XI Corps (India)

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History

XI Corps was raised to take command of the formations in the Punjab in 1950[1] as India reorganised its post-1947 army to meet the new threat of Pakistan.[2] It was raised on March 1, 1950 at Ambala under the command of Lieutenant General Kalwant Singh.[3] The corps headquarters was relocated to Jalandhar in July 1951.[4]

To reduce the load of XI Corps, X Corps was formed at Bathinda on 1 July 1979, taking over south Punjab and north Rajasthan.[5]

Formation sign

The Corps formation sign consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army overlaid by a Vajra, the powerful thunderbolt weapon of Lord Indra, the symbol of sacrifice of the great sage Dadhichi, who voluntarily sacrificed his body to make the fiercest weapon from his thighbone.[3]

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Vajra Corps Platinum Jubilee, 1 March 2020

Organisation

The corps consists of:[6]

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Vajra Shaurya Sthal, Jalandhar Cantonment - the Corps war memorial

Operations

List of Commanders

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Vajra Museum, Jalandhar[19]

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Rank Name Appointment Date Left Office Unit of Commission References
Lieutenant General Kalwant Singh 1 March 1950 1st Punjab Regiment [3]
S P P Thorat 1955 May 1957 1/14 Punjab Regiment [20][3]
T B Henderson Brooks 1962 1963 5th Maratha Light Infantry [21]
Joginder Singh Dhillon November 1963 August 1966 Bengal Sappers [22]
Premindra Singh Bhagat August 1966 August 1970 Bombay Sappers
Naveen Chand Rawlley 1970 1972 12th Frontier Force Regiment [23]
Om Prakash Malhotra May 1972 July 1974 Regiment of Artillery [24]
Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar 1984 1985 Corps of Signals [25]
V K Nayar 1985 31 October 1987 Parachute RegimentTemplate:Refn [26]
Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber July 1990 September 1992 9th Gorkha Rifles [27]
Ved Prakash Malik August 1992 March 1994 Sikh Light Infantry [28][3]
H B Kala April 1994 Jat Regiment [29]
Virendra Kumar Sewal Armoured Corps
Kamal Davar March 2000 April 2001 7th Light Cavalry [30]
Shantonu Choudhry April 2001 April 2002 Regiment of Artillery [31]
Krishnamurthy Nagaraj Apr 2002 May 2003 Maratha Light Infantry [32]
S Pattabhiraman May 2003 May 2004 Bombay Sappers [33][3]
Parmendra Kumar Singh May 2004 May 2005 Regiment of Artillery [34]
Mandhata Singh May 2005 April 2006 9th Gorkha Rifles [34]
Noble Thamburaj May 2006 September 2007 Bombay Sappers [35]
S S Kumar October 2007 August 2008 Brigade of the Guards [36]
Virender Singh Tonk August 2008 July 2009 Rajput Regiment [37]
Ramesh Halgali 24 July 2009 August 2010 Sikh Light Infantry [38]
Munish Sibal August 2010 November 2011 Rajputana Rifles [39][40]
Sanjeev Madhok November 2011 March 2013 Brigade of the Guards [41]
Ashwini Kumar Bakshi March 2013 July 2014 Bihar Regiment [42]
N P S Hira August 2014 31 July 2015 Sikh Light Infantry [43]
Jagbir Singh Cheema 21 August 2015 31 August 2016 Sikh Regiment [44][45]
B S Sahrawat 1 September 2016 2 November 2017 Kumaon Regiment [46]
Dushyant Singh 2 November 2017 4 November 2018 Maratha Light Infantry [47]
Arvind Dutta 5 November 2018 5 November 2019 Dogra Regiment [48]
Sanjeev Sharma 6 November 2019 2 December 2020 Rajputana Rifles [49]
C B Ponnappa 2 December 2020 10 February 2022 Mahar Regiment [50]
Devendra Sharma 11 February 2022 15 May 2023 14th Horse (Scinde Horse) [51]
Vijay B Nair 15 May 2023 30 June 2024 Punjab Regiment [52]
Ajay Chandpuria 1 July 2024 Incumbent Dogra Regiment [53]

Notes

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References

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