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Active | 1979 - present |
Country | India |
Branch | Indian Army |
Role | Strike Corps |
Part of | South Western Command |
Garrison/HQ | Bathinda |
Nickname(s) | Chetak Corps |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh AVSM , YSM , SM [1] |
Notable commanders | Lt Gen Lakshman Singh Rawat |
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X Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is based in Bathinda and is a part of South Western Command.
The X (Chetak) Corps was raised at Bathinda on 1 July 1979 by Lieutenant General ML Tuli, [2] to reduce the load of XI Corps. The new corps took over south Punjab and north Rajasthan. [3]
The corps has two of the army's Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Divisions (RAPIDs).
It consists of:
At the time of re-raising, 10 corps adopted the present divisional formation sign. The formation sign was designed by its first General Officer Commanding (GOC) - Lieutenant General ML Tuli. The design consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army and a horse with the torso of a man.
Chetak, traditionally the horse ridden by Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati is associated with Rajput chivalry and is symbolic of mobility and manoeuvre. Th horse is poised in a bid to spring into action, which symbolises optimum readiness. The torso of a soldier is depicted in a power packed stance launching a spear at the enemy - which symbolises instant alertness for aggressive action to face any challenge. [8]
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Rank | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Unit of Commission | References |
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Lieutenant General | ML Tuli | 1 July 1979 | Garhwal Rifles | [8] | |
Himmeth Singh | April 1983 | Brigade of the Guards | [9] | ||
Mathew Thomas | April 1983 | 20 January 1985 | Parachute Regiment | [10] [11] | |
Lakshman Singh Rawat | June 1985 | June 1986 | 11th Gorkha Rifles | [12] | |
Faridoon Noshir Bilimoria | October 1987 | 1989 | 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) | [13] | |
Chandra Shekhar | November 1993 | 4th Gorkha Rifles | [14] | ||
Gopal Krishan Duggal | 18 January 2001 | Maratha Light Infantry | [15] [16] | ||
Mohinder Puri | 19 January 2001 | 11 March 2004 | 3rd Gorkha Rifles | [17] | |
OP Nandrajog | 12 March 2004 | December 2005 | Brigade of the Guards | [18] | |
N S Brar | 1 April 2006 | 2007 | Regiment of Artillery | [19] | |
R S Sujlana | 2007 | 28 September 2008 | Sikh Regiment | [20] | |
D S Chauhan | 29 September 2008 | Madras Regiment | [21] | ||
Kongara Surendra Nath | 31 December 2010 | Mechanised Infantry Regiment | [22] | ||
Sanjiv Chachra | January 2011 | January 2012 | Rajput Regiment | [23] | |
Sanjeev Anand | January 2012 | 2013 | Mechanised Infantry Regiment | [24] | |
NS Ghei | 2013 | June 2014 | Parachute Regiment | [25] | |
Pattiarimal Mohamadali Hariz | June 2014 | 17 June 2015 | Mechanised Infantry Regiment | [26] [27] | |
Dewan Rabindranath Soni | 18 June 2015 | 16 September 2016 | Central India Horse | [28] | |
Ashwani Kumar | September 2016 | July 2017 | Corps of Army Air Defence | [29] | |
P C Thimayya | 5 July 2017 | 5 July 2018 | Mechanised Infantry Regiment | [30] | |
Raj Shukla | 5 July 2018 | 30 July 2019 | Regiment of Artillery | [30] | |
Ajai Singh | 30 July 2019 | 25 August 2020 | 81 Armoured Regiment | [31] | |
Manoj Kumar Mago | 26 August 2020 | 28 October 2021 | Brigade of the Guards | [32] | |
JB Chaudhari | 29 October 2021 | 6 November 2022 | Brigade of the Guards | [33] | |
Sanjiv Rai | 7 November 2022 | 31 December 2023 | Sikh Light Infantry | [34] | |
Nagendra Singh | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | Panjab Regiment | [35] |
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