South Western Command (India)

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 established in response to the emerging threats and opportunities on the Western Indo-Pak border, and is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan.

South Western Command (Sapta Shakti Command)
Insignia of the South Western Command
Active	2005 - Present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Command
Garrison/HQ	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Commanders
GOC-in-C	Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, AVSM YSM VSM
Insignia
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The command's operational unit, X Corps, transferred from Western Command and from an Artillery Division.^[1]

Structure

Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- 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.

In 2021, except the 33 Armoured Division all the units of I Corps was transferred to Northern Command to focus on the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh.

Structure of South-Western Command
Corp	Corp HQ	GOC of Corps (Corps Commander)	Assigned Units	Unit HQ
X Corps (Chetak Corps)	Bathinda, Punjab	Lt Gen Nagendra Singh[2]	16 Infantry Division	Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
			18 RAPID Division	Kota, Rajasthan
			24 RAPID Division	Bikaner, Rajasthan
			6 (Independent) Armoured Brigade	Bhatinda, Punjab
			615 Air-defence Brigade	Agra, Uttar Pradesh
			471 Engineering Brigade	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A	42 Artillery Division	Jaipur, Rajasthan
N/A	N/A	N/A	33 Armoured Division	Hisar, Haryana

List of Commanders

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command
S.No	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Unit of Commission	References
1	Lieutenant General Krishnamurthy Nagaraj PVSM, UYSM	15 April 2005	31 July 2006	Maratha Light Infantry	[3]
2	Lieutenant General Parmendra Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM	1 August 2006	31 July 2008	Regiment of Artillery	[4][5]
3	Lieutenant General Chanroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu PVSM, AVSM, VSM	1 September 2008	30 November 2010	Regiment of Artillery	[6][4]
4	Lieutenant General Shri Krishna Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM	1 December 2010	31 October 2011	8th Gorkha Rifles	[7]
5	Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM	1 November 2011	31 December 2013	Mahar Regiment	[8]
6	Lieutenant General Arun K Sahni PVSM, SM, VSM	1 January 2014	31 January 2016	Regiment of Artillery	[9][10][11]
7	Lieutenant General Sarath Chand PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM	1 February 2016	12 January 2017	Garhwal Rifles	[12]
8	Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM	25 January 2017	31 July 2017	Rajputana Rifles	[13]
9	Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson PVSM, SM, VSM	1 August 2017	31 August 2019	Garhwal Rifles	[14][15]
10	Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler PVSM, VSM	1 September 2019	31 March 2021	68 Armoured Regiment	[16]
11	Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder PVSM, AVSM, VSM	1 April 2021	28 February 2023	The Deccan Horse	[17]
12	Lieutenant General B. S. Raju PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM	1 March 2023	31 October 2023	Jat Regiment	[18]
13	Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth AVSM	1 November 2023	30 June 2024	2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)	[19]
14	Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh AVSM, YSM, VSM	1 July 2024	Incumbent	Madras Regiment	[20]