III Corps (India): Difference between revisions

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Initially formed in December 1915, it took part in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] under the command of [[Frederick Stanley Maude]]. In November 1916, it was split in two to form the [[I Corps (British India)|I Corps]] and III Corps (also known as III (Tigris) Corps).<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/corps.htm Listing of British Corps], accessed July 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916015039/http://www.1914-1918.net:80/corps.htm|date=16 September 2022}}</ref>

*[[56th Mountain Division (India)|56 Mountain Division]] - raised at [[Zakhama]], [[Nagaland]] and presently at [[Likabali]], north of the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chindits.co.in/2009/11/armys-first-mountain-division-for-china.html|title=Army's first mountain division for China in northeast kicks off !!|date=11 November 2009|publisher=Chindits|language=en|access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2013/october/7/why-mountain-strike-corps-along-the-india-china-border-is-important|title=Why mountain strike corps along the India-China border is important|date=2013-10-07|access-date=2021-07-11}}</ref> It includes 46 Brigade ([[Dibang]]) and the 22 Brigade ([[Lekhapani]]), though 22 Brigade may shift to [[2nd Infantry Division (India)|2nd Mountain Division]].

*[[57th Mountain Division (India)|57 Mountain Division]] (Red Shield Division) - headquartered at [[Leimakhong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/57-div.htm|title=57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division|last=Pike|first=John|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=2017-05-14}}</ref> Raised in 1966 for counterinsurgency operations in [[Mizoram]]. Until 1990, headquartered at [[Aizawl]] with III Corps.<ref name=Conboy8>Conboy, Elite Forces of India and Pakistan, p.8</ref> Globalsecurity.org reports the 57 Mountain Division headquarters are at Masimpur near Silchar.<ref>Globalsecurity.org, 17 July 2010</ref> The formation and units of 57 Mountain Division are deployed in some of the remotest corner of Manipur and Indo-Burmese border.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/57-div.htm |title=57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref> 57th Mountain Division took part in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] as part of [[IV Corps (India)|IV Corps]]. It also successfully conducted [[Operation Golden Bird]] in 1995 to eliminate rebels in Northeast India.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9KGAwAAQBAJ&q=Wyakaung+beach&pg=PA185|title=Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East By Subir Bhaumik|isbn=9788132104797|last1=Bhaumik|first1=Subir|date=10 December 2022}}</ref>

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