The IX Corps, or the Rising Star Corps, was raised in 2005 as a Holding Corps at the Yol Military Station of the

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History

It was raised on September 1, 2005, by splitting the southern formations of Nagrota-based XVI ‘White Knight’ Corps, which forms part of the Udhampur-based Northern Command. It is based at Yol military station, southeast of

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in Himachal Pradesh. It is presently part of Army's Chandimandir based Western Command and encompasses parts of

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and

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. The first General Officer Commanding was Lieutenant General Anup Singh Jamwal, who had successfully commanded 4 Corps in the North East.

Order of Battle

The 9 Corps consists of the following- *'' 26 Infantry Division'' (Tiger Division) headquartered at

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*'' 29 Infantry Division'' (Gurj Division) headquartered at

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Brigade) (former

252nd Indian Armoured Brigade The 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade was an armoured formation of the Indian Army. It was formed from the 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade when it was dispersed and reformed as the 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade in 1940, from July 1941 as 2nd Independent A ...

)Renaldi and Rikhye, 2011, p.158 *'' 3 (Independent) Armoured Brigade'' (Sabre Brigade) *''16 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Block Arrow Brigade)(Dec 1971 placed under 54 Infantry Division ' *'' 84 Infantry Brigade'' *''401 (Independent) Artillery Brigade'' (Arsenals Brigade) The Corps also includes 2 test-bed Integrated Battle Groups as of 2024.

Integrated Battle Groups

List of Commanders

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. {{Active_corps_of_the_Indian_Army

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Military units and formations established in 2005 2005 establishments in Himachal Pradesh