Eastern Command of the Indian Army

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The Eastern Command of the Indian Army is a major operational command responsible for overseeing army operations and defense along India’s eastern frontiers, including sensitive borders with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and other neighboring regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Army command
Military formation
abbreviation Eastern Command
areaOfResponsibility Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Andaman and Nicobar region (for certain land components, historically and operationally linked)

States of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura
commanderTitle General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command
surface form: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command
coordinates approx. 22.5546°N 88.3310°E (Fort William, Kolkata)
country India
engagedIn Sino-Indian War
surface form: 1962 Sino-Indian War (eastern sector operations)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
surface form: 1971 Indo-Pakistani War (Eastern Front)

Counterinsurgency operations in Assam
Counterinsurgency operations in Manipur
Counterinsurgency operations in Nagaland
Counterinsurgency operations in other North Eastern states
Bangladesh Liberation War
surface form: Liberation of Bangladesh (1971)
garrison Fort William, Kolkata
headquartersLocation Fort William, Kolkata
Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity eastern India
surface form: Eastern India

West Bengal
militaryBranch Indian Army
motto (classified or not widely publicized; command follows Indian Army ethos)
partOf Indian Army
responsibleFor Border management along the India–Bangladesh border
Border management along the India–China border in the eastern sector
Border management along the India–Myanmar border
Counterinsurgency operations in parts of Northeast India
Defence of India’s eastern frontiers
Eastern Theatre of Indian Army
surface form: Eastern theatre of operations of the Indian Army

Security of the North Eastern Region of India
Security of the Siliguri Corridor
role Aid to civil authorities
Border defence
Conventional warfare
Counterinsurgency
service Indian Army
subordinateUnit Artillery brigades
Engineer brigades
III Corps
IV Corps
Logistics formations
Mountain divisions
Various infantry divisions
X Corps (India)
surface form: X Corps (when deployed in the east during specific operations)

XXXIII Corps
theater Eastern Theatre

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Fort William, Kolkata garrison Eastern Command of the Indian Army
ANC coordinatesWith Eastern Command of the Indian Army
this entity surface form: Indian Army Eastern Command
Army Headquarters (India) coordinatesWith Eastern Command of the Indian Army
this entity surface form: Headquarters of Eastern Command (India)
Fort William garrisonedBy Eastern Command of the Indian Army
Kolkata Cantonment associatedWith Eastern Command of the Indian Army
Danapur Cantonment partOf Eastern Command of the Indian Army
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora commanded Eastern Command of the Indian Army
subject surface form: Jagjit Singh Aurora
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command nativeLabel Eastern Command of the Indian Army
this entity surface form: GOC-in-C Eastern Command
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command abbreviation Eastern Command of the Indian Army
this entity surface form: GOC-in-C, Eastern Command
Sam Bahadur commanded Eastern Command of the Indian Army