I Corps (India)


The 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.
The corps conducts Exercise Parvat Prahaar to maintain combat readiness in the northern sector along Line of Actual Control. The exercise which is conducted in high-altitude, rugged terrain conditions, includes tanks, artillery, air-defence systems and other assets. The editions of the exercise are 2022 and 2024.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Under Lt. Gen. K. K. Singh during 1971, the composition of the corps was:
In 2021, the Strike One Corps was shifted to Northern Command from the South Western Command to focus on Sino-Indian border in Ladakh. According to reports, around 500 main battle tanks and 50,000 troops are deployed in Eastern Ladakh region.
The I Corps created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following formations:
The following were moved to direct command of South Western Command
  • 33 Armoured Division, also called Dot On Target Division, consisting of –
  • * 33 Artillery Brigade
  • ** 1 × Towed artillery Regiment,
  • ** 1 × Self propelled artillery Regiment
  • ** 1 × LT AD artillery and was located at Faridkot & Ferozpur
  • * 39 Armoured Brigade
  • * 57 Armoured Brigade
  • * 88 Armoured Brigade.
  • * 627th Armoured Air Defence Brigade
  • 42 Artillery Division, also called ''Strategic Striker Division.''

    List of General Officers Commanding

RankNameAppointment DateLeft officeUnit of CommissionReferences
Lieutenant GeneralPatrick Oswald DunnMay 1965January 19673rd Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralJahangir Tehmursap SataravalaJanuary 1967August 197113th Frontier Force Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralKhem Karan SinghAugust 1971November 197316th Light Cavalry
Lieutenant GeneralSagat SinghNovember 1973November 19743rd Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralD.K. ChandorkarDecember 1974March 1978Rajputana Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralJaswant SinghMarch 1978January 1980Punjab Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralTirath Singh OberoiJanuary 1980August 1981Punjab Regiment, Parachute Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralHarish Chandra DuttaAugust 1981August 19828th Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralAnand SarupAugust 1982August 19848th Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralVishwa Nath SharmaOctober 1984March 198616th Light Cavalry
Lieutenant GeneralY.S. TomarMarch 1986June 1987The Grenadiers
Lieutenant GeneralR.N. MahajanJune 1987December 1988Kumaon Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralR. SharmaDecember 1988January 19912nd Lancers
Lieutenant GeneralV.K. SinghJanuary 1991April 1992Madras Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralY.M. BammiApril 1992July 19934th Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralA.S. SandhuJuly 1993April 1995Deccan Horse
Lieutenant GeneralVijay OberoiApril 1995June 1997Maratha Light Infantry
Lieutenant GeneralRajendra Singh KadyanAugust 1997January 2001Rajputana Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralJ.J. SinghJanuary 2001December 2002Maratha Light Infantry
Lieutenant GeneralTej S PathakDecember 2002May 2004Parachute Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralSusheel GuptaMay 2004April 2006Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralP.C. KatochApril 2006October 2007Parachute Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralTejinder SinghOctober 2007October 2008Brigade of the Guards
Lieutenant GeneralS.R. GhoshOctober 2008November 2009Brigade of The Guards
Lieutenant GeneralA.K. SinghNovember 2009April 20117th Light Cavalry
Lieutenant GeneralAshok SinghMay 2011August 2012Brigade of The Guards
Lieutenant GeneralP.R. KumarAugust 2012August 2013Regiment of Artillery, Army Aviation Corps
Lieutenant GeneralRavindra ThogdeAugust 2013September 20141st Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralAshok Bhim ShivaneSeptember 2014October 20157th Light Cavalry
Lieutenant GeneralShokin Chauhan8 October 2015November 201611th Gorkha Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralRanbir Singh30 November 201629 December 2017Dogra Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralTaranjit Singh29 December 201725 January 201965 Armoured Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralAmardeep Singh Bhinder25 January 20193 April 2020Deccan Horse
Lieutenant GeneralCodanda Poovaiah Cariappa4 April 20205 April 2021Rajputana Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralManoj Kumar Katiyar6 April 202130 April 2022Rajput Regiment
Lieutenant GeneralGajendra Joshi1 May 202208 June 2023Garhwal Rifles
Lieutenant GeneralSanjay Mitra09 June 202316 June 2025The Grenadiers
Lieutenant GeneralV Hariharan17 June 2025IncumbentGarhwal Rifles
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