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The Jat Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, of which it is one of the longest-serving and most decorated regiments. [2] The regiment has won 19 Battle Honours between 1839 and 1947, [3] and post-independence it has won Five Battle Honours, including 3 Ashok Chakra, 2 Victoria Cross, 2 George Cross, 13 Kirti Chakra, 8 Mahavir Chakra, 3 Military Medal, 53 Shaurya Chakras, 39 Vir ...
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. There are two types of units. The majority are regiments that have weapons as their equipment, such as missiles, rockets, field guns, medium guns or mortars.
The 65th BNI was one of two Bengal Native Infantry regiments which had accepted active service in China in 1857. Accordingly, both had escaped involvement in the Great Indian Mutiny of that year and were amongst the twelve "old" regiments of the East India Company's Bengal Army to survive into the new Indian Army. [3]
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 55 out of 70 infantry regiments of the Bengal Army were disbanded and more infantry regiment raised from Punjab and those including Gorkhas. Indian troops maintained internal security in the country, fought for the defence of the North-West Frontier and were sent abroad to take part many conflict zones of ...
The 14th Murray's Jat Lancers, also sometimes known as the Murray's Jat Horse, was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army.In 1921 it was renamed as 20th Lancers, and after Partition of India in 1947 it eventually became 20 Lancers (India) as an armoured regiment of the Indian Army. [1]
Jat Regiment: YN Sharma May 1990 February 1992 The Grenadiers: Moti Dar March 1992 December 1992 17th Horse (Poona Horse) HM Khanna January 1994 August 1996 Gorkha Rifles: PS Joshi September 1996 January 1999 8th Gorkha Rifles: MA Gurbaxani January 1999 March 2001 Rajput Regiment: Hari Prasad March 2001 August 2002 Maratha Light Infantry: Ram ...
The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1795 and again in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.
Balbir Singh Sr., [142] Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist; Balwinder Sandhu [143] former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India; Chandgi Ram, [144] Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games; Chandro Tomar, [145] [146] oldest women sharpshooter in the world