XXI Corps (India)

XXI Indian Corps
XXI Corps
Active 19421943
1990present
Country British Raj British India
 India
Allegiance  British Empire
 India
Branch British Indian Army
 Indian Army
Type Corps
Role Strike
Part of Southern Command
Garrison/HQ Bhopal
Nickname(s) "Sudarshan Chakra Corps"
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Rajender Singh

XXI Corps is a corps-sized formation of the Indian Army.

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 Mosley Mayne and was part of the Tenth Army. The corps, composed of the 8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Russell) and the British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General Eric Miles), was created as part of the 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.[1]

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. 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.[2]

It currently consists of:

See also

References

Indian Army Corps (1947 - Present)
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  1. http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=111&nid=10&start=0
  2. http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/lofiversion/index.php/t7640.html
  3. Ready for joint counter-insurgency operations with India: US army, Press Trust of India, Oct 26, 2009, 07.33pm IST
  4. See also http://www.kv3gwalior.org/index.php?qs=cont_show&pageid=2
  5. Mandeep Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye, Indian Army RAPID Divisions Archived November 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., February 11, 2001
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  7. Kerala to be headquarters for country's first amphibious brigade Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., 5 October 2008


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