IX Corps (India)

9 Corps (IX Corps), also known as Rising Star Corps was raised in 2005 and is Indian Army's youngest corps

History
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. It is based at Yol military station, 10 km southeast of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. It is presently part of Army's Chandimandir based Western Command and encompasses parts of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

The first General Officer Commanding was Lieutenant General Anup Singh Jamwal, who had successfully commanded 4 Corps in the North East.



Order of Battle
The 9 Corps consists of the following -
 * 26 Infantry Division (Tiger Division) headquartered at Jammu
 * 29 Infantry Division (Gurj Division) headquartered at Pathankot
 * 2 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Fleur-de-lis Brigade) (former 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade)
 * 3 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Sabre Brigade)
 * 16 (Independent) Armoured Brigade (Block Arrow Brigade)(Dec 1971 placed under 54 Infantry Division[9]
 * 84 Infantry Brigade
 * 401 (Independent) Artillery Brigade (Arsenals Brigade)