Military


Eastern Command

Eastern Command is headquartered at Calcutta and is responsible for counter-insurgency operations in Assam. It consists of the III, IV, and XXXIII Corps.

The short 1962 Border War with China dictated that no matter what the state of electronic communications, higher directive control should be exercised from geographical proximity. Headquarter Eastern Command had tried this from Lucknow, some 1,100 kilometres distant from Walong. Wiser after the war experience, Headquarter Eastern Command went back to Fort William, Calcutta.

                            CityLatitudeLongitude
Eastern ComCalcutta 22°34'N88°22'E
III CorpsDimapur, Nagaland 25°54'N93°44'E
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23rd Infantry DivisionRanchi 23°00'N85°00'E
57th Mountain DivisionSilchar 24°49'N92°48'E
IV Corps / Gajraj Corps Tezpur, Assam 26°38'N92°48'E
U/I Artillery BDEU/I Location __°__'N__°__'E
2nd Mountain DivisionDibrugarh 27°30'N95°00'E
5th Mountain DivisionU/I Location __°__'N__°__'E
21st Mountain DivisionRangia 26°28'N91°38'E
XXXIII CorpsSiliguri 26°42'N88°26'E
U/I Artillery BDEU/I Location __°__'N__°__'E
17th Mountain DivisionU/I Location __°__'N__°__'E
20th Mountain DivisionBinaguri 26°46'N89°03'E
27th Mountain DivisionU/I Location __°__'N__°__'E