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Central Command
Insignia of the Central Command
Active	1942–1946 1 May 1963 – Present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Command
Garrison/HQ	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, UYSM AVSM YSM
Notable commanders	Gen S F Rodrigues
Insignia
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The Central Command of the Indian Army is one of the seven operational commands of the army. It is based at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

History

Second World War

Central Command was first established in 1942 during World War II and then disbanded in 1946. Southern Command was responsible for most of the training activities for Indian Army until Central Command was formed in April 1942 which took over the responsibility of some of the training areas.

Post 1962 Indo-China war

With its HQ at Lucknow the Command was re-established on 1 May 1963 due to the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Lt Gen K Bahadur Singh was the first Army Commander of the new Central Command. Prior to that date Lucknow had been the headquarters of the Eastern Command.

Humanitarian assistance and flood relief operations

Central Command undertook humanitarian and Flood Relief Operations at various locations during flash floods including Delhi and Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh).

Structure

Central Command's Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covers eight states of India: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. 18 Regimental Centres and a large number of logistic and training establishments come under Central Command. The responsibility for the central sector of the Western border with Pakistan also lies with Central Command. Almost half of the 62 cantonments in India lie within the Central Command's theatre.

There are two Static Area Formations:– Uttar Bharat Area and Madhya Bharat Area. Central Command earlier used to act as strategic reserve but now it is looking after Uttarakhand sector of Indo-Tibet and Indo-Nepal border.

Precursors

Following is the list of precursors to the Western Command and their commanders:

Central Command (1942–1946)

List of GOC-in-C of Central Command (1963–present)

See also

Operation Surya Hope

References

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External links

• Central Command @ globalsecurity.org

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