XXI Corps (India)
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XXI Corps is a 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...

 of 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...

. 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
Indian Peace Keeping Force
Indian Peace Keeping Force was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990...

, 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.

It currently consists of:
  • 31st Armored Division
    31st Indian Armoured Division
    The 31st Indian Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in 1940, as 1st Indian Armoured Division; it consisted of units of the British Army and the British Indian Army...

     (White Tiger Division) headquartered at Jhansi
    Jhansi
    Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...

    -Babina in Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

    , Central India. 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the division; it is part of the Strike Corps, and has taken part in exercises with the Singaporean Army under the direction of 31 Armoured Division.
  • 36th Infantry Division (Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division) Sagar. In 2001, the Division Artillery Brigade was at Talbehat
    Talbehat
    Talbehat' is a small city and a nagar panchayat in Lalitpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Talbehat had a population of 22,664. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Talbehat has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national...

    , 18 Armoured Brigade at Gwalior, 72 Infantry Brigade at Gwalior, and 115 Infantry Brigade
    115th Indian Infantry Brigade
    The 115th Indian Infantry Brigade is an Infantry formation of the Indian Army.It was initially formed during World War II, in September 1943, as a training brigade of the 39th Indian Infantry Division....

     was at Dhana
    Dhana
    Dhana is a census town in Sagar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Dhana had a population of 10,295. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Dhana has an average literacy rate of 96%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy...

    .
  • 54th Infantry Division headquartered at Hyderabad/Secunderabad
    Secunderabad
    Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...

     91 Infantry Brigade at Trivandrum is an amphibious brigade. 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
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