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The Bihar Regiment is an Indian Army infantry regiment. [3] It traces its origins back to the British Indian Army . [ 4 ] The Bihar Regiment was formed in 1941 by regularising the 11th (Territorial) Battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment, and raising new battalions.
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The Indian Army has four types of regiments based on class composition [7] [8] - . Single Class- These regiments have troops from a single class, e.g. Dogra Regiment.This group also includes three scout units (highlighted in green), which are affiliated with an existing regiment.
The Commander-in-Chief of India, Lord Kitchener carried out a reform of the British Indian Army in 1903. These reforms were intended to improve the Army, which had been formed from the separate Bengal, Bombay and Madras presidency armies in 1895 to be replaced by the Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Punjab commands.
Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu MVC (13 February 1983 – 15 June 2020) [3] was an Indian Army officer and the commanding officer of 16 Bihar Regiment.He was killed in action (KIA) during the 2020 China–India skirmishes, the first Indian Armed Forces commissioned officer since 1967 and among the first Indian soldiers to have been KIA against the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) since 1975.
Major Mariappan Saravanan (10 August 1972 – 29 May 1999), was an officer in the prestigious Bihar Regiment of the Indian Army who was martyred during the Kargil War.He was killed in hand-to-hand combat with intruders after killing four intruders in the Batalik area of Kargil Sector on 29 May 1999, along with 33 soldiers and four other officers.
Danapur is the regimental centre of the Bihar Regiment (BRC). It was earlier called Bankipore Cantonment. Initially, it was set up at Bankipore but later set up in the Danapur area (then known as Dinapur) in 1766–67. [4]
Bihar Regiment: Jemadar: Sham Bahadur Singh Bihar Regiment: Posthumous 1955 Flight Attendant: Glori Berry Air India: Posthumous Havildar: A Somiah Indian Army Corps of EME: 1954 Major General: Shankarrao Pandurung Patil Thorat: Indian Army: 1953 Flight Lieutenant: Raizada Harbans Chawdhry Indian Air Force: 1952 Shri: B.B.L. Datt Indian Civilian ...