Date: 15th January 2024
Indian Army Day 2024 marks 76th anniversary of the Indian Army and it will be celebrated on January 15. The location of the parade is Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is the day on which Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa (then a Lieutenant General) took over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from the last British Commander-in-Chief of India, General Fransis Bucher in the year 1949. Parades, medal presenting and other ceremonies are organized to celebrate the Army Day.