XVI Corps | |
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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 |
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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.
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.
Name | Rank | Appointment date | Left office | Unit of commission | References |
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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] |
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