It was raised on September 1, 2005, by splitting the southern formations of Nagrota-based XVI ‘White Knight’ Corps, which forms part of the Udhampur-based Northern Command.

[1] It is based at Yol military station, 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.

[10] Thank you.--> The concept of Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) was introduced in 2018 by the then Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat.

[11] The Integrated Battle Groups are Brigade-sized, self-sufficient combined arms formations commanded by an officer of the rank Major General.

As of July 2019, the new concept of formations has been test-bedded with the IX Corps and were being reorganised based on the basis of feedbacks.

Each IBG, as of 2019, deploys 5,000 troops and includes infantry, armoured, artillery and air defence units.

[16] By November 2024, the Army submitted a draft Government Sanction Letter seeking official approval for the establishment of these IBGs.