Indian Army conducts an exercise Sindhu Sudarshan in Rajasthan

Indian Army conducts an exercise codenamed ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in the deserts of Rajasthan, from November 29 to December 4. The Army will be carrying out this exercise using its integrated battle groups which are the new formations being raised by the force for warfighting in future. Over 40,000 troops will participate in an all-arms battle array of Divisions and Brigades carrying out offensive operations in deserts.

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The Exercise underscores Indian Army’s resolve to implement the integrated launch of Strike Corps in developed and desert terrain in consonance with its enunciated pro-active strategy using Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) along the Western Front. The exercise will witness the Army assessing the operational efficiency of the Strike Corps to fight in the desert terrain and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide intimate support in terms of destruction of targets and airlifting troops.

XXI Indian Corps, nicknamed Sudarshan Chakra Corps, was formed in 1942 and disbanded in 1943. The corps was reformed as XXI Corps in 1990. It is a corps-sized formation of the Indian Army. It is a part of the Southern Command.