South Western Command | |
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![]() South Western Command's insignia today | |
Active | 2005 - Present |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Command |
Garrison/HQ | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Commanders | |
GOC-in-C | Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, AVSM YSM VSM |
The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established on 15 April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005.[1] It was in response to the emerging threats and opportunities on the Western Indo-Pak border. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The command's operational unit, X Corps, transferred from Western Command and from an Artillery Division.[1]
Structure
[edit]Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- X Corps and 42nd Artillery Division. The command in total has following units under its belt :- 3 infantry divisions (1 for Mountain warfare), 1 armoured division, 1 artillery division, 2 Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), 1 armoured brigade, 1 Air-defence brigade, and 1 engineering brigade.
In 2021, except the 33 Armoured Division all the units of I Corps was transferred to Northern Command to focus on the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh.
Structure of South-Western Command | ||||
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Corp | Corp HQ | GOC of Corps
(Corps Commander) |
Assigned Units | Unit HQ |
X Corps
(Chetak Corps) |
Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh[2] | 16 Infantry Division | Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
18 RAPID Division | Kota, Rajasthan | |||
24 RAPID Division | Bikaner, Rajasthan | |||
6 (Independent) Armoured Brigade | Bhatinda, Punjab | |||
615 Air-defence Brigade | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |||
471 Engineering Brigade | N/A | |||
N/A | N/A | N/A | 42 Artillery Division | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 33 Armoured Division | Hisar, Haryana |
List of Commanders
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Renaldi and Rikhye 2011, 21
- ^ Dolare, Rahul (1 January 2024). "Lieutenant General Prit Pal Singh Assumes Command of Sudarshan Chakra Corps".
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ a b "PressReader - the Times of India (New Delhi edition): 2008-09-01 - New GOC-in-chief of South Western Command". Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Sainik Samachar". Archived from the original on 24 October 2017.
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | School gets new campus". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen S K Singh takes over as Army SW Command chief". Deccan Herald. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan takes over as SW command's new GOC-in-C". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "SW Army Commander Arun Kumar Sahni retires". Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Singh, Mahim Pratap (1 January 2014). "Change of guard at South-Western command of Army". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni designated as GOC-in-C, South Western Command | NetIndian". netindian.in. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Sarath Chand new GOC-in C of South Western Command". Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Abhay Krishna takes over Army's South Western Command". The Economic Times. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Cherish Mathson takes over Army's South Western Command". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Mathson relinquishes command of Sapta Shakti Command in Jaipur". 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Kler is new chief of Sapta Shakti Command". The Times of India. 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri appointed as next Commander-in-chief of Lucknow-based Central Army Command". ANI News. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. Raju shifted, new Vice-Chief named". The Hindu. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Lt General Dhiraj Seth takes over as South Western Army chief". Hindustan Times. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Service, Statesman News (1 July 2024). "Lt Gen Manjinder Singh assumes charge of South-Western Command". The Statesman. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
References
[edit]- Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8, 2011.