Unit Name: | South Western Command |
Type: | Command |
Dates: | 2005 - Present |
Current Commander: | Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, |
Commander1 Label: | GOC-in-C |
Garrison: | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
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.
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 |
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command | ||||||
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S.No | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Unit of Commission | References | |
1 | Lieutenant General Krishnamurthy Nagaraj | 15 April 2005 | 31 July 2006 | Maratha Light Infantry | [3] | |
2 | Lieutenant General Parmendra Kumar Singh | 1 August 2006 | 31 July 2008 | Regiment of Artillery | [4] [5] | |
3 | Lieutenant General Chanroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu | 1 September 2008 | 30 November 2010 | Regiment of Artillery | [6] | |
4 | 1 December 2010 | 31 October 2011 | 8th Gorkha Rifles | [7] | ||
5 | Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan | 1 November 2011 | 31 December 2013 | Mahar Regiment | [8] | |
6 | Lieutenant General Arun K Sahni | 1 January 2014 | 31 January 2016 | Regiment of Artillery | [9] [10] [11] | |
7 | 1 February 2016 | 12 January 2017 | Garhwal Rifles | [12] | ||
8 | 25 January 2017 | 31 July 2017 | Rajputana Rifles | [13] | ||
9 | 1 August 2017 | 31 August 2019 | Garhwal Rifles | [14] [15] | ||
10 | 1 September 2019 | 31 March 2021 | 68 Armoured Regiment | [16] | ||
11 | 1 April 2021 | 28 February 2023 | The Deccan Horse | [17] | ||
12 | 1 March 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Jat Regiment | [18] | ||
13 | Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth | 1 November 2023 | 30 June 2024 | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) | [19] | |
14 | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | Madras Regiment | [20] |