2020–2021 China–India skirmishes order of battle: India

Indian order of battle during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes:

Political leadership

Position	Name of officeholder
President of India (Commander-in-Chief)	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister of India	Narendra Modi
Defence Minister	Rajnath Singh
Home Minister	Amit Shah

Indian Armed Forces

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):

Indian Army

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS): Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane

Northern Command (Lt-Gen. Yogesh Kumar Joshi, GOC-in-C)

• XIV Corps (Fire and Fury Corps) (Lt-Gen. Harinder Singh to 13 October 2020; Lt-Gen. P.G.K. Menon from 13 October 2020, GOC)[1]
  • 3rd Infantry (Trishul) Division (Maj-Gen. Abhijit Bapat, GOC)[2]
    • 81 Infantry Brigade[3][4]
      • 1 Bihar Regiment[5]
      • 16 Bihar Regiment (Col. B. Santosh Babu)[5][6]
    • 114 Infantry Brigade (Patrolling Point 15)[3][7]
    • 70 Infantry Brigade (Eastern Ladakh)[8]
• Elements of I Corps (Strike Corps) transferred from South-Western Command[9]

Individual soldiers and larger elements of the following regiments under Northern Command stationed in Ladakh in 2020–2021 (mentioned for service during Operation Snow Leopard):[6]

• 81 Field Artillery
• 16 Punjab Regiment
• 29 Punjab Regiment
• 14 Maratha Light Infantry
• 3 Grenadiers
• 6 Grenadiers
• 17 Kumaon Regiment
• 1/1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
• 3/1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
• 4 Gorkha Rifles
• 2 Dogra Regiment
• 16 Bihar Regiment
• 4 Mahar Regiment
• 13Mahar Regiment
• 4 Parachute Regiment
• 9 Parachute Regiment
• 2 Ladakh Scouts
• 4 Ladakh Scouts
• 18 Guards Regiment
• 11 Engineer Regiment
• 3 Infantry Division Signals Regiment

Western Command (Lt-Gen. Ravendra Pal Singh, GOC-in-C)

• 9 Corps (reserve brigades deployed) (Lt-Gen. Upendra Dwivedi to 26 March 2021; Lt-Gen. P.N. Ananthanarayanan from March 2021, GOC)[7][10][11]

Eastern Command (Lt-Gen. Anil Chauhan to 31 May 2021; Lt-Gen. Manoj Pande from 1 June 2021)[12][13]

• IV Corps (training brigades deployed) (Lt-Gen. Shantanu Dayal to 26 January 2021; Lt-Gen. Ravin Khosla from January 2021, GOC)[7][14]
• XXXIII Corps (training brigades deployed) (Lt-Gen. Nav Kumar Khanduri to 13 September 2020; Lt-Gen. A.K. Singh from 14 September 2020, GOC)[7][15][16]

Indian Navy

Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS): Adm. Karambir Singh

Western Naval Command (VAdm. Ajit Kumar P to 28 February 2021, FOC-in-C)[17]

• Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) & Flag Officer Goa Naval Area (FOGNA): RAdm. Philipose George Pynumootil[18][19]

Indian Air Force

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS): ACM R. K. S. Bhadauria to 30 September 2021; ACM Vivek Ram Chaudhari from 30 September 2021[20]

Western Air Command (AM Balakrishnan Suresh to 31 July 2020;[21] AM Vivek Ram Chaudhari to 30 June 2021;[22] AM Balabhadra Radha Krishna from 1 July 2021;[23] AM Amit Dev from 1 October 2021[24]

• AOC Jammu & Kashmir (AVM P. M. Sinha)[25]
  • AOC Leh (ACmde Subroto Kundu)[26]

Indo-Tibetan Border Police

DG Surjeet Singh Deswal

North-West Frontier HQ (IG Deepam Seth)[27]

• Leh Sector (DIG)[28]
  • Leh (SSP Sargun Shukla)[26]

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