Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Governor General of Dominion of the Dominion of India, and Baldev Singh India's first Defense Minister along with service chiefs (General Roy Bucher,Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst and Admiral Edward Parry, )in 1948
Lord Mountbatten's Salute (June 20, 1948): Upon Rajagopalachari’s arrival at the Government House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan) to assume office, the outgoing Governor-General, Lord Louis Mountbatten—dressed resplendently in his British naval uniform—officially saluted Rajagopalachari on the steps before shaking his hand to welcome him as the new head of state. [1]
General Sir Roy Bucher's Command (June 21, 1948): On the exact day Rajagopalachari officially assumed office (21 June 1948), General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher took office as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. As the military head, General Bucher officially reported and saluted Governor-General Rajagopalachari, who served as the constitutional head of the military until India transitioned into a republic in 1950
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