Gajraj Corps

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Gajraj Corps is a major field formation of the Indian Army known for its operational role in India’s eastern and northeastern regions.

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Gajraj Corps canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
allegiance Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
alsoKnownAs IV Corps ⓘ
commandedBy General officer commanding (GOC) of lieutenant general rank ⓘ
commandStructure under Eastern Command of the Indian Army ⓘ
component armoured formations ⓘ
artillery formations ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
infantry formations ⓘ
logistics units ⓘ
signals units ⓘ
country India ⓘ
domain land warfare ⓘ
engagement Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
counter-insurgency operations in Northeast India ⓘ
operations in Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
formationType strike corps ⓘ
garrisonCountry India ⓘ
garrisonLocation Tezpur ⓘ
garrisonState Assam ⓘ
headquartersType corps headquarters ⓘ
higherCommand Eastern Command ⓘ
militaryBranch Indian Army ⓘ
mission defence of India’s eastern borders ⓘ
support to civil authorities in its area of responsibility ⓘ
nicknameMeaning Gajraj means king of elephants in Hindi ⓘ
notableFor operational role in India’s eastern and northeastern regions ⓘ
operationalArea eastern India ⓘ
northeastern India ⓘ
partOf Indian Army ⓘ
primaryTask border defence ⓘ
conventional operations ⓘ
counter-insurgency support ⓘ
regionOfResponsibility Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
parts of Meghalaya ⓘ
parts of Nagaland ⓘ
role field formation ⓘ
service Indian Army ground forces ⓘ
linked to: Indian Army
size multi-division formation ⓘ
status active ⓘ
symbolism elephant symbolizes strength and steadfastness ⓘ
theatre Eastern Theatre of the Indian Army ⓘ
type combined arms formation ⓘ

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Eastern Command → hasComponent → Gajraj Corps ⓘ