XXI Corps (India)

XXI Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is the only strike corps in Army’s Poona-based Southern Command. After India's intervention in Sri Lanka, the provisional HQ controlling India's expeditionary force, HQ Indian Peace Keeping Force, became HQ XXI Corps in April 1990. It was then moved to Bhopal. This is both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another big intervention overseas.^[1]

It currently consists of:

• 31st Armored Division (White Tiger Division) headquartered at Jhansi-Babina in Uttar Pradesh, Central India. 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division; it is part of the Strike Corps^[2], and has taken part in exercises with the Singaporean Army under the direction of 31 Armoured Division.^[3]
• 36th Infantry Division (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) Sagar. In 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at Talbehat, 18 Armoured Brigade at Gwalior,^[4] 72 Infantry Brigade at Gwalior, and 115 Infantry Brigade was at Dhana.^[5]
• 54th Infantry Division headquartered at Hyderabad/Secunderabad 91 Infantry Brigade at Trivandrum is an amphibious brigade.^[6] 47 Infantry Brigade was part of 54 Division during Exercise Tri Shakti in 1986, exercising the air assault role.
• ? Artillery Brigade
• Air defence brigade
• 475 Engineering Brigade

See also

• 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade

References