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Welcome to the Indian military history group, an initiative of the Military history WikiProject.
Purpose & scope
The group is created to deal exclusively with articles/topics related to Indian Armed Forces. The Indian military have a history of more than 200 years and the Indian Armed Forces are the world's fourth/fifth most powerful military according to the latest surveys.[1] There are many articles related to the Indian military that need improvement.
The Indian Armed Forces (IAST: Bhāratīya Saśastra Sēnāēṃ) are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.[2][3] Additionally, the Indian Armed Forces are supported by Indian Coast Guard and paramilitary organisations[4] (Assam Rifles,and Special Frontier Force) and various inter-service commands and institutions such as the Strategic Forces Command, the Andaman and Nicobar Command and the Integrated Defence Staff. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Government of India. With strength of over 1.4 million active personnel,[5] it is world's 3rd largest military force and has the world's largest volunteer army.[6]
Participants
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- Abhisheks 91 (talk · contribs)
- Adamgerber80 (talk · contribs)
- Agnostos Theos (talk · contribs)
- anadiDoD (talk · contribs)
- AshLin (talk · contribs)
- Balablitz (talk · contribs)
- Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs)
- Comrade1986 (talk · contribs)
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
- dhaval_9989 (talk · contribs)
- Fredericknoronha (talk · contribs)
- Haider67 (talk · contribs)
- Jn045 (talk · contribs)
- Jupitus Smart (talk · contribs)
- Karankhajuria22 (talk · contribs)
- Kautilya3 (talk · contribs)
- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk · contribs) (founder)
- Krishna kabi (talk · contribs)
- Likerzz (talk · contribs)
- Mahensingha (talk · contribs)
- mallikarjunasj (talk · contribs)
- MBlaze Lightning (talk · contribs)
- MPS1992 (talk · contribs)
- NikhilArela (talk · contribs)
- NWFrontier (talk · contribs)
- Pearll's sun (talk · contribs)
- Rohan nog (talk · contribs)
- Ronakshah1990 (talk · contribs)
- Rushabhy (talk · contribs)
- Shivramsagar (talk · contribs)
- Shovon76 (talk · contribs)
- Strike Eagle (talk · contribs)
- Sudhanshu Nimbalkar (talk · contribs)
- Sumitsurai (talk · contribs)
- Suyogaerospace (talk · contribs)
- tobinkoshy (talk · contribs)
- Trinidade (talk · contribs)
- UY Scuti (talk · contribs)
- VarunFEB2003 (talk · contribs)
- WestCoastMusketeer (talk · contribs)
- Yohannvt (talk · contribs)
- Asauchi (talk · contribs)
To do
All the participants are encouraged to work according the "To do" list and are also free add articles to it that they wish to work on, accordingly. This would help to keep track of progress done by the group. Please choose the articles that are related to the Indian Armed Forces only. Sources and references can be found from the resources section of the workgroup's page.
Articles to be created
| # | Name | Notability | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army Dental Corps (India) | Support corps of Indian Army which deals with the dental care to the personnel. | |
| 2 | Indian Army Pioneer Corps | Support corps of Indian Army | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
| 3 | Indian Army Judge Advocate General's Department | Legal branch of Indian Army | |
| 4 | Military Farms Service (India) | Tasked with the food production and other canteen needs of Indian Army. | [7] [8] |
Goals
- To develop as many articles as possible to at least B-class level and further to good article level.
- To graduate the group from incubator into a separate independent task-force namely Indian military history task-force under WikiProject Military history.
Resources
Notes
- ^ "2016 World Military Powers". Global Fire Power. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Indian Armed Forces". Know India Portal. NIC, GoI. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "CIC Order" (PDF). Right to Information. CIC, GoI. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Matters, Professional (12 July 2011). "Report My Signal- Professional Matters: The Central Police Forces and State Armed Police". Reportmysignalpm.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ John Pike. "India - Army".