XV Corps (India)

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XV Corps, or 15 Corps, also known as Chinar Corps, [1] is a Corps of the Indian Army which is presently located in Srinagar and responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley. It has participated in all military conflicts with Pakistan and China to date. [2] Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava is the current Corps Commander since 05 October 2024 taking over from Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai.

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XV Corps
XV Corps.png
Indian Army XV Corps Formation Sign
Active1916-1918, 1942-1945, 1948-Present [2]
Country India
Branch Indian Army
RoleHolding Corps
Size Corps
Part of Northern Command (India).png Northern Command
Garrison/HQ Badami Bagh, Srinagar
Nickname(s)Chinar Corps
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava
AVSM , SM
Notable
commanders		 Lt Gen B. S. Raju
General Bikram Singh
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan
Lt Gen Kashmir Singh Katoch
Gen S. M. Shrinagesh
Lt.General Devendra Pratap Pandey

History

HQ XV Corps was first raised in Egypt at Port Said on January 12, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Horne who was sacked after killing of five under command Indian soldiers.[ citation needed ] It was part of the British Indian Army during the First World War for operations in Egypt and France. Disbanded in 1918, it was re-raised on March 20, 1942, at Barrackpore for combat operations in Burma during World War II, and after the war, it served in Java and Sumatra. [3]

Disbanded in Karachi in 1947 after repatriation, it was re-raised after India gained independence, as part of the Indian Army, in 1948 as HQ Jammu and Kashmir Force. It underwent a number of name changes till its final re-designation as HQ 15 Corps in 1955 in Udhampur. In June 1972, HQ Northern Command was raised to take over operational control of Jammu & Kashmir. HQ 15 Corps moved to Srinagar to take charge of the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. After Operation Vijay, HQ 15 Corps was made solely responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley. [2]

Formation Sign

The design consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army with a Chinar leaf and a battle axe superimposed on it.

Composition

The corps currently consists of: [4] [5]

List of Commanders / General Officer Commanding (GOC)

RankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeUnit of CommissionReferences
Lieutenant General S. M. Shrinagesh September 1948January 1948 19th Hyderabad Regiment [6] [7]
Mohinder Singh Wadalia 19571959 19th Hyderabad Regiment [8]
Shiv Dev VermaJanuary 19591961 16th Light Cavalry [9]
Bikram Singh June 196122 November 1963 13th Frontier Force Rifles [10]
Kashmir Singh Katoch November 19637 June 1966 13th Frontier Force Rifles [11]
Sartaj Singh 1970January 1973 Regiment of Artillery [12] [13]
R K Jasbir Singh 4th Gorkha Rifles [14] [15] [nb 1]
Prem Nath Hoon3 August 19831984 Sikh Regiment [16] [nb 2]
Mohammad Ahmed Zaki October 1989June 1991 Maratha Light Infantry [17]
Sundararajan Padmanabhan July 1993February 1995 Regiment of Artillery [18] [19]
J S DhillonMarch 1995 Maratha Light Infantry [20]
Krishan Pal1999January 2000 Assam Regiment [21] [22]
John Ranjan MukherjeeJanuary 200017 April 2002 Assam Regiment [23]
Vinayak Gopal Patankar18 April 200217 July 2003 Regiment of Artillery [24]
Nirbhay Sharma 18 July 200314 June 2005 Parachute Regiment [25]
Sarabjit Singh Dhillon 15 June 200522 October 2006 The Grenadiers [26]
Amarjeet Singh Sekhon23 October 200623 November 2007 Sikh Light Infantry [27] [28]
Mukesh Sabharwal24 November 20072008 Rajput Regiment [29] [30]
Bikram Singh 200831 October 2009 Sikh Light Infantry [31]
N C Marwah30 November 20093 December 2010 Kumaon Regiment [32] [33]
Syed Ata Hasnain 4 December 20108 June 2012 The Garhwal Rifles [34] [35]
Om Prakash 9 June 20129 June 2013 Kumaon Regiment [36]
Gurmit Singh 10 June 201325 June 2014 Assam Regiment [37] [38] [39]
Subrata Saha26 June 201425 November 2015 Assam Regiment [40]
Satish Dua 26 November 201531 October 2016 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry [41] [42]
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu 1 November 201614 December 2017 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [43]
Anil Kumar Bhatt 15 December 20177 February 2019 9th Gorkha Rifles [44]
Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon 8 February 201929 February 2020 Rajputana Rifles [45]
B. S. Raju 1 March 202017 March 2021 Jat Regiment [46]
Devendra Pratap Pandey 17 March 20219 May 2022 Sikh Light Infantry [47]
Amardeep Singh Aujla 9 May 202214 June 2023 Rajputana Rifles [48]
Rajiv Ghai14 June 20235 October 2024 Kumaon Regiment [49]
Prashant Srivastava5 October 2024Incumbent Parachute Regiment [50]

Notes

  1. ↑ Though commissioned into the 4th Gorkha Rifles, he was later transferred to the Jat Regiment
  2. ↑ Though commissioned into the 4 Sikh, he was later transferred to the Dogra Regiment

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