IX Corps (India)
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IX Corps, also known as Rising Star Corps, is the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

's youngest corps
Corps
A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...

. Currently, the corps is headed by Lieutenant General B S Nagal. It was raised on September 1, 2005, by splitting the southern formations of Nagrota-based XVI ‘White Knight’ Corps
XIV Corps (India)
XIV Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is a part of the Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command. It was raised after the Kargil War, in 1999, to control troops in Ladakh.It currently consists of:...

 of the Udhampur-based Northern Command. It is a part of Army’s Chandimandir-based Western Command.

It consists of:
  • 26th Infantry Division headquartered at Jammu
    Jammu
    Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

  • 29th Infantry Division headquartered at Pathankot
    Pathankot
    Pathankot became 22nd district on 28th July 2011 and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Punjab. It was a part of the Nurpur princely state ruled by the Rajputs prior to 1849 AD. It is a meeting point of the three northern states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir...

  • 2 Independent Armored Brigade
  • 3 Independent Armored Brigade
  • 16 Independent Armored Brigade
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