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.
South Western Command | |
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Active | 2005 - Present |
Country | India |
Branch | Indian Army |
Type | Command |
Garrison/HQ | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Commanders | |
GOC-in-C | Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth |
The command's operational unit, X Corps, transferred from Western Command and from an Artillery Division.[1]
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, the 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 |
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Western Command | |||||
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Rank | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Unit of Commission | References |
Lieutenant General | Krishnamurthy Nagaraj | 15 April 2005 | 31 July 2006 | Maratha Light Infantry | [3] |
Lieutenant General | Parmendra Kumar Singh | 1 August 2006 | 31 July 2008 | Regiment of Artillery | [4][5] |
Lieutenant General | Chanroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu | 1 September 2008 | 30 November 2010 | Regiment of Artillery | [6][4] |
Lieutenant General | Shri Krishna Singh | 1 December 2010 | 31 October 2011 | 8th Gorkha Rifles | [7] |
Lieutenant General | Gyan Bhushan | 1 November 2011 | 31 December 2013 | Mahar Regiment | [8] |
Lieutenant General | Arun K Sahni | 1 January 2014 | 31 January 2016 | Regiment of Artillery | [9][10][11] |
Lieutenant General | Sarath Chand | 1 February 2016 | 12 January 2017 | Garhwal Rifles | [12] |
Lieutenant General | Abhay Krishna | 25 January 2017 | 31 July 2017 | Rajputana Rifles | [13] |
Lieutenant General | Cherish Mathson | 1 August 2017 | 31 August 2019 | Garhwal Rifles | [14][15][16][17] |
Lieutenant General | Alok Singh Kler | 1 September 2019 | 31 March 2021 | 68 Armoured Regiment | [18] |
Lieutenant General | Amardeep Singh Bhinder | 1 April 2021 | 28 February 2023 | The Deccan Horse | [19] |
Lieutenant General | B. S. Raju | 1 March 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Jat Regiment | [20] |
Lieutenant General | Dhiraj Seth | 01 November 2023 | Incumbent | 2nd Lancers | [21] |