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The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh presenting the President's ‘Standard’ to 44 Armoured Regiment, at Suratgarh, in Rajasthan on February 25, 2015 The Regiment was presented the ‘ President’s Standards ’ at Suratgarh on 25 February 2015 by General Dalbir Singh , Chief of the Army Staff , on behalf of the President of India ...
The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established on 15 April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005. [1] It was in response to the emerging threats and opportunities on the Western Indo-Pak border. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan . The command's operational unit, X Corps, transferred from Western Command and ...
The Rajputana Rifles is the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally a part of the British Indian Army, when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles. In 1945, the numeral designation was dropped from the title and in 1947 the regiment was transferred to the newly ...
Rashtriya Military School, Dholpur is one of five military schools of India. It is situated in Dholpur in Rajasthan and was established in 1962 by a former Defence Minister, Krishnan Menon, to facilitate education of the children of the Defense personnel as well as the civilians. [1] Military Schools in India were previously known as King ...
Executed by. Indian Army. Outcome. Exercises were halted; Pakistan redeployment its armed forces. Cricket diplomacy defused the threat. Operation Brasstacks was a major combined arms military exercise of the Indian Armed Forces in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The operation took place from November 1986 to January 1987 near Pakistan border.
History. The regiment was raised on 16 April 1984 by Lt Col Kulwant Singh at Ahmednagar with Vijayanta tanks. [3] The Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat presenting the Standard Presentation to the 10, 41 and 87 Armoured Regiments at Suratgarh Military Station, Rajasthan on 5 December 2017. Lieutenant SS Slaria received the standard on ...
A squadron of 63rd Cavalry supported the successful assault of the 2nd battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles in the cantonment area on 14 and 15 December 1971, for which the regiment was awarded the battle honour "Bogra" and the theatre honour "East Pakistan 1971". [15] It won 8 gallantry awards for the 1971 operations.
The Rashtriya Rifles (RR; transl. National Rifles) is a counter-insurgency force in India, formed in 1990, to specifically serve in the Jammu and Kashmir region. They also maintain public order by drawing powers from the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990 (AFSPA). [2]