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	[[File:Exercise Sudarshan Shakti.jpg\|thumb\|Exercise Sudarshan Shakti, 21 Corps, December 2011<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/dec16-11/h1.htm\|title=Exercise 'Sudarshan Shakti', Mighty Manoeuvres\|date=2011-12-11\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>]]		[[File:Exercise Sudarshan Shakti.jpg\|thumb\|Exercise Sudarshan Shakti, 21 Corps, December 2011<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/dec16-11/h1.htm\|title=Exercise 'Sudarshan Shakti', Mighty Manoeuvres\|date=2011-12-11\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>]]
	After India's intervention in [[Sri Lanka]], the provisional headquarters (HQ) controlling India's expeditionary force, HQ [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]], became HQ '''XXI Corps''' in April 1990 at [[Chandimandir Cantonment\|Chandimandir]]. Permanent retention of the Corps at Bhopal was authorised on 29 October 1990.<ref name="IAwebsite"/> It is the only strike corps in the [[Indian Army]]’s [[Pune]] based Southern Command, the other three being - [[I Corps (India)\|I Corps]], [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] and [[XVII Corps (India)\|XVII Corps]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Chauhan \|first=R S \|date=3 January 2014 \|title=Finally, an army strike corps aimed at China\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/finally-an-army-strike-corps-aimed-at-china/20140103.htm \|work=[[Rediff.com]] \|access-date=21 June ~~2022~~}}</ref> XXI corps functions as both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another large intervention overseas.		After India's intervention in [[Sri Lanka]], the provisional headquarters (HQ) controlling India's expeditionary force, HQ [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]], became HQ '''XXI Corps''' in April 1990 at [[Chandimandir Cantonment\|Chandimandir]]. Permanent retention of the Corps at Bhopal was authorised on 29 October 1990.<ref name="IAwebsite"/> It is the only strike corps in the [[Indian Army]]’s [[Pune]] based Southern Command, the other three being - [[I Corps (India)\|I Corps]], [[II Corps (India)\|II Corps]] and [[XVII Corps (India)\|XVII Corps]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Chauhan \|first=R S \|date=3 January 2014 \|title=Finally, an army strike corps aimed at China\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/finally-an-army-strike-corps-aimed-at-china/20140103.htm \|work=[[Rediff.com]] \|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref> XXI corps functions as both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another large intervention overseas.

	It currently consists of:<ref name="WebIndia">{{cite web\|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20140812/2439625.html\|title=General Officer Commanding 21 Corps meets MP CM\|date=2014-08-11\|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref>		It currently consists of:<ref name="WebIndia">{{cite web\|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20140812/2439625.html\|title=General Officer Commanding 21 Corps meets MP CM\|date=2014-08-11\|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref>
	*[[31st Indian Armoured Division\|31 Armored Division]] ''(White Tiger Division)'' headquartered at [[Jhansi]]-[[Babina, Uttar Pradesh\|Babina]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], Central India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/IaSouthern/status/1370549512641507328\|title=Lt Gen JS Nain, Army Cdr Southern Command accompanied by Lt Gen Atulya Solankey, GOC Sudarshan Chakra Corps visited White Tiger Division, Babina to witness integrated field firing conducted on a near realistic technology enabled battle field situation\|date=2021-03-13\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref> 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division.<ref>{{citation \| title=Ready for joint counter-insurgency operations with India: US army \| publisher=[[Press Trust of India]] \| date=26 October ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2008/jul01-08/h12.html\|title=Exercise Bold Kurukshetra\|date=2008-07-01\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>		*[[31st Indian Armoured Division\|31 Armored Division]] ''(White Tiger Division)'' headquartered at [[Jhansi]]-[[Babina, Uttar Pradesh\|Babina]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], Central India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/IaSouthern/status/1370549512641507328\|title=Lt Gen JS Nain, Army Cdr Southern Command accompanied by Lt Gen Atulya Solankey, GOC Sudarshan Chakra Corps visited White Tiger Division, Babina to witness integrated field firing conducted on a near realistic technology enabled battle field situation\|date=2021-03-13\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref> 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division.<ref>{{citation \| title=Ready for joint counter-insurgency operations with India: US army \| publisher=[[Press Trust of India]] \| date=26 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2008/jul01-08/h12.html\|title=Exercise Bold Kurukshetra\|date=2008-07-01\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>
	*[[36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|36 Infantry Division]] (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) ''(Shahbaaz Division)'' at [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh\|Sagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Army strike formation validates new assault concepts\|url=http://www.spsmai.com/exclusive/?id=67&q=Army-strike-formation-validates-new-assault-concepts\|website=SP's MAI}}</ref> In 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at [[Talbehat]], 18 Armoured Brigade at [[Gwalior]],<ref>See also http://www.kv3gwalior.org/index.php?qs=cont_show&pageid=2</ref> 72 Infantry Brigade at [[Gwalior]], and [[115th Indian Infantry Brigade\|115 Infantry Brigade]] was at [[Dhana]].<ref>Mandeep Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye, [http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html Indian Army RAPID Divisions] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128012736/http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html \|date=28 November 2010 }}, 11 February 2001</ref>		*[[36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|36 Infantry Division]] (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) ''(Shahbaaz Division)'' at [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh\|Sagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Army strike formation validates new assault concepts\|url=http://www.spsmai.com/exclusive/?id=67&q=Army-strike-formation-validates-new-assault-concepts\|website=SP's MAI}}</ref> In 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at [[Talbehat]], 18 Armoured Brigade at [[Gwalior]],<ref>See also http://www.kv3gwalior.org/index.php?qs=cont_show&pageid=2</ref> 72 Infantry Brigade at [[Gwalior]], and [[115th Indian Infantry Brigade\|115 Infantry Brigade]] was at [[Dhana]].<ref>Mandeep Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye, [http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html Indian Army RAPID Divisions] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128012736/http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html \|date=28 November 2010 }}, 11 February 2001</ref>
	*[[54th Infantry Division (India)\|54 Infantry Division]] ''(Bison Division)'' headquartered at [[Hyderabad, India\|Hyderabad]]/[[Secunderabad]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://telanganatoday.com/goc-sudarshan-chakra-corps-visits-secunderabad-military-station\|title=GOC Sudarshan Chakra Corps visits Secunderabad Military Station\|date=2021-07-08\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref> It includes -		*[[54th Infantry Division (India)\|54 Infantry Division]] ''(Bison Division)'' headquartered at [[Hyderabad, India\|Hyderabad]]/[[Secunderabad]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://telanganatoday.com/goc-sudarshan-chakra-corps-visits-secunderabad-military-station\|title=GOC Sudarshan Chakra Corps visits Secunderabad Military Station\|date=2021-07-08\|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref> It includes -

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = XXI Indian Corps XXI Corps
| image =
| caption =
| dates = 1942–1943 1990–present
| country = {{flagicon|British India}} [[British Raj|British India]] {{flag|India}}
| allegiance = {{flag|British Empire}} {{flag|India}}
| branch = [[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|26px]] [[British Indian Army]] {{army|India}}
| type = [[Corps]]
| role = Strike
| size =
| command_structure = [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]
| garrison = [[Bhopal]]
| nickname = ''Sudarshan Chakra Corps / 1 Strike Corps''
| patron =
| motto =
| colors =
| battles = [[World War II]]
| anniversaries =
| decorations =
| battle_honours =
| identification_symbol =
| identification_symbol_2 = 
| current_commander = Lt General Atulya Solankey
| ceremonial_chief =
| notable_commanders = General [[Nirmal Chander Vij]]
}}
'''XXI Corps''' is a [[corps]]-sized formation of the [[Indian Army]].

{{Indian Army Corps
|previous=[[II Corps (India)|II Corps]]
|next=[[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]]
}}

==World War II==
The '''XXI Indian Corps''' was raised in Persia on 6 June 1942 as a formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. The corps was commanded throughout its existence by [[Lieutenant-general (United_Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] [[Mosley Mayne]] and was part of the [[Tenth_Army (United_Kingdom)|Tenth Army]]. The corps, composed of the [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]] ([[Major-general (United_Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Dudley Russell]]) and the [[56th (London) Infantry Division|British 56th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Eric Grant Miles|Eric Miles]]), was created as part of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] buildup of forces in Persia and Iraq to create [[Persia and Iraq Command]] in order to prevent a German invasion of the [[Caucasus]]. The invasion never occurred and the corps was disbanded on 24 August 1943.<ref>http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=111&nid=10&start=0</ref>

==Present==
The corps was reformed as '''XXI Corps''' in 1990. It is the only strike corps in the [[Indian Army]]’s Poona-based Southern Command (there are three other strike crops - [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]], [[II Corps (India)|II Corps]], [[XVII Corps (India)|XVII Corps]], but their headquarters are in different places).<ref>{{cite news |last=Chauhan |first=R S |date=3 January 2014 |title=Finally, an army strike corps aimed at China|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/finally-an-army-strike-corps-aimed-at-china/20140103.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref> After India's intervention in [[Sri Lanka]], the provisional HQ controlling India's expeditionary force, HQ [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]], became HQ XXI Corps in April 1990. It was then moved to Bhopal. This is both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another large intervention overseas.

It currently consists of:
*[[31st Indian Armoured Division|31st Armored Division]] (White Tiger Division) headquartered at [[Jhansi]]-[[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], Central India. 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division; it is part of the Strike Corps,<ref>{{citation | title=Ready for joint counter-insurgency operations with India: US army | publisher=[[Press Trust of India]] | date=26 October 2009}}</ref> and has taken part in exercises with the [[Singaporean Army]] under the direction of 31 Armoured Division.{{cn|date=November 2016}}
*[[36th Infantry Division (United_Kingdom)|36th Infantry Division]] (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]. In 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at [[Talbehat]], 18 Armoured Brigade at [[Gwalior]],<ref>See also http://www.kv3gwalior.org/index.php?qs=cont_show&pageid=2</ref> 72 Infantry Brigade at [[Gwalior]], and [[115th Indian Infantry Brigade|115 Infantry Brigade]] was at [[Dhana]].<ref>Mandeep Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye, [http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html Indian Army RAPID Divisions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128012736/http://orbat.com/site/toe/toe/india/rapids.html |date=28 November 2010 }}, 11 February 2001</ref> In December 2013 the 36th Infantry Division participated in Exercise Shahbaaz Ajay in the Thar Desert, to validate fresh war-fighting doctrinal concepts that envisaged rapid deployment, backward integration of strike units and the deep integration of airborne assets in a border scenario.<ref>{{cite web|title=Army strike formation validates new assault concepts|url=http://www.spsmai.com/exclusive/?id=67&q=Army-strike-formation-validates-new-assault-concepts|website=SP's MAI}}</ref>
* 41 Artillery Division headquartered at [[Pune, Maharashtra|Pune]].
*[[54th Infantry Division (India)|54th Infantry Division]] headquartered at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]/[[Secunderabad]] 91 Infantry Brigade at [[Trivandrum]] is an amphibious brigade.<ref>[http://www.india-server.com/news/kerala-to-be-headquarters-for-countrys-4185.html Kerala to be headquarters for country's first amphibious brigade] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006185834/http://www.india-server.com/news/kerala-to-be-headquarters-for-countrys-4185.html |date=6 October 2008 }}, 5 October 2008</ref> 47 Infantry Brigade was part of 54 Division during Exercise Tri Shakti in 1986, exercising the air assault role.
*Artillery Brigade
*Air Defence brigade
*475 Engineering Brigade

== List of Commanders ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Name
!Appointment Date
!Left Office
!Unit of Commission
!References
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Pradeep Singh Mehta]]
|
|
|[[Skinner's Horse]]
|
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Cherish Mathson]]
|1 July 2016
|30 June 2017
|[[Garhwal Rifles]]
|<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/lt-gen-cherish-mathson-takes-over-sudarshan-chakras-command.html|title=lt Gen Cherish Mathson takes over Sudarshan Chakra's command}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Iqroop Singh Ghuman]]
| 1 July 2017
| 2018
|[[Brigade of the Guards]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/7/2/Lt-General-Ghuman-takes-command-of-Sudarshan-Chakra-Corps.aspx|title=Lt General Ghuman takes command of Sudarshan Chakra Corps|website=thehitavada.com|access-date=2017-12-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002706/http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/7/2/Lt-General-Ghuman-takes-command-of-Sudarshan-Chakra-Corps.aspx|archive-date=2017-08-21}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Ravendra Pal Singh]]
| July 2018
| July 2019
|[[Mechanised Infantry Regiment]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2018/7/6/Lt-Gen-Ravendra-Pal-Singh-assumes-command-of-Sudharshan-Chakra-Corps.aspx|title=Lt Gen Ravendra Pal Singh assumes command of Sudharshan Chakra Corps|website=thehitavada.com|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Yogendra Dimri]]
| July 2019
| 25 July 2020
|[[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Bombay Sappers]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lieutenant-general-yogendra-dimri-ati-vishisht-seva-medal-and-vishisht-seva-medal-assumes-command-of-sudarshan-chakra-corps/articleshow/70393209.cms|website=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=2019-08-07|title=Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal Assumes Command of Sudarshan Chakra Corps | India News - Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|Atulya Solankey
|26 July 2020
|Present
|[[11 Gorkha Rifles]]
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=atulya |first1=solankey |title=atulya solankey took over reins of sudarshan chakra corps |url=https://twitter.com/IaSouthern/status/1287196803251630082?s=08}}</ref>
|-

|}

==See also ==
*[[72nd Indian Infantry Brigade]]

== References ==
{{Indian Army Corps
|previous=[[XVI Corps (India)|XVI Corps]]
|next=[[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]]
}}
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