I Corps (India)

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I Corps
I Corps.png
I corps formation sign
Active1965-Present [1]
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
BranchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
RoleStrike Corps
Part of Northern Command (India)
Garrison/HQ Mathura
Engagements Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Sino-Indian border dispute

Commanders
Current
commander		 Lt Gen Sanjay Mitra
AVSM , SM
Notable
commanders		 General Joginder Jaswant Singh
General Vishwa Nath Sharma
Lt Gen Sagat Singh
Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh

I Corps is a military field formation of the Indian Army. The Corps is headquartered at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It was raised on 1 April 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. Raised as the First Strike Corps of the Indian Army, it was launched into operations in the Sialkot sector. The Corps conducted a counteroffensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the Battle of Basantar. [2]

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The corps conducts Exercise Parvat Prahaar (Mountain Strike) to maintain combat readiness in the northern sector along Line of Actual Control. The exercise which is conducted in high-altitude, rugged terrain conditions, includes tanks, artillery (including K-9 Vajra T), air-defence systems and other assets. The editions of the exercise are 2022 and 2024. [3] [4]

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

During 1971, the composition of the corps was: [5]

Present Day

In 2021, the Strike One Corps was shifted to Northern Command from the South Western Command to focus on Sino-Indian border in Ladakh. [6] According to reports, around 500 main battle tanks and 50,000 troops are deployed in Eastern Ladakh region. [4]

The I Corps created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following formations:

The following were moved to direct command of South Western Command

List of General Officers Commanding

Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar taking over as the General Officer Commanding of 'Strike 1' from Lt Gen CP Cariappa, 5 April 2021. Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar took over as the General Officer Commanding of the prestigious Corps 'Strike 1' from Lt Gen CP Cariappa.jpg
Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar taking over as the General Officer Commanding of ‘Strike 1’ from Lt Gen CP Cariappa, 5 April 2021.
RankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeUnit of CommissionReferences
Lieutenant General Patrick Oswald Dunn May 1965January 1967 3rd Gorkha Rifles [15]
Jahangir Tehmursap SataravalaJanuary 1967August 1971 13th Frontier Force Rifles
Khem Karan Singh August 1971November 1973 16th Light Cavalry [16]
Sagat Singh November 1973November 1974 3rd Gorkha Rifles
D.K. ChandorkarDecember 1974March 1978 Rajputana Rifles
Jaswant SinghMarch 1978January 1980 Punjab Regiment
Tirath Singh Oberoi January 1980August 1981 Punjab Regiment, Parachute Regiment
Harish Chandra DuttaAugust 1981August 1982 8th Gorkha Rifles
Anand SarupAugust 1982August 1984 8th Gorkha Rifles [17]
Vishwa Nath Sharma October 1984March 1986 16th Light Cavalry [18]
Y.S. TomarMarch 1986June 1987 The Grenadiers
R.N. MahajanJune 1987December 1988 Kumaon Regiment [19]
R. SharmaDecember 1988January 1991 2nd Lancers [20]
V.K. SinghJanuary 1991April 1992 Madras Regiment [21]
Y.M. BammiApril 1992July 1993 4th Gorkha Rifles
A.S. SandhuJuly 1993April 1995 Deccan Horse
Vijay OberoiApril 1995June 1997 Maratha Light Infantry
Rajendra Singh KadyanAugust 1997January 2001 Rajputana Rifles
J.J. Singh January 2001December 2002 Maratha Light Infantry [22]
Tej S PathakDecember 2002May 2004 Parachute Regiment [23]
Susheel GuptaMay 2004April 2006 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles [24]
P.C. KatochApril 2006October 2007 Parachute Regiment [25]
Tejinder SinghOctober 2007October 2008 Brigade of the Guards
S.R. GhoshOctober 2008November 2009 Brigade of The Guards [26]
A. K. Singh November 2009April 2011 7th Light Cavalry [27]
Ashok SinghMay 2011August 2012 Brigade of The Guards [28]
P.R. KumarAugust 2012August 2013 Regiment of Artillery, Army Aviation Corps [29]
Ravindra ThogdeAugust 2013September 2014 1st Gorkha Rifles [30]
Ashok Bhim ShivaneSeptember 2014October 2015 7th Light Cavalry [31]
Shokin Chauhan8 October 2015November 2016 11th Gorkha Rifles [32]
Ranbir Singh 30 November 201629 December 2017 Dogra Regiment [33]
Taranjit Singh29 December 201725 January 2019 65 Armoured Regiment [34]
Amardeep Singh Bhinder 25 January 20193 April 2020 Deccan Horse [35]
Codanda Poovaiah Cariappa4 April 20205 April 2021 Rajputana Rifles [36]
Manoj Kumar Katiyar 6 April 202130 April 2022 Rajput Regiment [37]
Gajendra Joshi1 May 202208 June 2023 Garhwal Rifles [38]
Sanjay Mitra09 June 2023Incumbent The Grenadiers [39]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Indian Army Corps 2001". www.orbat.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Archive of One Strike Corps of Indian Army in Mathura opens tomorrow". The Economic Times. 11 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (2022-09-10). "Army chief reviews Exercise Parvat Prahar in Ladakh". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  4. 1 2 "Army conducts 'Parvat Prahaar' exercise in Ladakh, focuses on high-altitude ops". India Today. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  5. ↑ National Defense University, Indian I Corps Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Philip, Snehesh Alex (2021-04-12). "These are the key changes Army has made in Ladakh to counter China in summer". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Indian Army's oldest fighting formation 'Red Eagle' celebrates 75 years of valour". The Times of India . 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Servicemen Rally Organised". 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  9. ↑ "Inter-Command Football Championship 2019". 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  10. ↑ "PPE kits prepared by SHGs in Kheri will be supplied to Army hospital in Lucknow: CDO". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  11. ↑ "Know Your Army exhibition". 2006-01-11. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  12. ↑ "Army motivates youth at 'know your army'". The Times of India . 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  13. ↑ "Bharat Rakshak :: Land Forces Site - Armoured Formations". bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana".
  15. ↑ "PIB press note" (PDF). 1965-11-09. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  16. ↑ "Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh: An outstanding military leader". 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  17. ↑ "Lt Gen Anand Sarup retires" (PDF). 1987-03-29. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  18. ↑ "GENERAL V.N. SHARMA" . Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  19. ↑ "Lt Gen Mahajan appointed DCOAS" (PDF). 1988-12-11. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  20. ↑ "Lt Gen R Sharma is new DCOAS" (PDF). 1991-08-02. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  21. ↑ "Know Your Army". 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  22. ↑ "Gen J J Singh new GOC-in-C of Western Command". The Times of India . 2004-02-01. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  23. ↑ "Gen Vij takes over tomorrow". 2002-12-29. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  24. ↑ "GOC-in-C on two-day city visit". 2006-03-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  25. ↑ "Lt Gen Katoch visits Cantonment". 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  26. ↑ "Lt Gen SR Ghosh to be GOC-in-C of Western Command". The Times of India . 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  27. ↑ "Cover Story : Mutual Respect". 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  28. ↑ "Lt Gen Ashok Singh takes over as Southern Army commander". 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  29. ↑ "Army Aviation Corps Colonel Commandant" . Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  30. ↑ "LIEUTENANT GENERAL RAVI THODGE TAKES OVER REINS OF 1 CORPS". 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  31. ↑ "Lt Gen A B Shivane, PVSM, AVSM, VSM" . Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  32. ↑ "Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan". 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  33. ↑ "Lt General Ranbir Singh promoted to GOC Strike 1 Corps, AK Bhatt new DGMO". 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  34. ↑ "Lt General Taranjit Singh assumes Command Of Strike 1". 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  35. ↑ "Amardeep Bhinder takes command of Strike One Corps Mathura". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  36. ↑ "Lieutenant general C P Cariappa takes over Mathura based command of first strike corps". The Times of India . 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  37. ↑ "Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar takes charge of Mathura-based Strike 1 Corps". Outlook (India). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  38. ↑ "Lieutenant General Gajendra Joshi assumed the command of the prestigious STRIKEONE today". 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  39. ↑ "Lt Gen Sanjay Mitra takes over as Commander of Strike 1 Corps". The Print. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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