White Knight Corps Celebrates Its 49th Raising Day | Indian Defence News
Indian Army''s 16 Corps, popularly known as White Knight Corps, celebrated its 49th raising day on Tuesday. The 16 Corps is headquartered in Nagrota
Jammu : The Indian Army''s 16 Corps, popularly known as White Knight Corps, celebrated its 49th raising day on Tuesday. The White Knight Corps looks after the operational control of the area south of Jammu and Kashmir''s Pir Panjal and is a part of the Udhampur-based Northern Command. Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh have three corps -- 14th (Ladakh), 15th (Kashmir) and 16th (Ladakh) -- looking after the operational areas along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Line of Actual Control, and parts of the hinterland alongwith five counterinsurgency divisions. The 16 Corps is headquartered in Nagrota in the outskirts of Jammu city. On the occasion, 16 Corps'' General-officer-Commanding Lieutenant General Suchindra Kumar complimented all ranks for the high standards achieved in discharging operational as well as administrative tasks, a defence spokesman said. The GoC also paid floral tributes to the martyrs at the ''Ashwamedh Shaurya Sthal'' in a traditional…