The XV Corps, also known as the Chinar Corps, is a corps of the Indian Army which is presently located in Srinagar and responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley. It has participated in all military conflicts with Pakistan and China to date. Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava is the current Corps Commander since 05 October 2024 taking over from Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai.
History HQ XV Corps was first raised in Egypt at Port Said on January 12, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Horne who was sacked after killing of five under command Indian soldiers. It was part of the British Indian Army during the First World War for operations in Egypt and France. Disbanded in 1918, it was re-raised on March 20, 1942, at Barrackpore for combat operations in Burma during World War II, and after the war, it served in Java and Sumatra.
Disbanded in Karachi in 1947 after repatriation, it was re-raised after India gained independence, as part of the Indian Army, in 1948 as HQ Jammu and Kashmir Force. It underwent a number of name changes till its final re-designation as HQ 15 Corps in 1955 in Udhampur. In June 1972, HQ Northern Command was raised to take over operational control of Jammu & Kashmir. HQ 15 Corps moved to Srinagar to take charge of the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. After Operation Vijay, HQ 15 Corps was made solely responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley.
Formation Sign The design consists of the 'red-white-red background' depicting a corps of the Indian Army with a Chinar leaf and a battle axe superimposed on it.
Order of battle The corps currently consists of:
19th Mountain Division (Dagger Division) headquartered at Baramulla 28th Infantry Division (Vajr Division) headquartered at Kupwara One Bhairav Battalion Kilo Force, Victor Force of the Rashtriya Rifles come under the operational control of the corps
General Officers Commanding (GOC)
+RankNameAppointment DateLeft officeUnit of CommissionReferencesLieutenant GeneralS. M. ShrinageshSeptember 1948January 194819th Hyderabad RegimentMohinder Singh Wadalia1957195919th Hyderabad RegimentShiv Dev VermaJanuary 1959196116th Light Cavalry Bikram SinghJune 196122 November 196313th Frontier Force RiflesKashmir Singh KatochNovember 19637 June 196613th Frontier Force RiflesSartaj Singh1970January 1973Regiment of ArtilleryR K Jasbir Singh4th Gorkha RiflesPrem Nath Hoon3 August 19831984Sikh RegimentMohammad Ahmed ZakiOctober 1989June 1991Maratha Light InfantrySundararajan PadmanabhanJuly 1993February 1995Regiment of ArtilleryJ S DhillonMarch 1995Maratha Light Infantry Krishan Pal1999January 2000Assam RegimentJohn Ranjan MukherjeeJanuary 200017 April 2002Assam RegimentVinayak Gopal Patankar18 April 200217 July 2003Regiment of ArtilleryNirbhay Sharma18 July 200314 June 2005Parachute RegimentSarabjit Singh Dhillon15 June 200522 October 2006The GrenadiersAmarjeet Singh Sekhon23 October 200623 November 2007Sikh Light InfantryMukesh Sabharwal24 November 20072008Rajput RegimentBikram Singh200831 October 2009Sikh Light InfantryN C Marwah30 November 20093 December 2010Kumaon RegimentSyed Ata Hasnain4 December 20108 June 2012The Garhwal RiflesOm Prakash9 June 20129 June 2013Kumaon RegimentGurmit Singh10 June 201325 June 2014Assam RegimentSubrata Saha26 June 201425 November 2015Assam RegimentSatish Dua26 November 201531 October 2016Jammu and Kashmir Light InfantryJaswinder Singh Sandhu1 November 201614 December 20175th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)Anil Kumar Bhatt15 December 20177 February 20199th Gorkha RiflesKanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon8 February 201929 February 2020Rajputana RiflesB. S. Raju1 March 202017 March 2021Jat RegimentDevendra Pratap Pandey17 March 20219 May 2022Sikh Light InfantryAmardeep Singh Aujla9 May 202214 June 2023Rajputana RiflesRajiv Ghai15 June 20235 October 2024Kumaon RegimentPrashant Srivastava 5 October 202430 April 2026Parachute RegimentBalbir Singh1 May 2026Incumbent4th Gorkha Rifles
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Further reading Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, , 2011.