It was briefly replaced by the position of Supreme Commander of India and Pakistan before the role was abolished in November 1948.

Prior to independence, the official residence was the Flagstaff House, which later became the residence of the first Prime Minister of India; as Teen Murti Bhavan (Teen Murti House), it is now a museum.

This is a list of people who were the military Commander-in-Chief, India until 1947.

The rank and title are the final ones for the officer's career and not necessarily applicable to his tenure as Commander-in-Chief in India.

Cadell wrote an article correcting and elaborating on the early commanders-in-chief of the East India Company's forces in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research in 1944.