Question

The ............................. of India is the head of the Indian Armed Forces
(President, Prime Minister, Defence Minister) Fill in the blank.

Answer 1

9. The defense minister of India is the head of Indian Armed forces.

The first defense minister of India was BALDEV SINGH who serves from 1947-1952 under the ministry of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Nirmala Sitharaman is the present defense minister of India who is also a member of RAJYA SABHA in KARNATAKA.

She is the second woman since INDIRA GANDHI to hold the important administrative post.

A defense minister is responsible to regulate the armed forces in the sovereign states.