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The division was formed when the 31st Indian Armoured Division was re-designated on 1 September 1945. [2]The 1st Armoured Division was one of two divisional headquarters transferred from the British Indian Army to the Indian Army upon the partition of British India in August 1947.
The list of regiments forming part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is as follows. This list is as per unit serial number but not as per the order of precedence of the Indian Army. In that list, The President's Bodyguard is first, but is followed by 16 Light Cavalry, 7 Light Cavalry, 8 Cavalry and 1st Horse.
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With the 31st Division re-named, there was no division numbered '31' in the post-independence Indian Army after 1947 for over twenty years. The 31 Armoured Division was re-established as part of the Indian Army in 1972. [2] It was raised at Jhansi and remains headquartered there as part of XXI Corps. It is also known as the White Tiger Division.
Currently, the Indian Army has 40 Divisions [citation needed] including four RAPIDs (Re-organised Army Plains Infantry Division), 18 Infantry Divisions, 12 Mountain Divisions, three Armoured Divisions and three Artillery Divisions.
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The 251st Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was to be formed in early 1940 as the 1st Indian Motor Brigade and then went through a number of different changes in title. In July 1940 it was raised as the 1st Indian Armoured Brigade, renamed 251st Indian Armoured Brigade in October 1941 and ...
This is a list of British-Indian Army divisions in World War II. Divisions by type ... 44th Armoured Division (reformed as 44th Airborne Division) Infantry