# South Western Command (India)

The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established on 15 April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005. It was established in response to the emerging threats and opportunities on the Western Indo-Pak border, and is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The command's operational unit, X Corps, transferred from Western Command and from an Artillery Division.

## Structure

Currently, the Western Command has been assigned operational units under:- X Corps and 42nd Artillery Division. The command in total has following units under its belt :- 3 infantry divisions (1 for Mountain warfare), 1 armoured division, 1 artillery division, 2 Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), 1 armoured brigade, 1 Air-defence brigade, and 1 engineering brigade.
In 2021, except the 33 Armoured Division all the units of I Corps was transferred to Northern Command to focus on the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh.
Structure of South-Western Command :
| Corp | Corp HQ | GOC of Corps (Corps Commander) | Assigned Units | Unit HQ |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 16 Infantry Division | Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 18 RAPID Division | Kota, Rajasthan |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 24 RAPID Division | Bikaner, Rajasthan |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 6 (Independent) Armoured Brigade | Bhatinda, Punjab |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 615 Air-defence Brigade | Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
| X Corps (Chetak Corps) | Bathinda, Punjab | Lt Gen Nagendra Singh | 471 Engineering Brigade | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 42 Artillery Division | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 33 Armoured Division | Hisar, Haryana |

## List of Commanders

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command :
| S.No | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Unit of Commission |
| 1 | Lieutenant General Krishnamurthy Nagaraj PVSM, UYSM | 15 April 2005 | 31 July 2006 | Maratha Light Infantry |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Parmendra Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM | 1 August 2006 | 31 July 2008 | Regiment of Artillery |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Chanroth Kunnumal Suchindra Sabu PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 September 2008 | 30 November 2010 | Regiment of Artillery |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Shri Krishna Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM | 1 December 2010 | 31 October 2011 | 8th Gorkha Rifles |
| 5 | Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 November 2011 | 31 December 2013 | Mahar Regiment |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Arun K Sahni PVSM, SM, VSM | 1 January 2014 | 31 January 2016 | Regiment of Artillery |
| 7 | Lieutenant General Sarath Chand PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 February 2016 | 12 January 2017 | Garhwal Rifles |
| 8 | Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | 25 January 2017 | 31 July 2017 | Rajputana Rifles |
| 9 | Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson PVSM, SM, VSM | 1 August 2017 | 31 August 2019 | Garhwal Rifles |
| 10 | Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler PVSM, VSM | 1 September 2019 | 31 March 2021 | 68 Armoured Regiment |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 April 2021 | 28 February 2023 | The Deccan Horse |
| 12 | Lieutenant General B. S. Raju PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM | 1 March 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Jat Regiment |
| 13 | Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth AVSM | 1 November 2023 | 30 June 2024 | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh AVSM, YSM, VSM | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | Madras Regiment |