Indian Army Day is celebrated annually on 15 January. It is celebrated to commemorate the replacement of General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander in Chief, by Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa, the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army in 1949. Army Day celebrations are conducted all over India. Military shows and parades are conducted in the headquarters on this day. The main Army Day parade is conducted in the Cariappa parade ground in Delhi cantonment.