This special cover marked the Centenary of the HQ Maharashtra and Gujarat Area 1989
Southern Command is a formation of the Indian Army active since 1895. It has seen action during the integration of several Princely States into modern India, during the 1961 Liberation of Goa, and during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani Wars. It consists of two corps and two military areas. The two areas appear to be : one at Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the Maharashta Goa and Gujarat Area (MG&G Area), responsible for those states; and one at Chennai, the Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area (ATNK&K Area) responsible for Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
The Southern Command encompasses nine states and four union territories which covers about 40% of India. In 2005, some changes to the command's boundaries were made when a new South Western Command was established.
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