# XI Corps (India)

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The XI Corps of the Indian Army is based in Jalandhar and is a part of Western Command. XI Corps is also known as Vajra Corps.

## History

XI Corps was raised to take command of the formations in the Punjab in 1950 as India reorganised its post-1947 army to meet the new threat of Pakistan. It was raised on March 1, 1950 at Ambala under the command of Lieutenant General Kalwant Singh. The corps headquarters was relocated to Jalandhar in July 1951.
To reduce the load of XI Corps, X Corps was formed at Bathinda on 1 July 1979, taking over south Punjab and north Rajasthan.

## Formation sign

The Corps formation sign consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army overlaid by a Vajra, the powerful thunderbolt weapon of Lord Indra, the symbol of sacrifice of the great sage Dadhichi, who voluntarily sacrificed his body to make the fiercest weapon from his thighbone.

## Organisation

The corps consists of:
* 7 Infantry Division (Golden Arrow Division) headquartered at Firozpur, raised in 1964.
* 9 Infantry Division (Pine Division) headquartered at Meerut. It has one brigade each at Meerut, Delhi and Jalandhar.
* 15 Infantry Division (Panther Division) headquartered at Amritsar. Appears to include 350 Infantry Brigade.
* 23 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Flaming Arrow Brigade) at Khasa, Amritsar.
* 55 (Independent) Mechanised Brigade (Double Victory Brigade) at Beas
* Corps Artillery Brigade headquartered at Jalandhar
* Corps Air Defence Brigade headquartered at Ludhiana.
* 333 Missile Group equipped with Prithvi-I missile at Secunderabad

## Operations

* Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
* Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

## List of Commanders

| Rank | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Unit of Commission |
| Lieutenant General | Kalwant Singh | 1 March 1950 | | 1st Punjab Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | S P P Thorat | 1955 | May 1957 | 1/14 Punjab Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | T B Henderson Brooks | 1962 | 1963 | 5th Maratha Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Joginder Singh Dhillon | November 1963 | August 1966 | Bengal Sappers |
| Lieutenant General | Premindra Singh Bhagat | August 1966 | August 1970 | Bombay Sappers |
| Lieutenant General | Naveen Chand Rawlley | 1970 | 1972 | 12th Frontier Force Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Om Prakash Malhotra | May 1972 | July 1974 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | Krishnaswamy Gowri Shankar | 1984 | 1985 | Corps of Signals |
| Lieutenant General | V K Nayar | 1985 | 31 October 1987 | Parachute Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber | July 1990 | September 1992 | 9th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Ved Prakash Malik | August 1992 | March 1994 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | H B Kala | April 1994 | | Jat Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Virendra Kumar Sewal | | | Armoured Corps |
| Lieutenant General | Kamal Davar | March 2000 | April 2001 | 7th Light Cavalry |
| Lieutenant General | Shantonu Choudhry | April 2001 | April 2002 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | Krishnamurthy Nagaraj | Apr 2002 | May 2003 | Maratha Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | S Pattabhiraman | May 2003 | May 2004 | Bombay Sappers |
| Lieutenant General | Parmendra Kumar Singh | May 2004 | May 2005 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | Mandhata Singh | May 2005 | April 2006 | 9th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Noble Thamburaj | May 2006 | September 2007 | Bombay Sappers |
| Lieutenant General | S S Kumar | October 2007 | August 2008 | Brigade of the Guards |
| Lieutenant General | Virender Singh Tonk | August 2008 | July 2009 | Rajput Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Ramesh Halgali | 24 July 2009 | August 2010 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Munish Sibal | August 2010 | November 2011 | Rajputana Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Sanjeev Madhok | November 2011 | March 2013 | Brigade of the Guards |
| Lieutenant General | Ashwini Kumar Bakshi | March 2013 | July 2014 | Bihar Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | N P S Hira | August 2014 | 31 July 2015 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Jagbir Singh Cheema | 21 August 2015 | 31 August 2016 | Sikh Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | B S Sahrawat | 1 September 2016 | 2 November 2017 | Kumaon Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Dushyant Singh | 2 November 2017 | 4 November 2018 | Maratha Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Arvind Dutta | 5 November 2018 | 5 November 2019 | Dogra Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Sanjeev Sharma | 6 November 2019 | 2 December 2020 | Rajputana Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | C B Ponnappa | 2 December 2020 | 10 February 2022 | Mahar Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Devendra Sharma | 11 February 2022 | 15 May 2023 | 14th Horse (Scinde Horse) |
| Lieutenant General | Vijay B Nair | 15 May 2023 | 30 June 2024 | Punjab Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Ajay Chandpuria | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | Dogra Regiment |