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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 Indian Air Force plays a crucial role in securing Indian airspace and also in India's power projection in South Asia and Indian Ocean. Therefore, modernising and expanding the Indian Air Force is a top priority for the Indian government. Over the years, the IAF has grown from a tactical force to one with transoceanic reach.
After the war ended, army units were often drafted into amphibious exercises. In 1983, the Indian Army formation called 340th Army Independent Brigade was converted into an amphibious assault unit and a series of joint airborne-amphibious exercises were conducted in later years.
Indian units served in Burma, wherein 1944–45, five Indian divisions were engaged along with one British and three African divisions. Even larger numbers operated in the Middle East. Some 87,000 Indian soldiers died in the war. By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August ...
Territorial Army units were actively involved in military operations in the Sino-Indian War of 1962, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and the Kargil War. [18] The TA has participated in all wars since independence; subsequently, many of its air defence and artillery units were converted into regular army units. [19]
Rajputana Rifles Regimental Insignia of the Rajputana Rifles Active 10 January 1775 – present Country India Branch Indian Army Type Line Infantry Role Infantry Size 25 battalions Garrison/HQ Delhi Cantonment Nickname(s) RajRif Motto(s) Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (वीर भोग्य वसुंधरा) (Sanskrit) "The Brave Shall Inherit the Earth" War Cry Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai (Hail ...
Operation Pawan (Sanskrit: कार्यवाही पवन Kãryvãhi Pavan, lit."Operation Wind") was the code name assigned to the operation by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to take control of Jaffna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), better known as the Tamil Tigers, in late 1987 to enforce the disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. 1948 military invasion of Hyderabad State by the Dominion of India Operation Polo The State of Hyderabad in 1909 (excluding Berar) Date 13–18 September 1948 (5 days) Location Hyderabad State, (parts of South and Western India) 17°00′N 78°50′E / 17.000°N 78.833°E ...