It succeeded Headquarters, India which was the term in use initially after the three Presidency armies had been amalgamated into one force.

It was based in Calcutta and Simla (the winter capital of the Raj) until the seat of power moved to New Delhi in 1911.

[5] For significant periods before the creation of South East Asia Command (SEAC) in 1943, the C-in-C India was also responsible for Ceylon and Burma.

[7] In March 1941, in the period before the Anglo-Iraqi War, the C-in-C Middle East General Archibald Wavell, who was preoccupied with existing problems in his theatre, gained approval for Iraq to come under India's operational control again[8] but once hostilities commenced in May Wavell was obliged by London reluctantly to reassume responsibility.

[12] These responsibilities remained unchanged until the creation of South East Asia Command (SEAC) in August 1943.

His responsibility included the training, equipping, maintenance and movement of operational forces assigned to SEAC.

(I) passed on to the Headquarters Allied Land Forces South East Asia "..proposals made by the Burma Government-in-exile for the evaluation of the men released in 1942, either returnees or deserters.

A.G. (BURSEC) was an integral part of GHQ India until it was established with Headquarters Twelfth Army.