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The Brigade of The Guards is a mechanised infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised as the first "all India", "all class" infantry unit of the Army where troops from all parts of India serve together, as opposed to other regiments that recruit from specific regions, ethnic groups or religions.
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Sharma graduated from OTA, Chennai (SSC - 72), and was commissioned into the 19th battalion, Brigade of the Guards on 1 September 2001. [4] In his two decades of service in the Army, he was a part of multiple successful counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. [5] Sharma was awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry on 26 January 2018. [6]
Major Anuj Sood, SC (17 Dec 1989 – 2 May 2020) [2] was an Indian Army Officer who received the Shaurya Chakra posthumously. [3] He was a member of the 19th Battalion, Brigade of Guards and 21st Rashtriya Rifles Battalion. [4] [5] He was martyred in action while serving with the latter in Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir. [6] [7]
In 1947 he was posted as instructor to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He was then moved to 5 Gorkha Rifles as 2nd in command. In 1949 Dalvi was attached with Brigade of the Guards. In 1950, he was selected for Staff College, which he graduated in 1951. He then commanded the 4th Battalion, Brigade of the Guards and later 2nd Guards ...
Lance Naik Albert Ekka, PVC (27 December 1942 – 3 December 1971) was an Indian soldier. He was killed in action in the Battle of Gangasagar, during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 . [ 1 ] He was posthumously awarded India's highest military award, the Param Vir Chakra , for his valour in the face of the enemy.
X Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is based in Bathinda and is a part of the South Western Command . The X (Chetak) Corps was raised at Bathinda on 1 July 1979 by Lieutenant General ML Tuli, [ 2 ] to reduce the load of XI Corps .
Men of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) of the Indian Army operating alongside soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army in 2013 At the time of Indian Independence in 1947, as per the terms of the Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement, six Gorkha regiments, formerly part of the British Indian Army, became part of the Indian Army and have served ever since.