| South Western Command | |
|---|---|
 South Western Command's insignia today | |
| Active | 2005 - Present |
| Country |  India |
| Branch |  Indian Army |
| Type | Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Commanders | |
| GOC-in-C | Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Bhinder, AVSM, VSM |
The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established on 15 April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005.[1] It was in response to the emerging threats and opportunities on the Western Indo-Pak border. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder is the present commander.[2]
The command's operational units include I Corps, formerly under Central Command, X Corps, likewise transferred from Western Command and an Artillery Division.[1]
Structure
Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- I Corps, X Corps and 42nd Artillery Division. The command in total has following units under its belt :- 3 infantry divisions (1 for Mountain warfare), 1 armoured division, 1 artillery division, 2 Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), 1 armoured brigade, 1 Air-defence brigade, and 1 engineering brigade.
| Structure of South-Western Command | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corp | Corp HQ | GOC of Corp
(Corp Commander) |
Assigned Units | Unit HQ |
| I Corps
(StrikeCorps) |
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh | Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar [3] | 33rd Armoured Division | Hisar, Haryana |
| 4th Infantry Division | Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh | |||
| 6th Mountain Division | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh | |||
| X Corps
(Chetak Corps) |
Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago [4] | 16th Infantry Division | Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
| 18th RAPID | Kota, Rajasthan | |||
| 24th RAPID | Bikaner, Rajasthan | |||
| 6th Armoured Brigade | N/A | |||
| 615th Air-defence Brigade | N/A | |||
| 471st Engineering Brigade | N/A | |||
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 42nd Artillery Division | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
List of Commanders
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Western Command | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Unit of Commission | References |
| Lieutenant General | Krishnamurthy Nagaraj | 15 April 2005 | 31 July 2006 | Maratha Light Infantry | [5] |
| Lieutenant General | Parmendra Kumar Singh | 1 August 2006 | 31 July 2008 | Regiment of Artillery | [6][7] |
| Lieutenant General | Chanroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu | 1 September 2008 | 30 November 2010 | Regiment of Artillery | [8][6] |
| Lieutenant General | Shri Krishna Singh | 1 December 2010 | 31 October 2011 | 8th Gorkha Rifles | [9] |
| Lieutenant General | Gyan Bhushan | 1 November 2011 | 31 December 2013 | Mahar Regiment | [10] |
| Lieutenant General | Arun Kumar Sahani | 1 January 2014 | 31 January 2016 | Regiment of Artillery | [11][12][13] |
| Lieutenant General | Sarath Chand | 1 February 2016 | 12 January 2017 | Garhwal Rifles | [14] |
| Lieutenant General | Abhay Krishna | 25 January 2017 | 31 July 2017 | Rajputana Rifles | [15] |
| Lieutenant General | Cherish Mathson | 1 August 2017 | 31 August 2019 | Garhwal Rifles | [16][17][18][19] |
| Lieutenant General | Alok Singh Kler | 1 September 2019 | 31 March 2021 | 68th Armoured Regiment | [20] |
| Lieutenant General | Amardeep Singh Bhinder | 1 April 2021 | Incumbent | The Deccan Horse | [2] |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Renaldi and Rikhye 2011, 21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri appointed as next Commander-in-chief of Lucknow-based Central Army Command". ANI News. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar takes charge of Mathura-based Strike 1 Corps". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ manoj kumar, mago. "manoj kumar mago takes over chetak corps".
- ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". pressreader.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sainik Samachar". Archived from the original on 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | School gets new campus". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen S K Singh takes over as Army SW Command chief". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan takes over as SW command's new GOC-in-C". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "SW Army Commander Arun Kumar Sahni retires". Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ Singh, Mahim Pratap (1 January 2014). "Change of guard at South-Western command of Army". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni designated as GOC-in-C, South Western Command | NetIndian". netindian.in. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Sarath Chand new GOC-in C of South Western Command". Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Abhay Krishna takes over Army's South Western Command". The Economic Times. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson to head army command". Deccan Chronicle. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Cherish Mathson takes over Army's South Western Command". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Lt Gen Mathson relinquishes command of Sapta Shakti Command in Jaipur". 31 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sapta Shakti Command chief Cherish Mathson retires". 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "Kler is new chief of Sapta Shakti Command". 1 September 2019.
References
- Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8, 2011.
