II Corps (India)

II Corps
Kharga Corps formation sign
Active1971-present
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Army
RoleStrike Corps
SizeCorps
Part of Western Command
Garrison/HQAmbala
Nickname(s)Kharga Corps
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Gen Rajesh Pushkar
VSM[1]
Notable
commanders
General Tapishwar Narain Raina
Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakhshi
Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Lieutenant General B.C. Nanda
Lieutenant General Hanut Singh
General V. K. Singh
General Manoj Mukund Naravane

II Corps is a corps of the Indian Army, based in Ambala and known as Kharga Corps.

The Corps was raised on October 7, 1971 by Lt Gen T N Raina at Krishna Nagar in West Bengal and saw action two months later in December. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, it captured the important towns of Khulna, Jessore, Jhenida, Magura and Faridpur and also the area between the rivers Ganges and Padma. Subsequently, the Corps was shifted to the Western Theatre where it was initially located at Chandimandir Cantonment till 1984, and then moved to Ambala in January 1985.

48th Raising Day of Kharga Corps (2 Corps), October 2019
  1. ^ "Lt Gen Rajesh Pushkar assumed the command of Kharga Corps from Lt Gen Rahul R Singh". x (formerly twitter). 1 July 2024.