Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa’s (Field Marshal ) taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India, on 15 January 1949. While celebrations take place across the country, the main Army Day parade is conducted at Cariappa Parade ground in Delhi, cantonment. Captain Tania Shergill became the first female officer to command an Army Day parade.
