User:Buckshot06/List of units and formations of the Indian Army
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) directs the army from Army Headquarters in New Delhi.
The army has six operational commands and one training command.[1] Each command is headed by a general officer commanding-in-chief with the rank of Lieutenant General. Each command directly reports to Army HQ in New Delhi. These commands are given below in order of creation, with location (city) and commanders listed. There is also the Army Training Command (ARTRAC). Besides these, army officers may head tri-service commands such as the Strategic Forces Command and Andaman and Nicobar Command, as well as institutions such as the Integrated Defence Staff.
The troops are organized into 40 Divisions in 14 Corps.[2]
Principal Staff Officers at Headquarters, Indian Army
[edit]| Post | Current Holder |
|---|---|
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC |
| Vice Chief of Army Staff | Lieutenant General Satinder Kumar Saini AVSM,YSM,VSM |
| Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems & Training) | Lieutenant General Saranjit Singh UYSM,YSM |
| Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Planning & Systems) | Lieutenant General Sudharshan Shrikant Hasabnis PVSM, VSM, ADC[3] |
| Adjutant General | Lieutenant General Arvind Dutta PVSM,AVSM,YSM[4] |
| Military Secretary | Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Bhatt UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM[5] |
| Master General of Ordnance | Lieutenant General S K Upadhya PVSM,AVSM,SM,VSM[6] |
| Engineer-in-Chief | Lieutenant General S K Shrivastava PVSM,AVSM,ADC[7] |
| Quartermaster General | Lieutenant General Gopal R
UYSM,AVSM,SM[8] |
Command structure
[edit]IISS 2017 reports the Army's independent manoeuvre brigades number eight (armoured); two (mechanised); seven (infantry); two (mountain) plus 50 Parachute Brigade, along with the three artillery divisions, four engineer brigades, and eight air defence brigades.[1]
In addition to 10 Artillery Brigade, the headquarters of 7 Artillery Brigade was located in Ferozpur, Punjab in June 2007;[9] 8 Artillery Brigade was identified as Maj Gen Lakhwinder Singh was its General Officer Commanding during the Kargil War,[10] and 9 Artillery Brigade was identified when the Brigade Commander presided over a Court of Inquiry at Meerut into the reported fathering of around a dozen children by members of 6th Battalion, Sikh Regiment, 37 Brigade, 9th Infantry Division when the battalion was posted to MONUC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2008.[11] The report also indicated that Indian servicemen had "exchanged food and information for gold with Rwandan rebels in ..North Kivu."
Note: ** = Currently being raised
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2017, p290.
- ^ Divisions and Corps of Indian Army, Global Security Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'Make in India' not just confined to India anymore, benefitting others: Jitendra Singh". Outlook. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Lt Gen Arvind Dutta Appointed Adjutant General of Indian Army".
- ^ "Lt Gen A K Bhatt joining as Military Secretary at army headquarters". Greater Kashmir. 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Lt Gen S K Upadhyay designated as MGO".
- ^ "Engineer in Chief".
- ^ "List of serving generals of the Indian Army". 1 July 2020 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ U.O.I. (Through Its Secretary) vs Col. A.D. Nargolkar on 24 October, 2018
- ^ Dharshan Kullar (15 May 2017). Themes of Glory: Indian Artillery in War. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd.
- ^ a b Varinder BHATIA (June 7, 2011). "Indian Army probes reports of its UN peacekeepers fathering kids in Congo".
- ^ "Lt-General IS Ghuman assumes charge as Commander of Central Command of Indian Army". 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Lt Gen Ghuman takes over as GOC-in-C of Central Command". 2 October 2019.
- ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 39-40.
- ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 20.
- ^ Sep 1, Jayanta Gupta | TNN | Updated (1 September 2019). "Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan takes over as Eastern Army Commander | Kolkata News – Times of India". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 19.
- ^ "Eye on China, India to raise second division for mountain corps". The Indian Express. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "The mountain is now a molehill". Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Negi, Manjeet Singh (24 January 2020). "Kargil fame Lt Gen YK Joshi appointed Northern Army Commander". India Today. London. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ http://twitter.com/Whiteknight_IA/status/1182927192596111361?s=20
- ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20030804-under-pressure-in-kashmir-valley-militants-target-jammu-as-their-prime-killing-field-792107-2003-08-04
- ^ India, Business Standard (30 December 2019). "Lt Gen CP Mohanty assumes command of Pune-based Southern Command". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
{{cite news}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 34, 52.
- ^ a b https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=B2b8au1NHdlhIov7JPuRRA==&ParentID=9nGsZvG3T+vYOwmAN/HlQA==&flag, accessed September 2020.
- ^ https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/kerala-landslide-bleak-chances-of-tracing-five-missing-878218.htm
- ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 18.
- ^ "Kler is new chief of Sapta Shakti Command". 1 September 2019.
- ^ Gurung, Shaurya Karanbir (23 July 2019). "Naravane appointed as new Vice Chief of Indian Army, four army commanders appointed". The Economic Times.
- ^ Mandeep Bajwa; Ravi Rikhye (February 11, 2001). "Indian Army RAPID Divisions". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28.
- ^ Renaldi & Rikhye 2011, p. 162,172.
- ^ Arora, Sumit. "Lt Gen Raj Shukla assumes charge of ARTRAC".
- Indian Army Order of Battle. Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8.
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External links
[edit]- https://indianexpress.com/article/india/court-of-inquiry-indicts-brigadier-for-misusing-office-for-personal-gains/ - General Officer Commanding Jodhpur Area, Maj Gen C P Mohanty as the presiding officer, 75 Independent Infantry Brigade, Bhuj; 769 Air Defence Brigade, area of Gujarat
- https://www.legitquest.com/case/havildar-clark-dharm-singh-v-union-of-india/c7800 - 611 Air Defence Brigade, 1995. IISS 2017, 290, says that in 2017 there were eight air defence brigades.