X Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is based in Bathinda and is a part of the South Western Command.
The X (Chetak) Corps was raised at Bathinda on 1 July 1979 by Lieutenant General ML Tuli, to reduce the load of XI Corps. The new corps took over south Punjab and north Rajasthan.
Organisation
The corps has two of the army's Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Divisions (RAPIDs).
It consists of: 16 Infantry Division (Amogh Division) headquartered at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan 18 Infantry Division (RAPID) (Gandiv Division) at Kota, Rajasthan 24 Infantry Division (RAPID) (Ranbankura Division) at Bikaner, Rajasthan. In 2001, 24th Artillery Brigade and 180th Armoured Brigade were at Bikaner, 25th Infantry Brigade was at Bathinda, Punjab and 83rd Infantry Brigade was at Lalgarh Jattan.Mandeep Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye, Indian Army RAPID Divisions , 11 February 2001 6 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Sand Viper Brigade) at Suratgarh, Rajasthan 615 (Independent) Air Defence Brigade (2 Regiments of Shilka and Tunguska (514 AD Regm. (SP)) and 1 Regiment of SA-6 and SA-13).
Formation Sign At the time of re-raising, 10 corps adopted the present divisional formation sign. The formation sign was designed by its first General Officer Commanding (GOC) - Lieutenant General ML Tuli. The design consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army and a horse with the torso of a man.
Chetak, traditionally the horse ridden by Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati is associated with Rajput chivalry and is symbolic of mobility and manoeuvre. Th horse is poised in a bid to spring into action, which symbolises optimum readiness. The torso of a soldier is depicted in a power packed stance launching a spear at the enemy - which symbolises instant alertness for aggressive action to face any challenge.
List of Commanders
RankNameAppointment DateLeft officeUnit of CommissionReferencesLieutenant GeneralML Tuli1 July 1979Garhwal RiflesHimmeth SinghApril 1983Brigade of the GuardsMathew ThomasApril 198320 January 1985Parachute RegimentLakshman Singh RawatJune 1985June 198611th Gorkha RiflesFaridoon Noshir BilimoriaOctober 198719895th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Chandra ShekharNovember 19934th Gorkha RiflesGopal Krishan Duggal18 January 2001Maratha Light InfantryMohinder Puri19 January 200111 March 20043rd Gorkha RiflesOP Nandrajog12 March 2004December 2005Brigade of the GuardsN S Brar1 April 20062007Regiment of ArtilleryR S Sujlana 200728 September 2008Sikh RegimentD S Chauhan29 September 2008Madras RegimentKongara Surendra Nath31 December 2010Mechanised Infantry RegimentSanjiv ChachraJanuary 2011January 2012Rajput RegimentSanjeev AnandJanuary 20122013Mechanised Infantry RegimentNS Ghei2013June 2014Parachute RegimentPattiarimal Mohamadali HarizJune 201417 June 2015Mechanised Infantry RegimentDewan Rabindranath Soni18 June 201516 September 2016Central India HorseAshwani KumarSeptember 2016July 2017Corps of Army Air DefenceP C Thimayya5 July 20175 July 2018Mechanised Infantry RegimentRaj Shukla5 July 201830 July 2019Regiment of ArtilleryAjai Singh30 July 201925 August 202081 Armoured RegimentManoj Kumar Mago26 August 202028 October 2021Brigade of the GuardsJB Chaudhari29 October 20216 November 2022Brigade of the GuardsSanjiv Rai7 November 202231 December 2023Sikh Light InfantryNagendra Singh1 January 202431 May 2025Panjab RegimentShamsher Singh Virk1 July 202531 August 2026 Garhwal RiflesVikrant Suresh Deshpande1 September 2026Incumbent 11th Gorkha Rifles
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