Jat Regiment
Jat Regiment | |
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Victoria cross 2 George Cross 24 Battle honour 8 Maha Vir Chakra 4 Ashoka Chakra 12 Kirti Chakra 46 Shaurya Chakra 39 Vir Chakra 253 Sena Medal | |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Major General Sanjeev Dogra |
Insignia | |
Regimental Insignia | The insignia has a bugle indicating the Light Infantry antecedents of two of its battalions. |
The Jat Regiment is an
History
The Regiment claims its origins from the
The 1st Battalion was raised as the 22nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1803.[citation needed] The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were raised in 1817 and 1823 respectively. All three battalions had distinguished records of service, including the winning of many honours during World War I.[citation needed]
Battle cry
The battle cry, adopted in 1955, in
Composition and recruitment
Soldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89% from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North India.[8][9][10]
- 21 Regular infantry battalions
- 4 Rashtriya Rifles battalions (5 RR, 34 RR, 45 RR and 61 RR)
- 2 Territorial Army battalions (114 and 151)
Regimental battalions
The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions, 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions, as of August 2020.[11][12]
Unit | Raising location | Raising date | Remarks |
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Jat Regimental Centre | Calcutta | 1795 | Erstwhile The Calcutta Native Militia |
1 Jat (LI) | Fatehgarh | 1803 | Now converted to 2 Mechanised Infantry Regiment |
2 Jat | Bombay | 29 Oct 1817 | former 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) |
3 Jat | Dinapur | 23 Jun 1823 | Former 10th Jats; Battle of Dograi |
4 Jat | Bareilly | 15 Jan 1962 | Re-raising; Saviours of Fazilka |
5 Jat | Varanasi | 1 Feb 1941 | Phillora Captors |
6 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Feb 1941 | |
7 Jat | Bareilly | 15 Nov 1962 | Re-raising, former 11th Jat |
8 Jat | Jabalpur | 14 Dec 1941 | |
9 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Jan 1963 | Re-raising |
11 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Apr 1964 | |
12 Jat | Bareilly | 6 Feb 1970 | |
14 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Oct 1963 | |
15 Jat | Bareilly | 15 May 1976 | Re-raising |
16 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Oct 1964 | |
17 Jat | Jabalpur | 1 Jun 1966 | Kargil |
18 Jat | Secunderabad | 1 Oct 1966 | |
19 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Aug 1980 | |
20 Jat | Bareilly | 27 Feb 1985 | |
21 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Nov 1987 | |
22 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Dec 2013 | Jaguars |
23 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Jul 2016 | |
24 Jat | Bareilly | 1 Sep 2020 | |
5 Rashtriya Rifles | Ranikhet | 15 Oct 1990 | |
34 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 1 Sep 1994 | Bravest of the Brave |
45 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 1 Aug 2001 | |
61 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 30 Jun 2004 | |
114 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) | Dehradun | 1 Oct 1960 | |
151 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) | Muzaffarpur | 18 Jan 2002 |
Gallantry awards
Battle honours
Pre-1947
- Nagpur & Afghanistan, 1839
- Ghuznee (Ghazni, Ali Masjid & Kandahar), 1842
- Cabool (Kabul), 1842
- , 1858–59
- Kandahar 1880
- Burma1885–87
- Afghanistan 1879–80
- China 1900
- La Bassée 1914
- Festubert 1914–15
- Kut al Amara, 1915
- Neuve-Chapelle, France & Flanders, 1914–15
- Kut al Amara 1916
- Mesopotamia 1914–18
- North-West Frontier Province1914–15 & 1917
- Afghanistan 1919
- Razabil & Burma, 1942–45
- Jitra, Kanglatongbi & Malaya, 1941–42
- Ninshigum, the Muars & North Africa, 1940–43
Post-1947
- Rajauri, 1947
- Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48
- Phillora & Dograi 1965
- Jammu and Kashmir & East Pakistan 1971
Unit citations
When a unit is decorated for counter-insurgency operations, unit citations are given instead of battle or theatre honours.
- 4th battalion, Nagaland 1995
- 7th battalion, J&K 1997, J&K 2003 & Operation Rhino 2016
- 11th battalion, Operation Rakshak 2011
- 34th battalion Rashtriya Rifles, J&K 1997
- 17th battalion, Operation Vijay 1999
- 16th battalion, Operation Rakshak 2005 & 2011
- 21st battalion, Operation Rhino 2009
- 22nd Battalion (JAGUARS), Operation Rakshak 2018
Victoria Cross
George Cross
- Burma 1945[16]
- Havildar Abdul Rahman, 9th Jat Regiment, Java 1946[17]
Maha Vir Chakra
- Brig. (later Lt. Gen.) Joginder Singh Bakshi, 16 Jat, 1971[18]
- Lt. Col. (later Brig.) Desmond Hayde, 3 Jat, Dograi 1965
- Maj. Asaram Tyagi, 3 Jat, 1965
- Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat, Kargil1999
- Capt. Kapil Singh Thapa, 3 Jat, 1965[19]
Vir Chakra
- Brig.Umesh Singh Bawa, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
- Lt. Col Raj Kumar Suri, 4 Jat, 1971 war[20]
- Maj. Harish Chandra Sharma, 4 Jat 1971 war[21]
- Maj. Narain Singh, 4 Jat 1971 war[22]
- Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
- Havildar Kumar Singh Sogarwal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
- Havildar Shish Ram Gill, 8 Jat, Kargil 1999
- Sep Dharajit Singh Chahar, 4 Jat, 1988
- Sub (later Capt.) Pahlad Singh, 2 Jat, 1971 war
- Sub Brijendra Singh, 4 Jat, 1971 war[24]
Ashok Chakra
- Maj Sudhir Kumar Walia, 4 Jat (parent unit), 9 Para (Special Forces)[25]
- Col Jojan Thomas, 45 Rashtriya Rifles[26]
- Maj Dinesh Raghu Raman, 34 Rashtriya Rifles, PU 19 Jat,[27]
- Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
Others
- The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar – 2010 (Organisation Category) was awarded to 21st Battalion, the Jat Regiment.[28]
- The launch of the 'Maujiram helpline' by the Jat Regiment Centre in June 2013.[29]
Battles fought
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- The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting in Singapore, and Java-Sumatra. A large number of gallantry awards including a Victoria Cross and two George Crosses were won.[citation needed]
- Gates of Somnath temple
After the
- WW1
- WW2
- 1947 Indo-Pakistani War
- 1962 Sino-Indian War
- 1965 India-Pakistan War
In 1965 India-Pakistan War, 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col (now Brig Retd)
- 1971 India-Pakistan War
- Battle of Beriwala Bridge[32]
- Kargil War
In the 1999 Kargil War, five of the regiment's battalions took part. The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo. It was also involved in counter-insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence.[citation needed][33]
See also
- Dominance of Jats in military
- Dev Samhita
- 20th Lancers
- 9th Jat Regiment
- List of regiments of the Indian Army
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It recruits under two broad categories. The first comprises various regiments such as the Jat, Sikh, Garhwal and Kumaon Regiment. These are made up of soldiers with a similar background. For example, the Jat Regiment recruits only Jats, the Garhwal Regiment recruits only Garhwalis and so on.
- The Tribune. Archivedfrom the original on 6 May 2020.
The Jat Regiment, which draws its manpower primarily from the state of Haryana and its adjoining areas, ...
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Further reading
- War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Hailes details the military history of the Jat Regiment and of the Jat people between 1893 and 1937.