XV Corps (India)

The XV Corps, also known as the Chinar Corps,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a Corps of the Indian Army which is presently located in Srinagar and responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley. It has participated in all military conflicts with Pakistan and China to date.<ref name="100Seasons" /> Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava is the current Corps Commander since 05 October 2024 taking over from Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai.

History

HQ XV Corps was first raised in Egypt at Port Said on January 12, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Horne who was sacked after killing of five under command Indian soldiers.Template:Citation needed It was part of the British Indian Army during the First World War for operations in Egypt and France. Disbanded in 1918, it was re-raised on March 20, 1942, at Barrackpore for combat operations in Burma during World War II, and after the war, it served in Java and Sumatra.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Disbanded in Karachi in 1947 after repatriation, it was re-raised after India gained independence, as part of the Indian Army, in 1948 as HQ Jammu and Kashmir Force. It underwent a number of name changes till its final re-designation as HQ 15 Corps in 1955 in Udhampur. In June 1972, HQ Northern Command was raised to take over operational control of Jammu & Kashmir. HQ 15 Corps moved to Srinagar to take charge of the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. After Operation Vijay, HQ 15 Corps was made solely responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley.<ref name="100Seasons"/>

Formation Sign

The design consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army with a Chinar leaf and a battle axe superimposed on it.

Order of battle

The corps currently consists of:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• 19th Mountain Division (Dagger Division) headquartered at Baramulla
• 28th Infantry Division (Vajr Division) headquartered at Kupwara
• One Bhairav Light Commando Battalion<ref name=":9">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":10">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kilo Force, Victor Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps

List of Commanders / General Officer Commanding (GOC)

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Rank	Name	Appointment Date	Left office	Unit of Commission	References
Lieutenant General	S. M. Shrinagesh	September 1948	January 1948	19th Hyderabad Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Mohinder Singh Wadalia	1957	1959	19th Hyderabad Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Shiv Dev Verma	January 1959	1961	16th Light Cavalry	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Bikram Singh	June 1961	22 November 1963	13th Frontier Force Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Kashmir Singh Katoch	November 1963	7 June 1966	13th Frontier Force Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Sartaj Singh	1970	January 1973	Regiment of Artillery	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Khullar 2017">Template:Cite book</ref>
	R K Jasbir Singh			4th Gorkha Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Refn
	Prem Nath Hoon	3 August 1983	1984	Sikh Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Refn
	Mohammad Ahmed Zaki	October 1989	June 1991	Maratha Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Sundararajan Padmanabhan	July 1993	February 1995	Regiment of Artillery	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	J S Dhillon	March 1995		Maratha Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Krishan Pal	1999	January 2000	Assam Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	John Ranjan Mukherjee	January 2000	17 April 2002	Assam Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Vinayak Gopal Patankar	18 April 2002	17 July 2003	Regiment of Artillery	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Nirbhay Sharma	18 July 2003	14 June 2005	Parachute Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Sarabjit Singh Dhillon	15 June 2005	22 October 2006	The Grenadiers	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Amarjeet Singh Sekhon	23 October 2006	23 November 2007	Sikh Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Mukesh Sabharwal	24 November 2007	2008	Rajput Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Bikram Singh	2008	31 October 2009	Sikh Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	N C Marwah	30 November 2009	3 December 2010	Kumaon Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Syed Ata Hasnain	4 December 2010	8 June 2012	The Garhwal Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Om Prakash	9 June 2012	9 June 2013	Kumaon Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Gurmit Singh	10 June 2013	25 June 2014	Assam Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Subrata Saha	26 June 2014	25 November 2015	Assam Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Satish Dua	26 November 2015	31 October 2016	Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Jaswinder Singh Sandhu	1 November 2016	14 December 2017	5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Anil Kumar Bhatt	15 December 2017	7 February 2019	9th Gorkha Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon	8 February 2019	29 February 2020	Rajputana Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	B. S. Raju	1 March 2020	17 March 2021	Jat Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Devendra Pratap Pandey	17 March 2021	9 May 2022	Sikh Light Infantry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Amardeep Singh Aujla	9 May 2022	14 June 2023	Rajputana Rifles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Rajiv Ghai	14 June 2023	5 October 2024	Kumaon Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Prashant Srivastava	5 October 2024	Incumbent	Parachute Regiment	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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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, Template:ISBN, 2011.