Southern Command (India)

Southern Command
Insignia of the Southern Command
Active1908–present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
TypeCommand
Garrison/HQPune
Anniversaries1 April (Raising Day)
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM
Notable
commanders
General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
General S M Shrinagesh
General K S Thimayya
General Pran Nath Thapar
General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
General Om Prakash Malhotra
General Bipin Chandra Joshi
General Ved Prakash Malik
General Sundararajan Padmanabhan
General Nirmal Chander Vij
General Bipin Rawat
Insignia
Flag

Southern Command is a formation of the Indian Army, active since 1895. It has seen action during the integration of several Princely States into modern India, during the 1961 Indian liberation of Goa, and during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani Wars. Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth is the present Southern Army Commander.