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XVI Corps (India)
The XVI Corps is a corps of the Indian Army raised on 1 June 1972 with Lieutenant General J F R Jacob as its first General Officer Commanding (GOC). It has its headquarters at Nagrota Cantonment, (Jammu district), Jammu and Kashmir. In 2005, IX Corps was raised in southern part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions.
| XVI Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1972 – present |
| Country | India |
| Branch | Indian Army |
| Type | Army Corps |
| Size | Corps |
| Part of | Army Northern Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Nagrota |
| Nickname(s) | White Knight Corps |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lt Gen Naveen Sachdeva[1] |
| Notable commanders | Lt Gen Manjinder Singh Lt Gen M. V. Suchindra Kumar Lt Gen D S Hooda Lt Gen T K Sapru Lt Gen R R Nimbhorkar Lt Gen J.B.S.Yadava Gen Shankar Roychowdhury Gen K. V. Krishna Rao Lt Gen J. F. R. Jacob |
Organisation edit
The corps is reported to include 10th Infantry Division (RAPID) (Crossed Swords Division), headquartered at Akhnoor; 25 Infantry Division (Ace of Spades Division), headquartered at Rajouri and 39 Infantry Division (Dah Division), with its headquarters at Yol.[2][3][4][5] Delta Force, Romeo Force and Uniform Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps.[6]
It is the largest wheeled formation in the world. Its current General Officer Commanding is Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain.
List of commanders edit
| Name | Rank | Appointment date | Left office | Unit of commission | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J F R Jacob | Lieutenant General | 17 June 1972 | 1 August 1974 | Regiment of Artillery | [7] |
| K V Krishna Rao | 2 August 1974 | 1979 | Mahar Regiment | [8] | |
| K Chiman Singh | 1979 | Rajputana Rifles | |||
| Shankar Roychowdhury | 1991 | 1992 | 20 Lancers | [9] | |
| Manjit Singh Bhullar | 1996 | 1998 | Sikh Regiment | ||
| D S Chauhan | 1998 | Madras Regiment | [10] | ||
| Arjun Singh Khanna | 31 March 2001 | Regiment of Artillery | [11] | ||
| J.B.S. Yadava | 1 April 2001 | 18 August 2002 | 11th Gorkha Rifles | [12][13] | |
| T P S Brar | 19 August 2002 | 2 December 2003 | Maratha Light Infantry | [14] | |
| Ashok Kapur | 3 December 2003 | 30 April 2006 | Sikh Light Infantry | [14] | |
| T K Sapru | 1 May 2006 | 31 October 2007 | 4th Gorkha Rifles | [15] | |
| R K Karwal | 1 November 2007 | 17 October 2008 | Rajput Regiment | [16] | |
| R K Swamy | 16 October 2008 | 18 October 2009 | Mahar Regiment | [17] | |
| Romeshwar Roy | 17 October 2009 | 4 December 2010 | Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | [18] | |
| J P Nehra | 04 December 2010 | 1 November 2011 | Madras Regiment | [19] | |
| A S Nandal | 2 November 2011 | 4 October 2012 | 5th Gorkha Rifles | [20][21] | |
| Deependra Singh Hooda | 5 October 2012 | 16 April 2014 | 4th Gorkha Rifles | [22] | |
| Konsam Himalay Singh | 17 April 2014 | 23 July 2015 | Rajput Regiment | [23] | |
| Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar | 24 July 2015 | 8 October 2016 | Punjab Regiment | [24][25] | |
| Ajae Kumar Sharma | 9 October 2016 | 10 October 2017 | Sikh Regiment | [25] | |
| Saranjeet Singh | 11 October 2017 | 11 October 2018 | Sikh Light Infantry | [26][27] | |
| Paramjit Singh Sangha | 12 October 2018 | 12 October 2019 | Parachute Regiment | [28] | |
| Harsha Gupta | 13 October 2019 | 13 October 2020 | Sikh Light Infantry | [29] | |
| M. V. Suchindra Kumar | 14 October 2020 | 28 October 2021 | Assam Regiment | [30] | |
| Manjinder Singh | 29 October 2021 | 24 December 2022 | Madras Regiment | [31] | |
| Sandeep Jain | 25 December 2022 | 31 December 2023 | Mahar Regiment | [32] | |
| Naveen Sachdeva | 01 January 2024 | Incumbent | Garhwal Rifles | [33] |
References edit
- ^ https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/01/des15-jk-goc.html
- ^ "Army changes tack, puts tanks at Akhnoor". 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Crossed Swords Division Celebrates Golden Jubilee". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Army, BSF review security along Indo-Pak border in J&K". 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Army withdrawing 39 Mountain Division from Jammu and Kashmir". The Times of India. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Army's elite counter-insurgency unit Rashtriya Rifles turns 25 tomorrow". The Economic Times. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Khullar, Darshan (2017). Themes of Glory: Indian Artillery in War. VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-9385563973.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 March 1975. p. 353.
- ^ "General S Roy Chowdhury". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Local support to militants in Jammu wanes: army". 22 January 1999. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "PIB" (PDF). 31 March 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Chaki, Yadav take over as deputy chiefs of Army staff". The Times of India. 1 September 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Dugger, Celia W. (15 June 2002). "For Indian Troops on Line of Control, Anger Hasn't Subsided". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Lt Gen Kapur takes over GOC 16 corps in J&K". 3 December 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Karwal new 16 Core Commander - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Swamy new 16 Corps Chief - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Roy to take over as GOC 16 Corps tomorrow". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Gen. Nehra takes over as GoC 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Nehra hands over command to Lt Gen Nandal". www.merinews.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Nandal takes over as new GOC 16 Corps Indian Army - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Hooda new GOC of 16 corps". Zee News. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Singh assumes command of 16 Corps". www.hindustantimes.com/. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Nimbhorkar takes over as General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps". News18. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Lt Gen A K Sharma takes over as GoC of 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Lt Gen Saranjeet Singh is 16 Corps GOC".
- ^ "Singh takes over as GOC 16 Corps". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Surgical strikes: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh involved in surgical strike planning takes over as XVI Corps GOC | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Corps, White Knight (12 October 2019). "Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assumed command of elite @WhiteKnightCorps from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 19. He exhorted all ranks to continue to strive for excellence & be combat ready to thwart nefarious designs of enemy & inimical forces @NorthernComd_IA @adgpipic.twitter.com/sebJQhk3Uq". @Whiteknight_IA. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "16 Corps gets a new commander amid a spike in LoC ceasefire violations by Pakistan". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Lt Gen Manjinder Singh takes over as GOC of White Knight Corps". 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, SM, on assuming the command of the elite White Knight Corps". 23 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/01/des15-jk-goc.html
Further reading 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.
External links edit
- Globalsecurity.org, Nagrota Corps / XVI Corps / White Knight Corps, accessed July 2010
- Official twitter handle