XII Corps (India)

Indian Army Corps (1947 - Present)
XI Corps	XIV Corps

XII Corps
Active	? - 1951; 1987–Present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Army Corps
Size	Corps
Part of	Army Southern Command
Garrison/HQ	Jodhpur
Nickname(s)	Konark Corps (Desert Corps)
Commanders
Current; commander	Lt General PS Minhas
Notable; commanders	Lt Gen A K Chatterjee

XII Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is one of the two corps in the Pune-based Southern Command. With two combat divisions on the order of battle of Southern Command and increasing operational importance of the desert sector, by January 1987, a Corps Headquarters was sanctioned. HQ 12 Corps was raised at Jodhpur under Lt Gen A K Chatterjee in February 1987, during the volatile days of Operation Trident.[1]

It currently consists of:[1]

4th Armoured Brigade
340th Independent Mechanised Brigade (earlier 34th Independent Infantry Brigade) (Amphibious)
11th Infantry Division headquartered at Ahmedabad, Gujarat
12th Infantry Division headquartered at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Amongst 12th Division's units is the 140th Armoured Brigade, which has two regiments equipped with Arjun tanks.

List of GOC

Name	Rank	Appointment Date	Left Office	Unit of Commission	References
Philip Campose	Lieutenant general	3 July 2011		Mechz Infantry
GS Katoch	Lieutenant general		1 Sept. 2014
Bobby Mathews	Lieutenant general	1 Sept. 2014	10 Oct 2015	Kumaon Regiment
VP Singh	Lieutenant general
Podali Shankar Rajeshwar	Lieutenant general			Regiment of Artillery
Rajni Kanth Jagga	Lieutenant general			Armoured Corps
VS Sreenivas	Lieutenant General	19 November 2018		The Garhwal Rifles	[2]
Anil Puri		11 February 2020	31 December 2020	Madras Sappers	[3]
PS Minhas		01 January 2021		Indian Army Armoured Corps

References

It's part of the southern command, and not southwestern command as erroneously mentioned

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/12-corps.htm
"ले. जनरल श्रीनिवास कोणार्क कोर के नए कोर कमांडर". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
MoD, PRO Jaipur (11 February 2020). "Lt Gen Anil Puri took over the command of #KonarkCorps #SouthernCommand #IndianArmy today. He took over the reins of Konark Corps from Lt Gen VS Sreenivas. @SpokespersonMoD @adgpi @PIBJaipur @PIB_Indiapic.twitter.com/qKQmynThi5". @PRODefRjsthn. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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[Globalsecurity.org-1] ttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/12-corps.htm

[2] "ले. जनरल श्रीनिवास कोणार्क कोर के नए कोर कमांडर". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[3] MoD, PRO Jaipur (11 February 2020). "Lt Gen Anil Puri took over the command of #KonarkCorps #SouthernCommand #IndianArmy today. He took over the reins of Konark Corps from Lt Gen VS Sreenivas. @SpokespersonMoD @adgpi @PIBJaipur @PIB_Indiapic.twitter.com/qKQmynThi5". @PRODefRjsthn. Retrieved 28 February 2020.