Where is Bathinda Military Station?

About Bathinda Military Station:

• Location:
  • It is located in Bathinda, Punjab.
  • It is about 280km from the capital Delhi and 100km east of the border with Pakistan.
• It is the headquarters of the 10 Corps of the Army, better known as Chetak Corps.
• The military station is a vital operational as well as a logistics base for the Army units responsible for the defence of southern Punjab and adjoining Rajasthan.
• Apart from the organisation set-up of the Corps HQs and the attendant units, the military station has a number of units from infantry, armoured, artillery, army aviation, engineers, signals and other divisions located across its vast area.
• A vital ammunition dump is also part of the Bathinda military station.
• History:
  • During British rule, Bathinda and its surrounding areas remained under the British flag and away from the Khalsa Raj of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
  • During World War 1, it served as an important recruitment hub, feeding thousands of youth into the military supply chain for the British war machine.
  • Gradually, Bathinda also became an important transit point for military forces focussed on the northwestern frontiers of undivided India.

 

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Q1) What is an Army Corp?

The army corps is the largest regular army formation, though in wartime two or more corps may be combined to form a field army.

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