XV Corps (India)

XV Corps
Active 1955-Present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
Type Army Corps
Size Corps
Part of Army Northern Command
Garrison/HQ Srinagar
Nickname(s) Chinar Corps
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lt General Anil Kumar Bhatt[1]
Notable
commanders		 General Bikram Singh
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain
Gen Sundararajan Padmanabhan

XV Corps was first established in 1942, as part of the British Indian Army, during World War II. XV Corps (British India) was first formed from Headquarters Assam and Bengal Presidency District HQ on 30 March 1942, to defend Bengal, under the command of Eastern Army. It was disbanded in 1945.

The Corps was reestablished after India gained independence, as part of the Indian Army. It took part in all of the wars against Pakistan. As of 2004, it is based at Srinagar.

It currently consists of:

List of Commanders

Name Rank Appointment Date Left Office Unit of Commission References
Krishan Pal Lieutenant General 1999 January 2000 Assam Regiment [2][3]
Vinayak Gopal Patankar 18 April 2002 17 July 2003 Regiment of Artillery [4]
Nirbhay Sharma 18 July 2003 14 June 2005 Parachute Regiment [5]
S S Dhillon 15 June 2005 22 October 2006 The Grenadiers [6]
Amarjeet Singh Sekhon 23 October 2006 23 November 2007 Sikh Light Infantry [7][8]
Mukesh Sabharwal 24 November 2007 2008 Rajput Regiment [9][10]
Bikram Singh General 2008 31 October 2009 Sikh Light Infantry
N C Marwah Lieutenant General 30 November 2009 3 December 2010 Kumaon Regiment [11][12]
Syed Ata Hasnain 4 December 2010 8 June 2012 4 Garhwal Rifles [13][14]
Om Prakash 9 June 2012 9 June 2013 11 Kumaon Regiment [15]
Gurmit Singh 10 June 2013 25 June 2014 [16][17][18]
Subrata Saha 26 June 2014 25 November 2015 Assam Regiment [19]
Satish Dua 26 November 2015 31 October 2016 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry [20][21]
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu 1 November 2016 14 December 2017 5 Gorkha Rifles [22]
Anil Kumar Bhatt 15 December 2017 Incumbent Gorkha Rifles [23]

Further reading

  • 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.
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  1. ↑ http://risingkashmir.com/news/lt-gen-a-k-bhatt-new-goc-15-corps
  2. ↑ "The Commanders Who Failed". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Rediff On The NeT: Lt Gen Krishan Pal to be shifted out of 15 Corps". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Lt Gen V G Patankar on minority targets in J&K". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Lt Gen Nirbhay Sharma takes over as G-O-C of 15 corps". Zee News. 2003-07-18. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Dhillion to take over as GOC of 15 Corps". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ↑ "Lt Gen Sekhon takes over".
  8. ↑ "New GOC for Srinagar-based 15 Corps". The Hindu. 2006-10-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  9. ↑ "Lt General Sabharwal takes charge of 15 Corps - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  10. ↑ "Gen. Sabharwal takes over as Srinagar's 15 Corps GOC". The Hindu. 2007-11-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  11. ↑ "Marwah is new GOC 15 Corps".
  12. ↑ "Marwah takes over as commander of 15th Corps | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  13. ↑ "After two decades, Muslim officer to command Srinagar-based 15 Corps - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  14. ↑ "Muslim General takes charge to thwart Pak offensive along LoC". The Economic Times. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  15. ↑ "Lt Gen Om Prakash takes over as new GOC of 15 Corps". www.hindustantimes.com/. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  16. ↑ "Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh to take over as GOC 15 Corps".
  17. ↑ "GOC 15 Corps Lt General Gurmit Singh addressing a press conference at Army headquarters in Badami Bagh in Srinagar on Wednesday. (UNI)". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  18. ↑ "Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh new Chinar corps GOC". Firstpost. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  19. ↑ "Lt Gen Subrata Saha takes over as GOC 15 Corps in Srinagar". Firstpost. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  20. ↑ "Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  21. ↑ "Lt Gen Dua takes over command of 15 Corps".
  22. ↑ "Lt Gen Sandhu takes over as GoC, 15 Corps".
  23. ↑ "Lt Gen A K Bhatt new GoC 15 Corps".


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