Royal Indian Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery, generally known as the Royal Indian Artillery (RIA), was an operational corps of the
British India Army, was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the Bombay Army, a presidency army of the Bombay Presidency. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842). The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was sparked off in Meerut on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of Bengal Army, following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,[2] though for his service during the Indian Rebellion, Major Richard Keatinge of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross
in 1858.
The RIA saw extensive service in the
Palestine
.
3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery, now 8 Field Regiment (India) served with the 34th Indian Division as part of the Ceylon garrison.
The Royal title was conferred upon the regiment in 1945. The partition of India in 1947 resulted in the RIA being divided between the newly formed artillery regiments of India (Regiment of Artillery) and Pakistan.
The most celebrated member of the RIA was Umrao Singh Yadav, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II.
See also
References
- ^ [1] Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Global Security.