XVI Corps (India)

XVI Corps
Indian Army XVI Corps Formation Sign
Active1972 – present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
RoleHolding Corps
SizeCorps
Part of Northern Command
Garrison/HQNagrota
Nickname(s)White Knight Corps
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva
AVSM, SM

The XVI Corps, or the White Knight Corps, is a corps of the Indian Army raised on 1 June 1972 with Lieutenant General J F R Jacob as its first General Officer Commanding (GOC). It has its headquarters at Nagrota Cantonment, (Jammu district), Jammu and Kashmir. In 2005, IX Corps was raised in southern part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions.