12 CORPS
12 CORPS The 12 Corps is the only corps in the Indian Army’s South Western Command based in Jaipur with two combat divisions. With the increasing operational importance of the desert sector in January 1987, a Corps Headquarters was sanctioned. The 12 Corps was raised at Jodhpur as its headquarters under Lt Gen A K Chatterjee in February 1987, during the volatile days of Operation Trident. The sleeve patch of this Corps is red horizontal striped patch intersected with a white stripe in the background with eight pointed star in the foreground.