The East India Company created A Military Department at Kolkata in 1776 and by the Charter Act of 1833, this Military was given a department status with other three departments. On 1 April 1895, the armies in the Presidencies of Bombay, Bengal, & Madras were formed into a single unit called the Indian Army. The British Indian Army fought in many wars such as First and Second Opium Wars in China, First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars, Anglo-Burmese Wars, First, Second and Third Anglo-Afghan Wars, Abyssinia, Boxer Rebellion in China. During First and the Second World War, The Indian Army played a major role in the British Empire’s forces. The current Indian Army is under the central government and it is originated from the armies of the East India Company that became the British Indian Army, and princely states armies which finally became the Indian national army after the independence.

The Indian Army is a land-based branch of the Indian Armed Forces and is its largest component. The President of India will be the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, but Chief of Army Staff (COAS) commands the army and COAS will be a four-star general. The regiment and units of the Indian Army have a diverse history and have earned a large number of honors by successfully participating a number of wars before and after Independence. The Indian Army follows the regimental system and is divided into seven commands. The army personnel job is a government job and to get into this thorough knowledge of Current affairs and General Knowledge is necessary. Indian army, the second largest army in the world with more than 12 lakh personnel in the active troops and 990,960 personnel in the reserve troops.

The main aim of the Indian Army is to ensure national security, defending our country from external aggression and also from internal threats, and to maintain peace within its borders. Another important but not mandatory function of the military is to conduct humanitarian rescue operations during internal disturbances like natural calamities. The Indian army was involved in four wars with Pakistan and one with China and also successfully completed many operations such as Operation Meghdoot, Operation Vijay, Operation Cactus, etc. Indian Army actively participated in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in Congo, Angola, Cyprus, Lebanon, Cambodia, Vietnam, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, El Salvador, and Somalia.

Indian army gives army recruitment notification for the recruitment of desired candidates to induct into various services in the army. The important positions are Territorial Army Officer, Junior Commissioned Officer, Havildar, Cartographer, Store Keeper, Tradesman, Nurses, Doctors, Soldiers, etc. Drona provides comprehensive information on the recruitment process for the army jobs. It also provides comprehensive information regarding state government jobs and other PSCs and also provides tips to crack the exams of all most all the government jobs. It provides complete information on the recruitment process of central govt jobs like Banking, Indian Postal Department, Indian Airforce, Indian Navy, Railways (RRB), Insurance, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Food Corporation of India, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), etc.The aspiring candidates need to apply for the vacancies and after shortlisting the received profiles the recruitment board will call the shortlisted candidates for the written exam and physical tests. Based on the performance of the test candidates will be selected.