Southern Command (India)

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Short description Southern Command is a formation of the Indian Army, active since 1895. It has seen action during the integration of several Princely States into modern India, during the 1961 Indian liberation of Goa, and during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani Wars. Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth is the present Southern Army Commander.

History

Early history

The Presidency armies were abolished with effect from 1 April 1895 when the three Presidency armies became the Indian Army.[1] The Indian Army was divided into four Commands (Bengal Command, Bombay Command, Madras Command and Punjab Command) each under a lieutenant general.[1]

In 1908, the four commands were merged into two Armies (Northern Army and Southern Army): this system persisted until 1920 when the arrangement reverted to four commands again (Eastern Command, Northern Command, Southern Command and Western Command).[1] In 1914, the Southern Army consisted of the 4th (Quetta) Division, the 5th (Mhow) Division, the 6th (Poona) Division, the 9th (Secunderabad) Division, and the Aden Brigade.[2]

Second World War

During the Second World War, Southern Command was reformed as Southern Army (equivalent to a corps) in April 1942. The formation reverted to the title Southern Command in November 1945.[3]

Component divisions included:[4]

Component brigades included:[4]

Post war

In August 1947, Southern Command had the Deccan, Madras and Bombay Areas (with HQs at Kamptee, Madras and Bombay). In 1947–48, Southern Command was largely responsible in getting Junagadh and Hyderabad to sign the instrument of accession to India.[1] 1st Armoured Division did the actual incursion into Hyderabad. In 1961, the Indian annexation of Goa was conducted by 17th Infantry Division and 50th Parachute Brigade, under the operational control of Southern Command.[5]

In 1965–66, two further divisions were raised within the command. After fighting broke out in the Rann of Kutch in April 1965, a hastily constituted force, named Kilo Force under Maj. Gen P. O. Dunn was formed to contain this attack.[1] Kilo Force was later re-designated as 11 Infantry Division. In September 1965, the operational responsibility for the Barmer sector was given to Southern Command and entrusted to 11 Infantry Division. Delhi and Rajasthan Area, with its Advance Headquarters at Jodhpur, fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 under Western Command. On 3 November 1966, this formation was re-designated 12th Infantry Division, under Major General J.F.R. Jacob, and also placed under Southern Command.[6]

Structure

The command headquarters is located in Pune, Maharashtra.[7] It consists of two corps and two military areas.[1] The two areas are:- Maharashtra Goa and Gujarat Area (MG&G Area) and the Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area (ATNK&K Area)[8] In 2005, the changes to its jurisdiction area were made when a new South Western Command was established.[9]

Structure of Southern Command
Corps Corps HQ GOC of Corps

(Corps Commander)

Assigned Units Unit HQ
File:XII Corps.png XII Corps

(Konark Corps)

Jodhpur, Rajasthan Lt Gen Mohit Malhotra 11 Infantry Division Ahmedabad, Gujarat
12 RAPID Division Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
75 (Independent) Infantry Brigade Bhuj, Gujarat
4 (Independent) Armoured Brigade Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
340 (Independent) Mechanized Brigade Ajmer, Rajasthan
File:XXI Corps.png XXI Corps

(Sudarshan Chakra Corps)

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Lt Gen Prit Pal Singh[10] 54 Infantry Division Secunderabad, Telangana
36 RAPID Division Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
31 Armoured Division Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
41 Artillery Division Pune, Maharashtra
475 Engineering Brigade Nasirabad, Rajasthan
Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa Area Mumbai, Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,

Karnataka, and Kerala Area

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
617 (Independent) Air Defence Brigade Pune, Maharashtra

Precursors (1907–1948)

Following is the List of precursors to the Southern Command and their commanders:[11]

Southern Command (1907–1908)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
S.No Name Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References
1 General Sir Archibald Hunter Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". June 1907 October 1908 4th (King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot

Southern Army (1908–1920)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Army
S.No Name Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References
1 General Sir Edmund G. Barrow Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". October 1908 October 1912 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)
2 General Sir John E. Nixon Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". October 1912 February 1915 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
3 Lieutenant General Sir Robert I. Scallon Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". February 1915 1916 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
4 Lieutenant General Sir Charles A. Anderson Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". April 1917 November 1919 Royal Horse Artillery
5 Lieutenant General Sir William R. Marshall Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". November 1919 1920 Sherwood Foresters

Southern Command (1920–1942)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
S.No Name Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References
1 Lieutenant General Sir William R. Marshall Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 December 1923 Sherwood Foresters
2 Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Skeen Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". December 1923 March 1924 King's Own Scottish Borderers
3 Lieutenant General Sir Harold B. Walker Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". March 1924 March 1928 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
4 General Sir William C. G. Heneker Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". March 1928 March 1932 Connaught Rangers
5 General Sir George D. Jeffreys Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". March 1932 March 1936 Grenadier Guards
6 Lieutenant General Sir Ivo L. B. Vesey Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". March 1936 October 1937 Queen's Royal Regiment
7 General Sir John E. S. Brind Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". October 1937 March 1941 Royal Artillery
8 Lieutenant General Thomas S. Riddell-Webster Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". March 1941 October 1941 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
9 General Sir Brodie Haig Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". October 1941 June 1942 24th Punjabis

Southern Army (1942–1945)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Army
S.No Name Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References
1 Lieutenant General Sir Noel M. de la P. Beresford-Peirse Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". June 1942 March 1945 Royal Artillery

List of GOC-in-C of Southern Command (1945- present)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
S.No Name Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References
1 Lieutenant General Rob Lockhart Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". April 1945 15 August 1947 51st Sikhs
2 Lieutenant General Eric Goddard Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 15 August 1947 1 May 1948 107th Pioneers
3 Lieutenant General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 May 1948 14 January 1953 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
4 Lieutenant General Satyawant M. Shrinagesh 17 January 1953 14 May 1955 19th Hyderabad Regiment
5 Lieutenant General K. S. Thimayya Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 15 May 1955 14 September 1956 19th Hyderabad Regiment
6 Lieutenant General Pran Nath Thapar Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 21 January 1957 24 May 1959 1st Punjab Regiment
7 Lieutenant General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 25 May 1959 19 November 1962 7th Light Cavalry [12]
8 Lieutenant General Lionel Protip Sen Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 10 May 1963 7 May 1965 10th Baluch Regiment
9 Lieutenant General Moti Sagar Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 8 May 1965 3 July 1969 4th Gorkha Rifles
10 Lieutenant General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 4 July 1969 14 January 1973 Dogra Regiment [13]
11 Lieutenant General Sartaj Singh Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 27 January 1973 31 July 1974 Regiment of Artillery
12 Lieutenant General Om Prakash Malhotra Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 August 1974 19 January 1977 Regiment of Artillery
13 Lieutenant General A. M. Vohra Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 20 January 1977 30 May 1979 3rd Gorkha Rifles
14 Lieutenant General A. N. Mathur Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 31 May 1979 29 June 1980 Corps of Signals
15 Lieutenant General Ram Dharam Dass Hira Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 30 June 1980 31 August 1981 11th Gorkha Rifles
16 Lieutenant General Tirath Singh Oberoi Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 September 1981 30 November 1984 Parachute Regiment [14]
17 Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 14 February 1985 30 November 1986 Parachute Regiment [14]
18 Lieutenant General Depinder Singh Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 December 1986 29 November 1988 8th Gorkha Rifles
19 Lieutenant General A. K. Chatterjee Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 March 1988 31 May 1990 Sikh Light Infantry
20 Lieutenant General Bipin Chandra Joshi Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 June 1990 14 August 1992 64 Cavalry [15]
21 Lieutenant General A. S. Kalkat Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 15 August 1992 31 December 1993 8th Gorkha Rifles
22 Lieutenant General Moti Dar Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 January 1994 16 July 1995 17th Horse (Poona Horse)
23 Lieutenant General Ved Prakash Malik Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 17 July 1995 31 August 1996 Sikh Light Infantry [15]
24 Lieutenant General H. M. Khanna Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 September 1996 3 January 1999 Gorkha Rifles
24 Lieutenant General Sundararajan Padmanabhan Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 4 January 1999 30 September 2000 Regiment of Artillery [16]
25 Lieutenant General Nirmal Chander Vij Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 October 2000 31 September 2001 Dogra Regiment [17]
26 Lieutenant General Gurbaksh Singh Sihota Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 9 October 2001 29 February 2004 7 Field Regiment [18]
27 Lieutenant General Balraj Singh Takhar Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 March 2004 31 January 2006 17th Horse (Poona Horse) [19][20][21]
28 Lieutenant General Aditya Singh PVSM, AVSM*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 March 2006 30 September 2007 9th Deccan Horse [22][23]
29 Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 October 2007 31 December 2008 Bombay Sappers [24][25]
30 Lieutenant General Pradeep Khanna Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 January 2009 28 February 2011 20 Lancers [26]
31 Lieutenant General Ajay Kumar Singh Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 March 2011 31 January 2013 7th Light Cavalry [27][28]
32 Lieutenant General Ashok Singh Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 February 2013 31 December 2015 Brigade of the Guards [29]
33 Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 January 2016 31 July 2016 11th Gorkha Rifles [30]
34 Lieutenant General P. M. Hariz Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 September 2016 30 November 2017 Mechanised Infantry [31]
35 Lieutenant General Dewan Rabindranath Soni Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 December 2017 1 October 2018 Central India Horse [32]
36 Lieutenant General Satinder Kumar Saini Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 October 2018 24 January 2020 Jat Regiment [33]
37 Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 30 January 2020 31 January 2021 Rajput Regiment [34]
38 Lieutenant General Jai Singh Nain Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 February 2021 31 October 2022 Dogra Regiment [35]
39 Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 November 2022 30 June 2024 11th Gorkha Rifles [36]
40 Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth Script error: No such module "If empty".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1 July 2024 Incumbent 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) [37]

Notes

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