XII Corps (India)

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]

XII Corps
Active? - 1951
1987–Present
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Army
TypeArmy Corps
SizeCorps
Part ofArmy Southern Command
Garrison/HQJodhpur
Nickname(s)Konark Corps (Desert Corps)
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt General PS Minhas
Notable
commanders
Lt Gen A K Chatterjee
Indian Army Corps (1947 - Present)
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It currently consists of:[1]

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

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