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	\| garrison = [[Jalandhar]]		\| garrison = [[Jalandhar]]
	\| equipment = <!-- Commanders -->		\| equipment = <!-- Commanders -->
	\| current_commander = Lt Gen ~~Devendra Sharma~~		\| current_commander = Lt Gen Vijay B Nair
	\| ceremonial_chief =		\| ceremonial_chief =
	\| colonel_of_the_regiment =		\| colonel_of_the_regiment =
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	\| battle_honours = Theatre Honour:<br />''Punjab''<br />Battle Honours:<br />''Dograi''<br />''Barki''<br />''Asal Uttar''<br />''Sehjra''<br />''Dera Baba Nanak''<ref name="ToI">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/vajra-corps-defenders-of-punjab-celebrates-platinum-jubilee/articleshow/74427425.cms\|title=Vajra Corps - 'Defenders of Punjab' - celebrates Platinum Jubilee\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2021-03-01\|access-date=2021-07-26}}</ref>		\| battle_honours = Theatre Honour:<br />''Punjab''<br />Battle Honours:<br />''Dograi''<br />''Barki''<br />''Asal Uttar''<br />''Sehjra''<br />''Dera Baba Nanak''<ref name="ToI">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/vajra-corps-defenders-of-punjab-celebrates-platinum-jubilee/articleshow/74427425.cms\|title=Vajra Corps - 'Defenders of Punjab' - celebrates Platinum Jubilee\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2021-03-01\|access-date=2021-07-26}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Indian Army Corps		{{Military unit sidebar\|title=Indian Army Corps (1915 - Present)\|previous=[[XXI Corps (India)\|XXI Corps]]\|next=[[I Corps (India)\|I Corps]]}}
	\|previous=[[XXI Corps (India)\|XXI Corps]]
	\|next=[[I Corps (India)\|I Corps]]
	}}
	The '''XI Corps''' of the [[Indian Army]] is based in [[Jalandhar]] and is a part of [[Western Command (India)\|Western Command]].		The '''XI Corps''' of the [[Indian Army]] is based in [[Jalandhar]] and is a part of [[Western Command (India)\|Western Command]].

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	\|Devendra Sharma		\|Devendra Sharma
	\|11 February 2022		\|11 February 2022
	\|~~Incumbent~~		\|15 May 2023
	\|[[Scinde Horse]]		\|[[Scinde Horse]]
	\|<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/lieut-gen-sharma-is-new-vajra-corps-commander-369202\|title=Lieut Gen Devendra Sharma is new Vajra Corps commander\|date=2022-02-12\|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/lieut-gen-sharma-is-new-vajra-corps-commander-369202\|title=Lieut Gen Devendra Sharma is new Vajra Corps commander\|date=2022-02-12\|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref>
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			\|Vijay B Nair
			\|15 May 2023
			\|Incumbent
			\|[[Punjab Regiment (India)\|Punjab Regiment]]
			\|<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/lt-gen-sharma-to-take-over-as-western-command-chief-of-staff/articleshow/100264849.cms\|title=Lt Gen Sharma to take over as Western Command chief of staff\|date=2023-05-16\|access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref>
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	\|[[Kumaon Regiment]]		\|[[Kumaon Regiment]]
	\|<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2016-09-03\|title=Lt Gen BS Sahrawat takes over as commanding officer of Vajra Corps\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-takes-over-as-commanding-officer-of-Vajra-Corps/articleshow/53988631.cms\|language=en \|location=Chandigarh\|access-date=20 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2016-09-03\|title=Lt Gen BS Sahrawat takes over as commanding officer of Vajra Corps\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-takes-over-as-commanding-officer-of-Vajra-Corps/articleshow/53988631.cms\|language=en \|location=Chandigarh\|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\|Dushyant Singh		\|Dushyant Singh
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	\|[[Dogra Regiment]]		\|[[Dogra Regiment]]
	\|<ref>{{cite news\|date=2018-11-05\|title=Lt Gen Arvind Dutta takes over command of Vajra Corps\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-gen-arvind-dutta-takes-over-command-of-vajra-corps/north/news/1398252.html\|language=en \|location=Jalandhar\|access-date=20 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{cite news\|date=2018-11-05\|title=Lt Gen Arvind Dutta takes over command of Vajra Corps\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-gen-arvind-dutta-takes-over-command-of-vajra-corps/north/news/1398252.html\|language=en \|location=Jalandhar\|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
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	\|Sanjeev Sharma		\|Sanjeev Sharma
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	\|[[Rajputana Rifles]]		\|[[Rajputana Rifles]]
	\|<ref name=Sanjeev_Sharma_GOC_Vajra>{{cite news\|date=2019-11-07\|title=Lt Gen sharma is Goc vajra corps\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/lt-gen-sharma-is-goc-vajra-corps/857336.html\|language=en \|location=Jalandhar\|access-date=20 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\|<ref name=Sanjeev_Sharma_GOC_Vajra>{{cite news\|date=2019-11-07\|title=Lt Gen sharma is Goc vajra corps\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/lt-gen-sharma-is-goc-vajra-corps/857336.html\|language=en \|location=Jalandhar\|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Bansi Ponnappa\|C B Ponnappa]]		\|[[Bansi Ponnappa\|C B Ponnappa]]

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = XI Corps
| image =
| caption =
| dates = 1939 - 1945 1950 - present
| country = [[India]]
| branch = [[Indian Army]]
| role = Strike [[Corps]]
| size = [[Army Corps]]
| command_structure = [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]]
| garrison = [[Jalandhar]]
| equipment = 
| current_commander = [[Bansi Ponnappa|Lt Gen C B Ponnappa]]
| ceremonial_chief =
| colonel_of_the_regiment =
| notable_commanders = [[General (India)|General]] [[Om Prakash Malhotra]] [[General (India)|General]] [[Ved Prakash Malik]] Lt Gen [[T. B. Henderson Brooks]] Lt Gen [[Harbaksh Singh]] Lt Gen [[Joginder Singh Dhillon|J. S. Dhillon]]
| identification_symbol =
| identification_symbol_2 = 
| nickname = ''Vajra Corps''
| patron =
| motto =
| colors =
| mascot =
| battles =
| anniversaries =
| decorations =
| battle_honours =
}}
{{Indian Army Corps
|previous=[[X Corps (India)|X Corps]]
|next=[[XII Corps (India)|XII Corps]]
}}
The '''XI Corps ''' of the [[Indian Army]] is based in [[Jalandhar]] and is a part of [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]].
XI Corps was raised to take command of the formations in the Punjab in 1950<ref>Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, 26.</ref> as India reorganised its post-1947 army to meet the new threat of Pakistan.<ref>http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/lofiversion/index.php/t7640.html</ref>

It consists of:{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
*7th Infantry Division headquartered at [[Firozpur]], raised in 1964.<ref>Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, 40</ref>
*[[9th Infantry Division (India)|9th Infantry Division]] headquartered at [[Meerut]], one brigade Meerut, one brigade Delhi, one brigade Jalandhar.
*[[15th Infantry Division (India)|15th Infantry Division]] headquartered at [[Amritsar]]. Appears to include [[350th Infantry Brigade (India)|350th Infantry Brigade]].<ref>Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, 166.</ref> The [[66th Armoured Regiment (India)|66th Armoured Regiment]] fought in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] as the integral armoured regiment of the 15th Infantry Division.<ref name="Nath2009">{{cite book|last=Nath|first=Ashok|title=Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGQeQwAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India|isbn=978-81-902097-7-9|pages=644-646}}</ref>
*[[23rd Armoured Brigade (India)|23rd Armoured Brigade]]
*55th Mechanised Brigade ([[Beas]])<ref>Renaldi & Rikhye 2011.</ref>

In 1984, [[46th Armoured Regiment (India)|46th Armoured Regiment]], [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]], was based in [[Amritsar]] as part of an armoured brigade at the time of [[Operation Blue Star]].

== List of Commanders ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Rank
!Appointment Date
!Left Office
!Unit of Commission
!References
|-
!JS Cheema
! rowspan="6" |[[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]]
!
!31 August 2016
![[Sikh Regiment]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flamecareeracademy.com/guest-speaker-6|title=LT GEN JS CHEEMA, PVSM, AVSM (RETD)
|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>
!
|-
!B S Sahrawat
!1 September 2016
!2 November 2017
![[Kumaon Regiment]]
!<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-09-03|title=Lt Gen BS Sahrawat takes over as commanding officer of Vajra Corps|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Lt-Gen-BS-Sahrawat-takes-over-as-commanding-officer-of-Vajra-Corps/articleshow/53988631.cms|language=en |location=Chandigarh|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
![[Dushyant Singh (General)|Dushyant Singh]]
!2 November 2017
!4 November 2018
![[Maratha Light Infantry]]
!<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-11-03|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/vajra-corps-goc/491716.html|title=Vajra Corps GOC}}</ref>
|-
![[Arvind Dutta]]
!5 November 2018
!5 November 2019
![[Dogra Regiment]]
!<ref>{{cite news|date=2018-11-05|title=Lt Gen Arvind Dutta takes over command of Vajra Corps|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-gen-arvind-dutta-takes-over-command-of-vajra-corps/north/news/1398252.html|language=en |location=Jalandhar|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
![[Sanjeev Sharma (General)| Sanjeev Sharma]]
!6 November 2019
!2 December 2020
![[Rajputana Rifles]]
!<ref name=Sanjeev_Sharma_GOC_Vajra>{{cite news|date=2019-11-07|title=Lt Gen sharma is Goc vajra corps|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/lt-gen-sharma-is-goc-vajra-corps/857336.html|language=en |location=Jalandhar|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
![[Bansi Ponnappa|C B Ponnappa]]
!2 December 2020
!Incumbent
![[Mahar Regiment]]
!<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Lt Gen C Bansi Ponnappa is new GOC Vajra Corps|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/campus-notes-179325|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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