Southern Command

Southern Command is headquartered at Poona and is responsible for Gujrat and Maharashtra. It consists of the XII and the XXI Corps. At a solemn ceremony, Lt Gen GS Sihota, GOC-in-C marked the raising of 41 Artillery Division by presenting Maj Gen RS Jambusarwalla, MG, Artillery, Southern Command a trophy. With the raising of the Artillery Division, a long-felt need of synergised fire-power for Southern Command had been fulfilled. As of early 2002 the 50th Independent Parachute Brigade and the 333rd Missile Group (Prithvi unit) were believed to have deployed to Punjab and Rajasthan.

			City	Latitude	Long
SouthCom			Poona	18°32'N	73°52'E
		333 Missile Grp	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		50 Ind Parachute BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
	41th Artillery Div		Pune	__°__'N	__°__'E
XII Corps			Jodhpur	26°17'N	73°01'E
		4 Armored BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		340 Mech BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		U/I Artillery BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
	11 Infantry Division Golden Katar		U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
	12 Infantry Division		Jodhpur	26°17'N	73°01'E
XXI Corps			Bhopal	23°16'N	77°24'E
		U/I Artillery BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		U/I Air Def BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		U/I Eng BDE	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
		U/I Heli Sqn	U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
	31 Armored Division		U/I Location	__°__'N	__°__'E
	36 RAPID		Sagor	22°36'N	75°36'E
		115 Infantry Brigade	Jaffna
			5 Bn The First Gorkha Rifles
		72 Infantry Brigade	Jaffna
			4 Bn./5 Gorkha Regiment
			13 Sikh LI Bn
		41 Infantry Brigade	Jaffna
			5 Rajputana Rifles
	54 Infantry Division		Hissar	29°10'N	75°43'E
		47 Infantry Brigade	(Trincomalee Batticoloa Amparai)
		76 Infantry Brigade	(Munnar Vavuniya Mulliativu)
		91 Infantry Brigade	(Jaffna)
			1 Maratha Light Infantry Bn
			5 Madras Bn
			8 Mahar Bn