I Corps (India)

I Corps
I corps formation sign
Active1965-Present[1]
Country India
Branch Indian Army
RoleStrike Corps
Part ofNorthern Command (India)
Garrison/HQMathura
EngagementsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Sino-Indian border dispute

Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Sanjay Mitra
Notable
commanders
General Joginder Jaswant Singh
General Vishwa Nath Sharma
Lt Gen Sagat Singh
Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh

I Corps is a military field formation of the Indian Army. The Corps is headquartered at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It was raised on 1 April 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. Raised as the First Strike Corps of the Indian Army, it was launched into operations in the Sialkot sector. The Corps conducted a counteroffensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the Battle of Basantar.[2]

  1. ^ "Indian Army Corps 2001". www.orbat.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Archive of One Strike Corps of Indian Army in Mathura opens tomorrow". The Economic Times. 11 July 2018.

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