Southern Command (India)

Southern Command
Insignia of the Southern Command
Active	1908–present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Command
Garrison/HQ	Pune
Anniversaries	1 April (Raising Day)
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, AVSM VSM
Notable commanders	Gen Rajendrasinhji Jadeja Gen S M Shrinagesh Gen K S Thimayya Gen P. N. Thapar Gen J. N. Chaudhuri Gen G. G. Bewoor Gen Om Prakash Malhotra Gen Bipin Chandra Joshi Gen Ved Prakash Malik Gen Sundararajan Padmanabhan Gen Nirmal Chander Vij Gen Bipin Rawat Gen Dhiraj Seth
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Southern Command is a formation of the Indian Army, active since 1895. It has seen action during the integration of several Princely States into modern India, during the 1961 Indian Annexation of Goa, and during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani Wars.

Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar is the present Southern Army Commander.