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Active | 2005–present |
Country | India |
Branch | Indian Army |
Type | Army Corps |
Part of | Western Command |
Garrison/HQ | Yol Military Station |
Nickname(s) | Rising Star Corps |
Anniversaries | September 1 |
Engagements | Sino-Indian border dispute |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt Gen Rajan Sharawat AVSM , VSM |
Notable commanders | General Upendra Dwivedi Lt Gen Jai Singh Nain Lt Gen Satinder Kumar Saini Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi |
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9 Corps (IX Corps), also known as Rising Star Corps was raised in 2005 and is Indian Army's youngest corps [1]
It was raised on September 1, 2005, by splitting the southern formations of Nagrota-based XVI ‘White Knight’ Corps, which forms part of the Udhampur-based Northern Command. [2] It is based at Yol military station, 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. It is presently part of Army's Chandimandir based Western Command and encompasses parts of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. [3]
The first General Officer Commanding was Lieutenant General Anup Singh Jamwal, who had successfully commanded 4 Corps in the North East. [4] [5]
The 9 Corps consists of the following [2] [6] -
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Rank | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Unit of Commission | References |
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Lieutenant General | Anup Singh Jamwal | 1 September 2005 | 9 October 2005 | Regiment of Artillery | [4] [11] |
P K Rampal | 10 October 2005 | 2006 | 11th Gorkha Rifles | [12] [13] | |
Balraj Singh Nagal | 2006 | February 2008 | Jat Regiment | [14] | |
Vinay Sharma | February 2008 | February 2009 | Dogra Regiment | [15] | |
G M Nair | March 2009 | January 2010 | 11th Gorkha Rifles | [16] [17] | |
AK Choudhary | January 2010 | June 2012 | Mahar Regiment | [18] [19] | |
Anil Kumar Bhalla | 5 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | Armoured Corps | [20] | |
Praveen Bakshi | 26 June 2013 | 2014 | 1st Horse (Skinner's Horse) | [21] | |
Rajeev Tewari | 2014 | 28 November 2015 | Armoured Corps | [22] | |
Ashok Ambre | 29 November 2015 | 3 January 2017 | Maratha Light Infantry | [23] | |
Satinder Kumar Saini | 4 January 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Jat Regiment | [24] | |
YVK Mohan | 10 January 2018 | 11 January 2019 | 11th Gorkha Rifles | [25] | |
Jai Singh Nain | 12 January 2019 | 16 Feb 2020 | Dogra Regiment | [26] | |
Upendra Dwivedi | 16 February 2020 | 26 March 2021 | Jammu and Kashmir Rifles | [27] | |
PN Ananthanarayanan | 26 March 2021 | 14 April 2022 | 8th Gorkha Rifles | [28] | |
Pushpendra Singh | 14 April 2022 | 15 June 2023 | Parachute Regiment | [29] | |
SP Singh | 15 June 2023 | 10 August 2024 | Kumaon Regiment | [30] | |
Rajan Sharawat | 10 August 2024 | Incumbent | Garhwal Rifles | [31] |
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