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== Structure ==
== Structure ==
Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]],  [[X Corps (India)|X Corps]] and 42nd Artillery Division. The command in total has following units under its belt :- 3 [[infantry]] [[Division (military)|divisions]] (1 for Mountain warfare), 1 [[Armored brigade|armoured division]], 1 [[artillery]] division, 2 Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), 1 [[Armored brigade|armoured brigade]], 1 [[Corps of Army Air Defence|Air-defence brigade]], and 1 [[Army engineer|engineering brigade]].
Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]],  [[X Corps (India)|X Corps]] and 42nd Artillery Division. The command in total has following units under its belt :- 3 [[infantry]] [[Division (military)|divisions]] (1 for Mountain warfare), 1 [[Armored brigade|armoured division]], 1 [[artillery]] division, 2 Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), 1 [[Armored brigade|armoured brigade]], 1 [[Corps of Army Air Defence|Air-defence brigade]], and 1 [[Army engineer|engineering brigade]].
In 2021, the except the 33 Armoured Division all the units of I Corps was transferred to [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]] to focus on the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |Structure of South-Western Command
! colspan="5" |Structure of South-Western Command
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!Assigned Units
!Assigned Units
!Unit HQ
!Unit HQ
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[I Corps (India)|I Corps]]
''<small>(StrikeCorps)</small>''
| rowspan="3" |[[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh]]
| rowspan="3" |Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar <ref>{{Cite web|title=Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar takes charge of Mathura-based Strike 1 Corps|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/lt-gen-manoj-kumar-katiyar-takes-charge-of-mathurabased-strike-1-corps/2059280|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Outlookindia.com}}</ref>
|33rd Armoured Division
|[[Hisar, Haryana]]
|-
|4th Infantry Division
|[[Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh
|-
|23rd Infantry Division
|[[Ranchi, Jharkhand]]
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[X Corps (India)|X Corps]]  
| rowspan="6" |[[X Corps (India)|X Corps]]  
''<small>(Chetak Corps)</small>''
''<small>(Chetak Corps)</small>''
| rowspan="6" |[[Bathinda, Punjab]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Bathinda, Punjab]]
| rowspan="6" |Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago <ref>{{cite web|last1=manoj kumar|first1=mago|title=manoj kumar mago takes over chetak corps|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1298606413636280326?s=08}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" |[[Lieutenant general|Lt Gen]] J. B. Chaudhari<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/adgpi/status/1453985133694885896 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
|16th Infantry Division
|16 Infantry Division
|[[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan]]
|[[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
|18th RAPID
|18 RAPID Division
|[[Kota, Rajasthan]]
|[[Kota, Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
|24th RAPID
|24 RAPID Division
|[[Bikaner, Rajasthan]]
|[[Bikaner, Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
|6th Armoured Brigade
|6 (Independent) Armoured Brigade
|N/A
|[[Bathinda|Bhatinda, Punjab]]
|-
|-
|615th Air-defence Brigade
|615 Air-defence Brigade
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|-
|471st Engineering Brigade
|471 Engineering Brigade
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|-
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|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|42nd Artillery Division
|42 Artillery Division
|[[Jaipur, Rajasthan]]
|[[Jaipur, Rajasthan]]
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|33 Armoured Division
|[[Hisar, Haryana]]
|}
|}


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|1 September 2019
|1 September 2019
|31 March 2021
|31 March 2021
|[[Indian Army Armoured Corps|68th Armoured Regiment]]
|[[68th Armoured Regiment (India)|68 Armoured Regiment]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/kler-is-new-chief-of-sapta-shakti-command/articleshow/70940397.cms|title=Kler is new chief of Sapta Shakti Command|date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/kler-is-new-chief-of-sapta-shakti-command/articleshow/70940397.cms|title=Kler is new chief of Sapta Shakti Command|date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
|-
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