List of regiments of the Indian Army
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Regiments of the Indian Army:
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[edit] Indian Army Regiments
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| Military Man Power | |
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| Active troops | 1,325,000 (3rd) |
| Reserve forces | 1,155,000 (7th) |
| Paramilitary forces | 1,293,300 (4th) |
| Components | |
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| Indian Air Force |  |
| Indian Navy |  |
| Indian Coast Guard |  |
| Paramilitary forces of India | |
| Strategic Nuclear Command | |
| History | |
| Military history of India | |
| Ranks | |
| Air Force ranks and insignia | |
| Army ranks and insignia | |
| Naval ranks and insignia | |
[edit] Infantry Regiments (30)
Listed in the order of precedence :
- Brigade of the Guards
- The Parachute Regiment
- Mechanised Infantry Regiment
- The Grenadiers
- Punjab Regiment
- Madras Regiment
- Maratha Light Infantry
- Rajputana Rifles
- Rajput Regiment
- Jat Regiment
- Sikh Regiment
- Sikh Light Infantry
- Dogra Regiment
- Garhwal Rifles
- Kumaon Regiment
- Assam Regiment
- Bihar Regiment
- Mahar Regiment
- Jammu & Kashmir Rifles
- Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry
- Naga Regiment
- 1 Gorkha Rifles
- 3 Gorkha Rifles
- 4 Gorkha Rifles
- 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 8 Gorkha Rifles
- 9 Gorkha Rifles
- 11 Gorkha Rifles
- Ladakh Scouts
- Arunachal Scouts
[edit] Armoured Regiments (62)
See also: Indian Army Armoured Corps
- President's Bodyguard
- 1 Horse or Skinner's Horse
- 2 Lancers
- 3rd Cavalry (see http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/3RD%20CAVALRY for history)
- 4 Horse or 'Hodson's Horse'
- 5 Armoured Regiment
- 6 Lancers
- 7 Cavalry
- 8 Cavalry
- 9 Horse or 'The Deccan Horse'
- 10 Armoured Regiment
- 11 Armoured Regiment
- 12 Armoured Regiment
- 13 Armoured Regiment
- 14 Horse or 'The Scinde Horse'
- 15 Armoured Regiment
- 16 Cavalry
- 17 Horse (The Poona Horse)
- 18 Cavalry
- 19 Armoured Regiment
- 20 Lancers
- Central India Horse (in 21st position)
- 40 Armoured Regiment
- 41 Armoured Regiment (India)
- 42 Armoured Regiment
- 43 Armoured Regiment- The only regiment in the Armoured Corps to hold the MBT Arjun as part of its standard weapons platform.
- 44 Armoured Regiment
- 45 Cavalry
- 46 Armoured Regiment
- 47 Armoured Regiment
- 48 Armoured Regiment
- 49 Armoured Regiment
- 50 Armoured Regiment
- 51 Armoured Regiment
- 52 Armoured Regiment
- 53 Armoured Regiment
- 61 Cavalry
- 62 Cavalry
- 63 Cavalry
- 64 Cavalry
- 65 Armoured Regiment
- 66 Armoured Regiment
- 67 Armoured Regiment
- 68 Armoured Regiment
- 69 Armoured Regiment
- 70 Armoured Regiment
- 71 Armoured Regiment
- 72 Armoured Regiment
- 73 Armoured Regiment
- 74 Armoured Regiment
- 75 Armoured Regiment - the only Indian armoured regiment to have been raised on foreign soil during the 1971 Indo-Pak war at Gadra Road (now in Pakistan)on 12 March 1972.
- 76 Armoured Regiment
- 81 Armoured Regiment
- 82 Armoured Regiment
- 83 Armoured Regiment
- 84 Armoured Regiment
- 85 Armoured Regiment
- 86 Armoured Regiment
- 87 Armoured Regiment
- 88 Armoured Regiment
- 89 Armoured Regiment
- 90 Armoured Regiment
[edit] Units of the Regiment of Artillery
A few of the units of artillery are listed below:
- 9 Parachute Field Regiment
- 15 Medium Regiment
- 16 Field Regiment
- 37 (Coorg) Anti-Tank Regiment RIA
- 40 Field Regiment (Asal Uttar)
- 61 Medium Regiment (has served periods with 17th Mountain Division)
- 63 Field Regiment
- 70 Regiment (medium or field)(SAVIOURS)
- 76 Field Regiment
- 80 Field Regiment
- 92 Medium Regiment
- 99 Field Regiment (Sylhet)
- 163 Medium Regiment
- 168 Field Regiment
- 169 Field Regiment (Longewala)
- 175 Regiment (Field or Medium)
- 195 Field Regiment (Banwat)
- 200 Medium Regiment
- 216 Medium Regiment
- 223 Field Regiment
- 228 Medium Regiment
- 255 Field Regiment
- 286 Medium Regiment
- 299 Field Regiment
- 307 Medium Regiment
- 311 Field Regiment
- 315 Field Regiment[1]
- 821 Light Regiment
- 3342 msl regt
- 110 Medium Regiment
- [279 SATA Bty]
- 91 Field Regiment
- 122 SATA Regiment
- 125 SATA Regiment (Sawa Lakh) India's First Regiment to be equipped with the Heron UAVs
- 161 field regiment
[edit] Engineer Groups
These were formed from the Sapper and Miner Groups of each of the erstwhile presidencies of British India. They are listed below in order of precedence:
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Indian Army
- Military of India
- Paramilitary forces of India
- Army Aviation Corps(India)
- List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903)
- List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)
