III Corps (India)

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The III Corps is a formation of the Indian Army that was formed during World War I in Mesopotamia during its respective campaign. Prior to the reorganization of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia, it was designated as the Tigris Corps.

A new III Corps was formed by the

Battle of Singapore where it surrendered in February 1942.[1]

It is headquartered in the state of Nagaland of India in the city of Dimapur, at Rangapahar Military Station.

History

First World War

Initially formed in December 1915, it took part in the

Frederick Stanley Maude. In November 1916, it was split in two to form the I Corps and III Corps (also known as III (Tigris) Corps).[2]

Among its component divisions during World War I were the

Cavalry Division, 3rd (Lahore) Division, 6th (Poona) Division, 7th (Meerut) Division, 12th Indian Division, 13th (Western) Division, 14th Indian Division, 17th Indian Division, and 18th Indian Division.[3]

From 1 January until 3 March 1917 the corps also commanded

32nd Lancers.[3][4][5]

Second World War

The Indian III Corps was the primary ground formation that took part in the

Malayan Campaign in 1942. It was commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis "Piggy" Heath
.

Indian III Corps was formed in mid-1941 as part of the

lines of communication Area, and the Penang Fortress.[6] Due to the rapid expansion of the British Indian Army, many of the formations in the Indian divisions were ill-trained and lacked large enough cadres
of experienced troops.

The British had plans – Operation Matador and Operation Krohcol – to move forward into the south of Siam to forestall Japanese advances. However, lack of forewarning, combined with caution over upsetting Japan needlessly with precipitate actions, prevented the plans from being implemented. This put the garrison on the defensive, a position from which it never recovered.

III Corps was pushed down the Malayan peninsula by Japanese units, who employed novel tactics. When confronted with an

endured a short siege before the island surrendered at the direction of Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival. Some of the prisoners taken from Indian III Corps subsequently joined the Indian National Army
.

Post independence

After the independence of India, a new III Corps was raised by the Indian Army on 4 February 1985 and is spread over the North Eastern States of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. At the time of its formation, it consisted of 8 and 57 Mountain Divisions, under its command, in addition to troops of Assam Rifles. The 8 Mountain Division was moved out to Kashmir in 1990.[7]

The corps is presently based at Dimapur in north east India, and consists of three divisions being responsible for eastern Arunachal Pradesh and the Myanmar border. It is tasked for use in any future Indian war against China.

Structure

Jane's estimates that it consists of:[8]

Commanders

Rank Name Appointment Date Left Office Unit of Commission References
Lieutenant General
 Joginder Singh Bakshi 5 March 1985 30 March 1986 Jat Regiment [18]
Raj Mohan Vohra 31 March 1986 20 September 1987 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) [18]
Vijay Madan 21 September 1987 6 May 1989 4th Gorkha Rifles [18]
Bipin Chandra Joshi 7 May 1989 17 May 1990 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) [18]
B S Nalwa 18 May 1990 13 May 1991 Regiment of Artillery [18]
H K Kapoor 14 May 1991 15 December 1992 Corps of Engineers [18]
N S Malik 16 December 1992 29 October 1994 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) [18]
Krishna Mohan Seth 30 October 1994 22 October 1995 Regiment of Artillery [18]
S S Grewal 23 October 1995 9 September 1997 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles [19]
Rustom Kaikhusro Nanavatty 10 September 1997 19 June 2000 8th Gorkha Rifles [20]
T S Shergill 20 June 2000 4 October 2001
9th Deccan Horse
 [21]
V K Jetley 5 October 2001 2 January 2003 Dogra Regiment [18][22]
Rajinder Singh 3 January 2003 31 December 2003 Regiment of Artillery [18][23]
Daljeet Singh 1 January 2004 22 September 2005 8th Light Cavalry [24]
Zameer Uddin Shah September 2005 September 2006 Regiment of Artillery [25]
Manbir Singh Dadwal September 2006 30 July 2008 Dogra Regiment [25][26]
Rakesh Kumar Loomba 31 July 2008 August 2009 1st Horse (Skinner's Horse) [27]
Nand Kishore Singh August 2009 March 2011 3rd Gorkha Rifles [28]
Dalbir Singh Suhag March 2011 19 June 2012 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [29]
Arun Kumar Sahni 20 June 2012 August 2013 Regiment of Artillery [30]
Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan August 2013 31 August 2014 Madras Regiment [31]
Bipin Rawat 1 September 2014 22 November 2015 11th Gorkha Rifles [32]
Abhay Krishna 23 November 2015 31 December 2016 Rajputana Rifles [33]
Anil Chauhan 1 January 2017 8 January 2018 11th Gorkha Rifles [34]
Gopal R 9 January 2018 10 January 2019 8th Gorkha Rifles [35]
Rajeev Sirohi 10 January 2019 10 January 2020 The Grenadiers [35]
Rana Pratap Kalita 11 January 2020 10 February 2021 Kumaon Regiment [36]
Johnson P Mathew 10 February 2021 1 March 2022 Punjab Regiment [37]
Ram Chandra Tewari
 1 March 2022 6 March 2023 Kumaon Regiment [38]
Harjeet Singh Sahi 6 March 2023 Incumbent Rajput Regiment [39]

Reference list

  1. ^ Ramakrishna
  2. ^ Listing of British Corps, accessed July 2010. Archived 16 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Brig-Gen F.J. Moberly, History of the Great War: The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Vol III, London: HM Stationery Office, 1925/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1997, ISBN 978-089839289-0, Appendix XXXVI.
  4. ^ Moberly, Vol III, p. 111.
  5. ^ Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury, The Hertfordshire Yeomanry: An Illustrated History' 1794–1920', Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Historical Trust/Hart Books, 1994, ISBN 0-948527-03-X, pp. 182–8.
  6. ^ Orbat.com/Niehorster, III Indian Corps, 7 December 1941
  7. ^ "3 Corps celebrates Raising Day". 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  8. ^ Jane's World Armies, Issue 19, 2006
  9. ^ Pike, John. "2 Mountain Division". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  10. ^ "Third battalion of Naga regiment be raised soon". 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  11. ^ "Army's first mountain division for China in northeast kicks off !!". Chindits. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Why mountain strike corps along the India-China border is important". 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  13. ^ Pike, John. "57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  14. ^ Conboy, Elite Forces of India and Pakistan, p.8
  15. ^ Globalsecurity.org, 17 July 2010
  16. ^ John Pike. "57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  17. ISBN 9788132104797
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  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "New #DGMO Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (R) handing over charge of all imp 3 Corps in Dimapur to Lt Gen Gopal R." 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  19. ^ "LT GENERAL SS GREWAL RETIRES". 2002-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  20. ^ "Reviewing Internal Armed Conflict in India-Forging a Joint Civil - Military Approach" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  21. ^ "Army Top Brass Changed in N-E". 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  22. ^ "Lt Gen V K Jetley takes over as Master General Ordinance". 2003-01-31. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  23. ^ "JS Verma visits Manipur". 2003-01-08. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  24. ^ "Annual Report, 2005 – 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  25. ^ a b "Lt Gen Manbir assumes charge as GOC 3 Corps". 2006-09-20. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  26. ^ "Army Commander visits Manipur". 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  27. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  28. ^ "Defence Minister Visits North-East". 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  29. ^ "Defence ministry seeks report on notice to Lt Gen Suhag". 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  30. ^ "GOC 3 Corps extends Vijay Diwas greetings". 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  31. ^ "Lieutenant General Lt Gen Bipin Rawat takes over command of Spear Corps". 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  32. ^ "Nagaland governor asks security forces to be careful in view of Naga accord". 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  33. ^ "Lt Gen Abhay Krishna takes over as GOC Spear Corps". 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  34. ^ "GOC 3 Corps Anil Chauhan Meets Arunachal Governor SV Shanmuganathan". 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  35. ^ a b "Lt. Gen Sirohi takes over as GOC 3 Corps". Nagaland Post. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  36. ^ "lt-gen-rana-pratap-kalita-appointed-as-goc-3-corps-first-assamese-to-don-corps-commanders-mantle". 2020-02-10. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  37. ^ Mathew, JP. "JP Mathew Spear Corps Commander". Archived from the original on 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  38. ^ "Lt Gen RC Tiwari takes over as General Officer Commanding of Spear Corps". 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  39. ^ "Lt Gen Sahi next GOC of 3 Corps | Nagaland Post". Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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