XVI_Corps_(India)

XVI Corps (India)

Military unit

The XVI 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.

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XVI Corps

Active	1972 – present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Army Corps
Size	Corps
Part of	Army Northern Command
Garrison/HQ	Nagrota
Nickname(s)	White Knight Corps
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, AVSM, SM

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. Delta Force and Romeo Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps.^[1]

Its current General Officer Commanding is Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva.

Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assuming command of White Knight Corps (16 Corps) from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 2019.

Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva assuming command of White Knight Corps (16 Corps) from Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, on 01 January 2024.

General Manoj Pande, COAS, visiting 16 Corps, August 2022.

General Manoj Pande, COAS, visiting 16 Corps, March 2024.

List of commanders

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Name	Rank	Appointment date	Left office	Unit of commission	References
J F R Jacob, PVSM	Lieutenant General	17 June 1972	23 July 1974	Regiment of Artillery	^[2]
K V Krishna Rao, PVSM		24 July 1974	15 March 1978	Mahar Regiment	^[3]
D K Chandorkar, AVSM		20 March 1978	30 June 1979
K Chiman Singh		01 July 1979	29 July 1981	Rajputana Rifles
A K Handoo, PVSM		30 July 1981	09 March 1983
K K Hazari, PVSM, AVSM		10 May 1983	25 September 1985
M Mayadas, PVSM		26 September 1985	27 October 1986
S F Rodrigues, VSM		28 October 1986	31 October 1987
Vijay Singh		01 November 1987	14 October 1989
Harwant Singh, AVSM		15 October 1989	25 September 1991
Shankar Roychowdhury		26 September 1991	15 August 1992	20 Lancers	^[4]
H S Bedi		31 August 1992	08 May 1994
Manjit Singh Bhullar, VSM		09 May 1994	23 January 1997	Sikh Regiment
D S Chauhan, UYSM, VSM		24 January 1997	30 January 1999	Madras Regiment	^[5]
Arjun Singh Khanna, PVSM, AVSM, VrC		31 January 1999	31 March 2001	Regiment of Artillery	^[6]
J.B.S. Yadava, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM		01 April 2001	19 August 2002	11th Gorkha Rifles	^[7]^[8]
T P S Brar, PVSM, YSM		20 August 2002	17 November 2003	Maratha Light Infantry	^[9]
Ashok Kapur, VSM		18 November 2003	04 December 2004	Sikh Light Infantry	^[9]
Sudhir Sharma, AVSM, YSM, VSM		05 December 2004	20 April 2006
T K Sapru, PVSM, YSM		02 May 2006	31 October 2007	4th Gorkha Rifles	^[10]
R K Karwal, PVSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM		01 November 2007	17 October 2008	Rajput Regiment	^[11]
R K Swamy, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM		18 October 2008	16 October 2009	Mahar Regiment	^[12]
Romeshwar Roy, AVSM, YSM		17 October 2009	04 December 2010	Jammu and Kashmir Rifles	^[13]
Jai Prakash Nehra, PVSM, AVSM		10 December 2010	01 November 2011	Madras Regiment	^[14]
A S Nandal, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM		02 November 2011	04 October 2012	5th Gorkha Rifles	^[15]^[16]
Deependra Singh Hooda, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM**		05 October 2012	16 April 2014	4th Gorkha Rifles	^[17]
Konsam Himalay Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM		17 April 2014	23 July 2015	Rajput Regiment	^[18]
Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM**, VSM		24 July 2015	08 October 2016	Punjab Regiment	^[19]^[20]
Ajae Kumar Sharma, UYSM, YSM, SM		09 October 2016	10 October 2017	Sikh Regiment	^[20]
Saranjeet Singh, YSM		11 October 2017	11 October 2018	Sikh Light Infantry	^[21]^[22]
Paramjit Singh Sangha, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM		12 October 2018	12 October 2019	Parachute Regiment	^[23]
Harsha Gupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM		13 October 2019	13 October 2020	Sikh Light Infantry	^[24]
M. V. Suchindra Kumar, AVSM, YSM**, VSM		14 October 2020	28 October 2021	Assam Regiment	^[25]
Manjinder Singh, YSM, VSM		29 October 2021	23 December 2022	Madras Regiment	^[26]
Sandeep Jain, SM		24 December 2022	31 December 2023	Mahar Regiment	^[27]
Navin Sachdeva, AVSM, SM		01 January 2024	Incumbent	Garhwal Rifles	^[28]

References

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[2]
Khullar, Darshan (2017). Themes of Glory: Indian Artillery in War. VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-9385563973.
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"Swamy new 16 Corps Chief - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[13]
"Lt Gen Roy to take over as GOC 16 Corps tomorrow". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[14]
"Gen. Nehra takes over as GoC 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[15]
"Lt Gen Nehra hands over command to Lt Gen Nandal". www.merinews.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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"Nandal takes over as new GOC 16 Corps Indian Army - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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"Lt Gen Hooda new GOC of 16 corps". Zee News. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[18]
"Lt Gen Singh assumes command of 16 Corps". www.hindustantimes.com/. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[19]
"Lt Gen Nimbhorkar takes over as General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps". News18. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[20]
"Lt Gen A K Sharma takes over as GoC of 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[21]
"Lt Gen Saranjeet Singh is 16 Corps GOC".
[22]
"Singh takes over as GOC 16 Corps". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
[23]
"Surgical strikes: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh involved in surgical strike planning takes over as XVI Corps GOC | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
[24]
Corps, White Knight (12 October 2019). "Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assumed command of elite @WhiteKnightCorps from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 19. He exhorted all ranks to continue to strive for excellence & be combat ready to thwart nefarious designs of enemy & inimical forces @NorthernComd_IA @adgpipic.twitter.com/sebJQhk3Uq". @Whiteknight_IA. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
[25]
"16 Corps gets a new commander amid a spike in LoC ceasefire violations by Pakistan". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
[26]
"Lt Gen Manjinder Singh takes over as GOC of White Knight Corps". 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
[27]
"Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, SM, on assuming the command of the elite White Knight Corps". 23 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
[28]
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/01/des15-jk-goc.doc

External links

Globalsecurity.org, Nagrota Corps / XVI Corps / White Knight Corps, accessed July 2010
Official twitter handle

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