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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.
In the Regiment of Artillery the battalion-sized units are referred to as regiments, a point of confusion on occasion. These units are equipped and named based on their type of equipment.
The Bihar Light Horse was a mounted infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised on 8 December 1862 as the Soubah Behar Mounted Rifles Volunteer Corps by indigo planters of the Tirhoot and Chapra districts in Bihar in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 .
Light Reaction Regiment: "Tiradores de la Muerte" ("Sharpshooters of Death") Army Artillery Regiment: "Rex Belli" ("King of Battle") Philippine Navy: "Protecting the Seas, Securing our Future" Philippine Marine Corps: Karangalan, Katungkulan, Kabayanihan ("Honor, Duty, Valour") Philippine Air Force: "Guardians of our Precious skies, Bearers of ...
16th Light Cavalry; 17th Horse (Poona Horse) 17th/37th Lancers; 18th Cavalry (India) 18th/19th Lancers; 19th Lancers; 20th Lancers (British Indian Army) 20th Lancers (Pakistan) 20th/29th Horse; 21st Horse (Central India Horse) 21st/23rd Cavalry; 22nd/25th Cavalry; 26th/30th King George's Own Light Cavalry; 33rd/34th Cavalry; 35th/36th Cavalry ...
The division was raised on 1 January 1942, at Jhansi in Central India.Its badge was a red fighting cock on a yellow circle. (The animal was chosen by Major General Reginald Savory, the division's first commander, as one which would offend neither the Moslem nor Hindu soldiers of the division.
Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri , (04 July 1974 – 09 November 1999) was an Indian Army officer of 12 Battalion, Bihar Regiment who was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award, for exemplary valor in combat during a gunbattle in the Faulad post attack in 1999.Singh was killed in a gun battle in the Gulmarg ...
The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards.