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{{short description|Indian Army regional command}}
{{short description|Indian Army regional command}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Central Command
| unit_name = Central Command
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| command_structure =  
| command_structure =  
| size =  
| size =  
| current_commander = Lt General [[Yogendra Dimri]]
| current_commander = Lt General [[Yogendra Dimri]] [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
| garrison = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| garrison = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| battles =  
| battles =  
| notable_commanders =  
| notable_commanders = [[General (India)|Gen]] [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues|S F Rodrigues]]
}}
}}


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During [[2013 North India floods]] in its rescue operations "Operation Surya Hope" in [[Uttarakhand]], the Central Command mobilised over 8,000 troops for rescue and relief operations for stranded people on all four different axis of Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Harsil-Gangotri axis, Rudraprayag-Kedarnath axis, Joshimath-Badrinath axis and Dharchula-Tawaghat axis in Pithoragarh district. Under operation Ganga, the Army evacuated 1,150 persons from Harsil area; 6,000 from Joshimath and 700 from Tawaghat area. Army operations in the 40,000 square kilometres were led by Lieutenant General Anil Chait, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command.<ref name="TOI-2013-06-19">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/lucknow/40068893_1_army-rescues-the-army-lieutenant-general-anil-chait | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622214101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/lucknow/40068893_1_army-rescues-the-army-lieutenant-general-anil-chait | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 June 2013 | title=Army rescues over 7,000 stranded persons | date=19 June 2013| work=[[The Times of India]] <!--, 07.07 AM IST -->| access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref><ref name="TOI-2013-06-21">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-21/lucknow/40117890_1_army-commander-axis-army-operations | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215043/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-21/lucknow/40117890_1_army-commander-axis-army-operations | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 June 2013 | title=2,500 additional troops deployed for rescue operations | date=21 June 2013| work=[[The Times of India]] <!--, 07.10 AM IST -->| access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref>
During [[2013 North India floods]] in its rescue operations "Operation Surya Hope" in [[Uttarakhand]], the Central Command mobilised over 8,000 troops for rescue and relief operations for stranded people on all four different axis of Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Harsil-Gangotri axis, Rudraprayag-Kedarnath axis, Joshimath-Badrinath axis and Dharchula-Tawaghat axis in Pithoragarh district. Under operation Ganga, the Army evacuated 1,150 persons from Harsil area; 6,000 from Joshimath and 700 from Tawaghat area. Army operations in the 40,000 square kilometres were led by Lieutenant General Anil Chait, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command.<ref name="TOI-2013-06-19">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/lucknow/40068893_1_army-rescues-the-army-lieutenant-general-anil-chait | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622214101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/lucknow/40068893_1_army-rescues-the-army-lieutenant-general-anil-chait | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 June 2013 | title=Army rescues over 7,000 stranded persons | date=19 June 2013| work=[[The Times of India]] <!--, 07.07 AM IST -->| access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref><ref name="TOI-2013-06-21">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-21/lucknow/40117890_1_army-commander-axis-army-operations | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215043/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-21/lucknow/40117890_1_army-commander-axis-army-operations | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 June 2013 | title=2,500 additional troops deployed for rescue operations | date=21 June 2013| work=[[The Times of India]] <!--, 07.10 AM IST -->| access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref>


==Area and formations==
==Structure==
Central Command's Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covers eight states of India:<ref>{{cite web|publisher=India Today|title=Theatre Commands|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/theatre-commands-himachal-uttarakhand-under-central-army-1878943-2021-11-20}}</ref>
Central Command's Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covers eight states of India:[[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Theatre Commands |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/theatre-commands-himachal-uttarakhand-under-central-army-1878943-2021-11-20 |publisher=India Today}}</ref> 18 Regimental Centres and a large number of logistic and training establishments come under Central Command.  The responsibility for the central sector of the Western border with [[Pakistan]] also lies with Central Command.<ref name="GM-Com">{{cite web | url=http://gomilitary.in/army/commands/ | title=Commands of the Indian Army | access-date=2013-06-22 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602122132/http://gomilitary.in/army/commands/ | archive-date=2 June 2022}}</ref> Almost half of the 62 [[cantonment]]s in India lie within the Central Command's theatre.<ref name="Hindu-2003-05-11">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/11/stories/2003051101731100.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215129/http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/11/stories/2003051101731100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-06-24 | title=Central Command's novel initiative | date=2003-05-11 | access-date=2013-06-23 | work=[[The Hindu]] | author=Mukund Padmanabhan}}</ref>
#[[Uttar Pradesh]]
#[[Uttarakhand]]
#[[Himachal Pradesh]]
#[[Madhya Pradesh]]
#[[Chhattisgarh]]
#[[Bihar]]
#[[Jharkhand]]
#[[Odisha]]


There are two ''Static Area Formations'' and one ''Mountain Division'' under Central Command:<ref name="IAF">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=um22j1YWT0YC&q=central+command&pg=PA11 | title=Indian Armed Forces | publisher=Lancer Publishers | year=2008 | access-date=2013-06-21 |author1=Bharat Verma |author2=G. M. Hiranandani |author3=B. K. Pandey | pages=16| isbn=9780979617423 }}</ref>
There are two Static Area Formations:- Uttar Bharat Area and Madhya Bharat Area. Central Command earlier used to act as strategic reserve but now it is looking after Uttarakhand sector of Sino-Indian border.<ref name="IAF">{{cite book |author1=Bharat Verma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=um22j1YWT0YC&q=central+command&pg=PA11 |title=Indian Armed Forces |author2=G. M. Hiranandani |author3=B. K. Pandey |publisher=Lancer Publishers |year=2008 |isbn=9780979617423 |pages=16 |access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/conflictx7/status/1532037655315197958/photo/1 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
#Uttar Bharat Area headquartered at [[Bareilly]]
{| class="wikitable"
#Madhya Bharat Area headquartered at [[Jabalpur]]
! colspan="5" |Structure of Central Command
#14 Infantry Division at [[Dehradun]]
|-
!Corps
!Corps HQ
!GOC of Corps
<small>(Corps Commander)</small>
!Assigned Units
!Unit HQ
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="5" |N/A
| rowspan="5" |N/A
| rowspan="5" |N/A
|14 RAPID Division
|[[Dehradun|Dehradun, Uttarakhand]]
|-
|50 (Independent) Parachute Brigade
|[[Agra|Agra, Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|9 (Independent) Mountain Brigade
|[[Joshimath|Joshimath, Uttarakhand]]
|-
|136 (Independent) Mountain Brigade
|Sumdo, Himachal Pradesh
|-
|119 (Independent) Mountain Brigade
|[[Pithoragarh]], [[Uttarakhand]]
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |N/A
| rowspan="2" |N/A
| rowspan="2" |N/A
|Uttar Bharat Area
|[[Bareilly|Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|Madhya Bharat Area
|[[Jabalpur|Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh]]
|}


18 Regimental Centres and Large number of logistic and training establishments come under Central Command.  The responsibility for the central sector of the Western border with [[Pakistan]] also lies with Central Command.<ref name="GM-Com">{{cite web | url=http://gomilitary.in/army/commands/ | title=Commands of the Indian Army | access-date=2013-06-22 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602122132/http://gomilitary.in/army/commands/ | archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> Almost half of the 62 [[cantonment]]s in India lie within the Central Command's theatre.<ref name="Hindu-2003-05-11">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/11/stories/2003051101731100.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215129/http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/11/stories/2003051101731100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-06-24 | title=Central Command's novel initiative | date=2003-05-11 | access-date=2013-06-23 | work=[[The Hindu]] | author=Mukund Padmanabhan}}</ref>
==Precursors==
Following is the list of precursors to the Western Command and their commanders:<ref name="Army Commands" />


==Commanders prior to Independence==
=== Central Command (1942–1946) ===
Commanders included:<ref name="Army Commands"/>
{| class="wikitable"
*1942–1944 Lieutenant-General [[Henry Willcox]]
! colspan="5" |'''General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command'''
*1944–1946 General [[Geoffry Scoones|Sir Geoffry Scoones]]
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Appointment date
!Left office
!Unit of commission
|-
|[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]]
|[[Henry Willcox|Henry B. D. Willcox]]
|May 1942
|December 1944
|[[Sherwood Foresters]]
|-
|[[General officer|General]]
|[[Geoffry Scoones|Sir Geoffry A. P. Scoones]]
|December 1944
|December 1946
|[[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]
|}
 
== List of GOC-in-C of Central Command (1963–present) ==


==List of Commanders==
{{big|'''General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command'''}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command
|-
!Rank
!Rank
!Name
!Name
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!Left Office
!Left Office
!Unit of Commission
!Unit of Commission
!References
!Ref.
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
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|May 1963
|May 1963
|August 1966
|August 1966
|[[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] (presently [[Kumaon Regiment]])
|[[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]  
|
|
|-
|-
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|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Premindra Singh Bhagat|P S Bhagat]]
|[[Premindra Singh Bhagat]]
|August 1970
|August 1970
|Jun 1972
|Jun 1972
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|H K Sibal
|H. K. Sibal
|June 1972
|June 1972
|November 1973
|November 1973
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Khem Karan Singh|K K Singh]]
|[[Khem Karan Singh]]
|November 1973
|November 1973
|March 1975
|March 1975
|[[16th Light Cavalry]]
|[[16th Light Cavalry|16 Light Cavalry]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Lieutenant General Khem Karan Singh, MVC: A great military leader |url=http://www.defenceinfo.com/lieutenant-general-khem-karan-singh-mvc-a-great-military-leader |website=defenceinfo.com}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Lieutenant General Khem Karan Singh, MVC: A great military leader |url=http://www.defenceinfo.com/lieutenant-general-khem-karan-singh-mvc-a-great-military-leader |website=defenceinfo.com|date=11 August 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|J S Nakai
|J. S. Nakai
|April 1975
|April 1975
|March 1979
|March 1979
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|R D Hira
|R. D. Hira
|April 1979
|April 1979
|June 1980
|June 1980
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[WAG Pinto]]
|[[WAG Pinto|Walter Anthony Gustavo Pinto]]
|July 1980
|July 1980
|June 1982
|June 1982
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|H C Dutta
|H. C. Dutta
|July 1982
|July 1982
|November 1983
|November 1983
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|K K Hazari
|K. K. Hazari
|October 1985
|October 1985
|January 1986
|January 1986
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|K B Mehta
|K. B. Mehta
|February 1986
|February 1986
|December 1987
|December 1987
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|January 1988
|January 1988
|March 1989
|March 1989
|[[Madras Regiment|4 Madras]]
|[[Madras Regiment]]
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues|S F Rodrigues]]
|[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
|April 1989
|April 1989
|October 1989
|October 1989
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[F. N. Billimoria]]
|[[F. N. Billimoria|Faridoon Noshir Billimoria]]
|November 1989
|November 1989
|June 1991
|June 1991
|[[5 Gorkha Rifles|2/5 Gorkha Rifles]]
|[[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
|
|
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|Y N Sharma
|Y. N. Sharma
|March 1992
|March 1992
|March 1994
|March 1994
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|Arun Kumar Gautam
|Arun Kumar Gautama
|April 1994
|April 1994
|April 1995
|April 1995
|[[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]]
|[[16th Light Cavalry]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/lt-gen-gautama-passes-away-8293539/|title=Ex-Western Army Commander Lt Gen Gautama passes away|date=2022-11-28|access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|R K Gulati
|R. K. Gulati
|April 1995
|April 1995
|May 1996
|May 1996
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|June 1996
|June 1996
|September 1997
|September 1997
|[[4 Gorkha Rifles|2/4 Gorkha Rifles]]
|[[4 Gorkha Rifles]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Padmanabhan may be new Army Chief |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000801/main5.htm |work=The Tribune}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Padmanabhan may be new Army Chief |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000801/main5.htm |work=The Tribune}}</ref>
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|P S Joshi
|P. S. Joshi
|October 2000
|October 2000
|September 2001
|September 2001
|[[8 Gorkha Rifles|1/8 Gorkha Rifles]]
|[[8 Gorkha Rifles]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=First IDS chief Lt Gen Joshi dies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-IDS-chief-Lt-Gen-Joshi-dies/articleshow/4729577.cms |work=The Times of India }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=First IDS chief Lt Gen Joshi dies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-IDS-chief-Lt-Gen-Joshi-dies/articleshow/4729577.cms |work=The Times of India }}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|D S Chauhan
|D. S. Chauhan
|October 2001
|October 2001
|December 2003
|December 2003
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|O P Nandrajog
|O. P. Nandrajog
|January 2006
|January 2006
|February 2008
|February 2008
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Harcharanjit Singh Panag|H S Panag]]
|[[Harcharanjit Singh Panag]]
|March 2008
|March 2008
|December 2008
|December 2008
|[[Mechanised Infantry Regiment]]
|[[Sikh Regiment]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments : Army |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=35568 |website=pib.nic.in |publisher=PIB}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments : Army |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=35568 |website=pib.nic.in |publisher=PIB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|J K Mohanty
|J. K. Mohanty
|January 2009
|January 2009
|February 2010
|February 2010
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|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia]]
|Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia
|March 2010
|March 2010
|February 2012
|February 2012
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|31 March 2021
|31 March 2021
|[[Brigade of The Guards]]
|[[Brigade of The Guards]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/naravane-appointed-as-new-vice-chief-of-indian-army-four-army-commanders-appointed/articleshow/70339637.cms|title=Naravane appointed as new Vice Chief of Indian Army, four army commanders appointed|first1=Shaurya Karanbir|last1=Gurung|website=The Economic Times|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/naravane-appointed-as-new-vice-chief-of-indian-army-four-army-commanders-appointed/articleshow/70339637.cms|title=Naravane appointed as new Vice Chief of Indian Army, four army commanders appointed|first1=Shaurya Karanbir|last1=Gurung|website=The Economic Times|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Lieutenant General]]
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|''Incumbent''
|''Incumbent''
|[[Bombay Sappers]]
|[[Bombay Sappers]]
|<ref name=dimri>{{cite web |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/lt-gen-yogendra-dimri-appointed-as-next-commander-in-chief-of-lucknow-based-central-army-command20210227121926/|title=Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri appointed as next Commander-in-chief of Lucknow-based Central Army Command|publisher=ANI News|date=27 February 2021|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
|<ref name="dimri">{{cite web |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/lt-gen-yogendra-dimri-appointed-as-next-commander-in-chief-of-lucknow-based-central-army-command20210227121926/|title=Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri appointed as next Commander-in-chief of Lucknow-based Central Army Command|publisher=ANI News|date=27 February 2021|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
|}
|}


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