how many commands in indian army and their names?
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7 commands
- East
- west
- north
- south
- north south
- east west
- training
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The Indian army is one of the world’s largest and strongest army with around 13 lakh serving personal, it is thus essential for it to be organised n ordered to have perfect synergy in the case of operations. The army for this purpose is divided into commands and these commands are tactically placed to counter the enemy. We take a look at the commands of the army in this post.
1.CENTRAL COMMAND
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LOCATION: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
ACTIVE SINCE : 1963
WARS SEEN: The command has seen the war in the world war II which Indian army was part of. It was reestablished after the Indo-Sino war
CURRENT COMMANDER: Lt.Gen B.S Negi
2. NORTHERN COMMAND
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LOCATION: Udhampur, J&K
ACTIVE SINCE : 1972
CURRENT COMMANDER : Lt Gen Devraj Anbu
3. WESTERN COMMAND
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LOCATION: Chandimandhir, Haryana
ACTIVE SINCE : 1947
WARS SEEN: Indo-Pak wars of 1947, 1965, 1971
CURRENT COMMANDER: Lieutenant General Surinder Singh
4. EASTERN COMMAND
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LOCATION: Kolkata, WB
ACTIVE SINCE : 1920
WARS SEEN: 1971 indo-Pak. ( Capture of eastern Pakistan under then commander Lt. Gen JS Aurora)
CURRENT COMMANDER : Lt Gen Abhay Krishna
5. SOUTHERN COMMAND
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LOCATION: Pune, Maharastra
ACTIVE SINCE : 1908, predominantly hold the armoured corp in control
WARS SEEN: Indo-Pak 1965, 1971, annexation of GOA
CURRENT COMMANDER : Lieutenant General Dewan Rabindranath Soni
6. SOUTH-WESTERN COMMAND
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LOCATION: Jaipur, Rajasthan
ACTIVE SINCE : 2005
CURRENT COMMANDER : Lt Gen Cherish Mathson
7. ARMY TRAINING COMMAND
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LOCATION: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
ACTIVE SINCE : 1991
CURRENT COMMANDER: Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane
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