XVI Corps (India)

XVI Corps
Active1972 – present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
TypeArmy Corps
SizeCorps
Part of Army Northern Command
Garrison/HQNagrota
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.

Organisation

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.

Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assuming command of White Knight Corps (16 Corps) from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 2019.
General Manoj Pande, COAS, visiting 16 Corps, August, 2022

List of commanders

Name Rank Appointment date Left office Unit of commission References
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]

References

  1. ^ https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/01/des15-jk-goc.html
  2. ^ "Army changes tack, puts tanks at Akhnoor". 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Crossed Swords Division Celebrates Golden Jubilee". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Army, BSF review security along Indo-Pak border in J&K". 9 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Army withdrawing 39 Mountain Division from Jammu and Kashmir". The Times of India. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Army's elite counter-insurgency unit Rashtriya Rifles turns 25 tomorrow". The Economic Times. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ Khullar, Darshan (2017). Themes of Glory: Indian Artillery in War. VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-9385563973.
  8. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 March 1975. p. 353.
  9. ^ "General S Roy Chowdhury". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Local support to militants in Jammu wanes: army". 22 January 1999. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "PIB" (PDF). 31 March 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Chaki, Yadav take over as deputy chiefs of Army staff". The Times of India. 1 September 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  13. ^ Dugger, Celia W. (15 June 2002). "For Indian Troops on Line of Control, Anger Hasn't Subsided". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Lt Gen Kapur takes over GOC 16 corps in J&K". 3 December 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  15. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Karwal new 16 Core Commander - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Swamy new 16 Corps Chief - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Lt Gen Roy to take over as GOC 16 Corps tomorrow". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Gen. Nehra takes over as GoC 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Lt Gen Nehra hands over command to Lt Gen Nandal". www.merinews.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Nandal takes over as new GOC 16 Corps Indian Army - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Lt Gen Hooda new GOC of 16 corps". Zee News. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Lt Gen Singh assumes command of 16 Corps". www.hindustantimes.com/. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Lt Gen Nimbhorkar takes over as General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps". News18. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  25. ^ a b "Lt Gen A K Sharma takes over as GoC of 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Lt Gen Saranjeet Singh is 16 Corps GOC".
  27. ^ "Singh takes over as GOC 16 Corps". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  28. ^ "Surgical strikes: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh involved in surgical strike planning takes over as XVI Corps GOC | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  29. ^ Corps, White Knight (12 October 2019). "Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assumed command of elite @WhiteKnightCorps from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 19. He exhorted all ranks to continue to strive for excellence & be combat ready to thwart nefarious designs of enemy & inimical forces @NorthernComd_IA @adgpipic.twitter.com/sebJQhk3Uq". @Whiteknight_IA. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  30. ^ "16 Corps gets a new commander amid a spike in LoC ceasefire violations by Pakistan". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  31. ^ "Lt Gen Manjinder Singh takes over as GOC of White Knight Corps". 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  32. ^ "Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, SM, on assuming the command of the elite White Knight Corps". 23 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  33. ^ https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/01/des15-jk-goc.html

Further reading

  • Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, Indian Army Order of Battle, Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8, 2011.

External links

  • Globalsecurity.org, Nagrota Corps / XVI Corps / White Knight Corps, accessed July 2010
  • Official twitter handle


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