Post Independence
After the independence of India, a new III Corps was raised by the Indian Army in the 1980s. It is based at Dimapur in north east India, and contains mountain formations and is tasked for use in any future Indian war against China. Jane's estimates that it consists of:
- 23rd Infantry Division headquartered at Ranchi, Bihar. Raised 1963.
- 56th Infantry Division headquartered at Zakhama, Nagaland Reportedly operational October 2009. Includes 46 Brigade (Dibang) and the 22 Brigade (Lekhapani), though 22 Brigade may shift to 2nd Mountain Division.
- 57th Mountain Division headquartered at Leimakhong. Raised in 1966 for counterinsurgency operations in Mizoram. Until 1990 headquartered at Aizawi with III Corps. Globalsecurity.org reports the 57 Mountain Division headquarters are at Masimpur near Silchar. The formation and units of 57 Mountain Division are deployed in some of the remotest corner of Manipur and Indo-Burmese border. 57th Mountain Division took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as part of IV Corps (India).
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