21 CORPS
21 CORPS The 21 Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is the only strike corps in Army’s Poona-based Southern Command. This is nick named ‘Sudarshan Chakra Corps’. After India's intervention in Sri Lanka, the provisional headquarter controlling India's expeditionary force, headquarter Indian Peace Keeping Force, became headquarter XXI Corps in April 1990. It was then moved to Bhopal. This is both a strike corps and would also be used if India were to make another big intervention overseas. It currently consists of: 31st Armoured Division (White Tiger Division) headquartered at Jhansi-Babina in Uttar Pradesh, Central India, 94 Armoured Brigade may be part of the Division it is part of the Strike Corps. The sleeve patch of this Corps is red horizontal striped patch intersected with a white stripe in the background and a revolving ‘chakra’ in the foreground.