I Corps is a military field formation of the

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. The Corps is headquartered at

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

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. It was raised on 1 April 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. Raised as the First Strike Corps of the Indian Army, it was launched into operations in the

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sector. The Corps conducted a counteroffensive during the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...

. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the

Battle of Basantar The Battle of Basantar also known as the Battle of Shakargarh or Battle of Barapind (December 4–16, 1971) was one of the vital battles fought as part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 in the western sector of India. The Indian troops won a ha ...

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

During 1971, the composition of the

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was: *X Sector * 36th Infantry Division (8, 115 Brigades initially) * 39th Infantry Division * 54th Infantry Division

Present Day

In 2021, the ''Strike One Corps'' was shifted to Northern Command from the South Western Command to focus on Sino-Indian border in Ladakh. The I Corps created in 1965 and headquartered at

, consists of the following formations: * 4 RAPID Division (

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), also called ''Red Eagle Division''. **7 Infantry Brigade (

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) **41 Infantry Brigade (

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) **62 Infantry Brigade (Kanpur) **4 Artillery Brigade (Allahabad) *6 Mountain Division ( Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) also called ''Garud Division'' *14 (Independent) Armoured Brigade, also called ''Black Chargers Brigade'' The following were moved to direct command of South Western Command * 33 Armoured Division (

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), also called ''Dot On Target (DOT) Division'', consisting of - ** 33 Artillery Brigade ** 39 Armoured Brigade (formerly 39th Mechanised Brigade) ** 57 Armoured Brigade (formerly 57th Mechanised Brigade) ** 88 Armoured Brigade (formerly 88th Mechanised Brigade). * 42 Artillery Division (Bassi,

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), also called ''Strategic Striker Division.''

List of General Officers Commanding

Notes

References

*Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, , 2011.
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