The British India Command the name given to the general staff of the Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function.... (C-in-C), India.
The British Commander-in-Chief in British India was the chief military commander for the British Raj in India and liaisoned with the civilian Governor-General of India.... reported to the civilian Governor-General of India
Governor-General of India
The Governor-General of India was the head of the British Raj in India, and later, after Indian Independence Act 1947, the representative of the List of Indian monarchs#Kings of India and Pakistan.... .
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The British India Command the name given to the general staff of the Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function.... (C-in-C), India.
The British Commander-in-Chief in British India was the chief military commander for the British Raj in India and liaisoned with the civilian Governor-General of India.... reported to the civilian Governor-General of India
Governor-General of India
The Governor-General of India was the head of the British Raj in India, and later, after Indian Independence Act 1947, the representative of the List of Indian monarchs#Kings of India and Pakistan.... .
Most of the C-in-C's staff were based at the General Headquarters India (GHQ India).
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers.... after the dissolution of ABDACOM and before the creation of South East Asia Command
South East Asia Command
South East Asia Command was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II during World War II.... the C-in-C India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world.... was also responsible for Ceylon and the Burma Campaign
Burma Campaign
The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II of World War II was fought primarily between Commonwealth of Nations, China and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, the Burmese Independence Army and the Indian National Army.... . During this period Chinese and American units also came under the operational control of the India Command.
