XVI Corps (India)

The XVI Corps is a corps of the Indian Army raised on 1 June 1972. It has its headquarters at Nagrota Cantonment, Nagrota, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir. In 2005 IX Corps (India) was raised in part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions. Today it is reported to include 10th Infantry Division (India), headquartered at Akhnoor, 25th Infantry Division, headquartered at Rajauri and 39th Infantry Division, with its headquarters at Yol. It is the largest wheeled formation in the world. Its current general officer commanding is Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar.

XVI Corps
Active1944 - ?
1972 - present
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Army
TypeArmy Corps
SizeCorps
Part ofArmy Northern Command
Garrison/HQNagrota
Nickname(s)White Knight Corps
Commanders
Current
commander		Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar Yudh Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal.
Notable
commanders		Lt Gen D S Hooda
Lt Gen T K Sapru

List of commanders
Name Rank Appointment date Left office Unit of commission References
T K Sapru Lieutenant General 01 May 2006 31 October 2007 4 Gorkha Rifles [1]
R K Karwal 01 November 2007 17 October 2008 Rajput Regiment [2]
R K Swamy 18 October 2008 15 October 2009 Mahar Regiment [3]
Romeshwar Roy 16 October 2009 9 December 2010 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles [4]
J P Nehra 10 December 2010 31 October 2011 Madras Regiment [5]
A S Nandal 1 November 2011 3 October 2012 5 Gorkha Rifles [6][7]
Deependra Singh Hooda 4 October 2012 15 April 2014 4/4 Gorkha Rifles [8]
Konsam Himalay Singh 16 April 2014 22 July 2015 2 Rajput Regiment [9]
Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar 23 July 2015 8 October 2016 15 Punjab Regiment [10][11]
Ajae Kumar Sharma 9 October 2016 10 October 2017 2 Sikh Regiment [11]
Saranjeet Singh 11 October 2017 12 October 2018 Sikh Light Infantry [12][13]
Paramjit Singh Sangha 12 October 2018 11 October 2019 Parachute Regiment [14]
Harsha Gupta 12 October 2019 13 October 2020 Sikh Light Infantry [15]
MV Suchindra Kumar 13 October 2020 Incumbent Assam Regiment [16]

References
  1. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. "Karwal new 16 Core Commander - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. "Swamy new 16 Corps Chief - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. "Lt Gen Roy to take over as GOC 16 Corps tomorrow". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. "Gen. Nehra takes over as GoC 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. "Lt Gen Nehra hands over command to Lt Gen Nandal". www.merinews.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Nandal takes over as new GOC 16 Corps Indian Army - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. "Lt Gen Hooda new GOC of 16 corps". Zee News. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. "Lt Gen Singh assumes command of 16 Corps". www.hindustantimes.com/. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. "Lt Gen Nimbhorkar takes over as General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps". News18. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  11. "Lt Gen A K Sharma takes over as GoC of 16 Corps". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  12. "Lt Gen Saranjeet Singh is 16 Corps GOC".
  13. "Singh takes over as GOC 16 Corps". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  14. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lt-gen-paramjit-singh-involved-in-surgical-strike-planning-takes-over-as-xvi-corps-goc/articleshow/66180815.cms
  15. 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.
  16. "16 Corps gets a new commander amid a spike in LoC ceasefire violations by Pakistan". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

Further reading
  • Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, Indian Army Order of Battle, Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8, 2011.
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