# XVI Corps (India)

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The XVI Corps, or the White Knight Corps, is a corps of the Indian Army raised on 1 June 1972 with Lieutenant General J F R Jacob as its first General Officer Commanding (GOC). It has its headquarters at Nagrota Cantonment, (Jammu district), Jammu and Kashmir. In 2005, IX Corps was raised in southern part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions.

## Organisation

The corps is reported to include
* 10th Infantry Division (RAPID) (Crossed Swords Division), headquartered at Akhnoor
* 25 Infantry Division (Ace of Spades Division), headquartered at Rajouri
* 39 Infantry Division (Dah Division), headquartered at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
* Delta Force and Romeo Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps.
Its current General Officer Commanding is Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva.

## List of commanders

| Rank | Name | Appointment date | Left office | Unit of commission |
| Lieutenant General | J F R Jacob, PVSM | 17 June 1972 | 23 July 1974 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | K V Krishna Rao, PVSM | 24 July 1974 | 15 March 1978 | Mahar Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | D K Chandorkar, AVSM | 20 March 1978 | 30 June 1979 | Rajputana Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | K Chiman Singh | 01 July 1979 | 29 July 1981 | Rajputana Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | A K Handoo, PVSM | 30 July 1981 | 09 March 1983 | Brigade of Guards |
| Lieutenant General | K K Hazari, PVSM, AVSM | 10 May 1983 | 25 September 1985 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | M Mayadas, PVSM | 26 September 1985 | 27 October 1986 | 5th Armoured Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Sunith Francis Rodrigues, VSM | 28 October 1986 | 31 October 1987 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | Vijay Singh | 01 November 1987 | 14 October 1989 | |
| Lieutenant General | Harwant Singh, AVSM | 15 October 1989 | 25 September 1991 | 62 Cavalry |
| Lieutenant General | Shankar Roychowdhury | 26 September 1991 | 15 August 1992 | 20 Lancers |
| Lieutenant General | H S Bedi | 31 August 1992 | 08 May 1994 | Dogra Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Manjit Singh Bhullar, VSM | 09 May 1994 | 23 January 1997 | Sikh Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | D S Chauhan, UYSM, VSM | 24 January 1997 | 30 January 1999 | Madras Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Arjun Singh Khanna, PVSM, AVSM, VrC | 31 January 1999 | 31 March 2001 | Regiment of Artillery |
| Lieutenant General | J.B.S. Yadava, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM | 01 April 2001 | 19 August 2002 | 11th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | T P S Brar, PVSM, YSM | 20 August 2002 | 17 November 2003 | Maratha Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Ashok Kapur, VSM | 18 November 2003 | 04 December 2004 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Sudhir Sharma, AVSM, YSM, VSM | 05 December 2004 | 20 April 2006 | Brigade of Guards |
| Lieutenant General | T K Sapru, PVSM, YSM | 02 May 2006 | 31 October 2007 | 4th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | R K Karwal, PVSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM | 01 November 2007 | 17 October 2008 | Rajput Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | R K Swamy, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM | 18 October 2008 | 16 October 2009 | Mahar Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Romeshwar Roy, AVSM, YSM | 17 October 2009 | 04 December 2010 | Jammu and Kashmir Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Jai Prakash Nehra, PVSM, AVSM | 10 December 2010 | 01 November 2011 | Madras Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | A S Nandal, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM | 02 November 2011 | 04 October 2012 | 5th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Deependra Singh Hooda, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM** | 05 October 2012 | 16 April 2014 | 4th Gorkha Rifles |
| Lieutenant General | Konsam Himalay Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM | 17 April 2014 | 23 July 2015 | Rajput Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM | 24 July 2015 | 08 October 2016 | Punjab Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Ajae Kumar Sharma, UYSM, YSM, SM | 09 October 2016 | 10 October 2017 | Sikh Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Saranjeet Singh, YSM | 11 October 2017 | 11 October 2018 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | Paramjit Singh Sangha, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM | 12 October 2018 | 12 October 2019 | Parachute Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Harsha Gupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM | 13 October 2019 | 13 October 2020 | Sikh Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant General | M. V. Suchindra Kumar, AVSM, YSM**, VSM | 14 October 2020 | 28 October 2021 | Assam Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Manjinder Singh, YSM, VSM | 29 October 2021 | 23 December 2022 | Madras Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Sandeep Jain, SM | 24 December 2022 | 31 December 2023 | Mahar Regiment |
| Lieutenant General | Navin Sachdeva, AVSM, SM | 01 January 2024 | Incumbent | Garhwal Rifles |