian Navy cables and communication, and
usually held by a four-star officer in the rank
of Admiral.
• The current CNS is Admiral Sunil Lanba. The
23rd Navy Chief, he took over from Admiral
Robin K. Dhowan, who retired on 31 May
2016 after four decades of service from the
navy.

15. NAVY COMMAND IN INDIA
The Western Naval Command
(Headquarters at Mumbai)
The Eastern Naval Command
(Head quarters at Visakhapatnam).
The Southern Naval Command
(Headquarters at Kochi).

16. MAJOR CONFLICTS
The Navy has been involved in 2 wars with Pakistan.
While the Indo-
Pakistani War of 1965 largely involved patrolling of
the coast, Indian
navy played a significant role in the bombing of
Karachi harbor in
the 1971 war.

17. WEAPON SYSTEMS OF INDIAN NAVY
Submarine-launched ballistic missile-:
 Agni-III SLBM
 K-15 SLBM
SLBM -: A submarine-launched ballistic missile is a ballistic
missile capable
of being launched from some submarines.
Ship Launched Ballistic Missile-:
Prithvi III - Naval Version (350 km range with a payload of
1000 kg)

18. LIST OF ACTIVE INDIAN NAVY SHIPS
• List of active Indian Navy ships is a list of ships in active service with the
Indian Navy. In service ships are taken from the official Indian Navy website.
The Indian Navy is one of the largest navies in the world, and as of 2017
possesses 1 aircraft carrier, 1 amphibious transport dock, 8 Landing ship
tanks, 11 destroyers, 14 frigates, 1 nuclear-powered attack submarine,1
Ballistic missile submarine, 13 conventionally-powered attack submarines, 23
corvettes, 6 mine countermeasure vessels, 10 large offshore patrol vessels, 4
fleet tankers and various auxiliary vessels and small patrol boats. For ships no
longer in service see List of ships of the Indian Navy and for future
acquisitions of the fleet, see future ships of the Indian Navy.

19. STRENGTH
• As of 2017, the Indian Navy has a strength of
67,109 personnel and a large operational fleet
consisting of one aircraft carriers, one amphibious
transport dock, eight landing ship tanks, 11
destroyers, 14 frigates, one nuclear powered attack
submarine, one ballistic missile submarine13
conventionally-powered attack.

20. INDIAN AIR FORCE
1. About Indian Air Force
2. Operations of Indian air force
3. Hierarchy of Indian air force
4. Strengths

22. INDIAN AIR FORCE
• Indian Air Force established on 8th October 1932 under the
British Rule.
• Earlier it was known as the Royal Indian Air Force.
• The aircraft RIAF first operated was Wapiti Planes with one
squadron.
• After independence air force served the nation with the prefix
Royal it was dropped when India became republic in 1950
Indian air force is an part of indian armed forces

23. • It was in under control of the ministry of
defence
• National airfoce day is 8th october
• The IAF colors are navyblue,sky blue &
white
• The head quarters of iaf was set up in new
Delhi

24. OPERATIONS
• IAF has been involved in three wars all with neighboring country pakistan.
• The major role of IAF was in first kashmir war 1947,congo cricis
1961,sino indian 1962,second kashmir war 1965,bangladesh liberation war
1971.
• Major operations undertaken by iaf include operation vijay, operation
meghdoot1984 and operation cactus,kargil1999.
• Apart from conflicts, the iaf has been an active participant in united nation
peacekeeping missions.
• It celebrate its golden jubilee in 1982

25. Hierarchy in Air Force
• Marshal
• Air chief marshal
• Air marshal
• Air vice marshal
• Air commodore
• Group captain
• Fluing officer
• Pilot officer

26. • IAF is world fourth largest air force
• It has strength of 1322 aircraft, including 680 combat aircraft
• It also have 305 helicopter and presently operates a total of 34
squadron.
• All aircrafts belong to 4.5 generation.
• The only 4.5 generation fighter aircraft developed by India
• It is HAL-Tejas which is now inducted and will be in service in
the year 2013.
Strengths