Southern Command (India)

Southern Command
Southern Command's insignia today.
Active	1908–present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Command
Garrison/HQ	Pune
Anniversaries	1 April (Raising Day)
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh
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

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 Ajai Kumar Singh is the current Southern Army Commander.