XVI Corps (India)

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).

In 2005, IX Corps was raised in southern part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions.

The corps is reported to include Its current General Officer Commanding is Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva.

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Lt Gen Harsha Gupta assuming command of White Knight Corps (16 Corps) from Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Sangha, on 12 Oct 2019.
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General Manoj Pande, COAS, visiting 16 Corps, August 2022.