All about the Armoured Corps Regiment of indian army

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Indian Army Armoured Corps

The Armoured corps comes is one contest arms of the Indian Army. The Armoured corps formed in 1947 from two-third of the personnel and assets of the Raj’s Indian Armoured corps. Today the Armoured Corpsconsists of 63 Regiment, including the president’s bodyguards. The regiments were named different accordingly. The terms "Cavalry", "Horse" and "Lancers", which have been dispensed with in the case of units raised post-independence, are historical legacies from the raising and renaming of these units when part of the East India Company's army and/or later the British Indian Army. As a matter of tradition, each Armoured Regiment has its own "Colonel of the Regiment", an honorary post for a senior officer who oversees the regimental issues concerning the unit.

Types of Armoured Corps Regiments in Indian Army

President's Bodyguard

The president’s Bodyguard comes under the Armoured Regiment of the Indian Army. It is the most senior in the order of precedence units of the Indian Army. The role of the president bodyguard is to escort and protect the president of India. They are placed in the RashtrapatiBhawan in New Delhi. It is equipped as a mounted unit, with horses for ceremonies at the presidential palace and BTR-60 vehicles for use in combat.

Name	Other Name(s)	Raising Date	Raising Commander	Raising Location	Current Location	Ref	Tank
President's Bodyguard		1773			New Delhi		Horse
1st Horse	Skinner's Horse, The Yellow Boys	23 February 1803	Col. James Skinner	Hansi			T-72
2nd Lancers	Gardner's Horse	1809	Lt Col William Gardner	Farrukhabad and Mainpuri			T-72
3rd Cavalry	Flamingoes	1822					T-72
4 Horse	Hodson's Horse	1857					T-72
5th Armoured Regiment		1 December 1983	Lt Col J.P.S. Hanspal	Jodhpur	Patiala		T-90
6th Lancers		1 February 1984	Lt Col R.S. Deol, SM	Nabha
7th Light Cavalry	3rd Madras Lancers, 28th Light Cavalry	1784					T-72
8th Light Cavalry	5th Madras Native Cavalry, 1st Madras Native Cavalry, 4th Nizam of Hyderabad's Contingent Cavalry, 30th Lancers(Gordon's Horse), 26th Prince of Wales' Own Cavalry, 26th King George's Own Cavalry8th King George's Own Light Cavalry	23 Oct 1787	Maj Henry Darley	Arcot			T-72
9th Deccan Horse	The Royal Deccan Horse	1790
10th Armoured Regiment		16 April 1984	Lt Col Kulwant Singh	Ahmednagar			T-72
11th Armoured Regiment		7 May 1984	Lt Col Harjeet Singh Lamba	Kaluchak
12th Armoured Regiment	Barsinghas	1 October 1984	Lt Col L.R. Vaid	Kapurthala			T-90
13th Armoured Regiment	Triskaideca, Nightstrikers	21 December 1984	Lt Col Balram Singh Mehta	Ahmednagar			T-90
14 Horse	The Scinde Horse	1838/1846					T-72
15th Armoured Regiment		1 March 1985	Lt Col M.D. Law	Mamun			T-90
16th Light Cavalry		1776					T-72
17 Horse	The Poona Horse, Fakr-e-Hind	15 July 1817		Sirur			T-72
18 Cavalry		31 January 1842			Amritsar		T-72
19th Armoured Regiment	Invincibles	25 March 1985		Ahmednagar			T-90
20th Lancers		1857/1858 Re-raised 10 July 1956	Lt Col Umrao Singh	Ahmednagar			T-72
Central India Horse	21st King George V's Own Horse	1857	Captain Henry Otway Mayne
41st Armoured Regiment		1 July 1980	Lt Col J P Singh	Ahmednagar			T-72
42nd Armoured Regiment		1 January 1981	Lt Col RanjitTalwar	Babina			T-90
43rd Armoured Regiment	Charioteers	1981	Lt Col B M Kapur	Ahmednagar			Arjun Mk1
44 Armoured Regiment		15 December 1981	Lt Col D.S. Dhillon	Ahmednagar			T-72
45th Cavalry	PaintalisRisala	16 May 1965	Lt Col S.K. Candade	New Delhi	Suratgarh, Rajasthan		T-90
46th Armoured Regiment	Thunderbolts	1 July 1982	Lt Col Prithpal Singh Sandhu	Ahmednagar			T-72
47th Armoured Regiment	Penetrators	15 November 1982	Lt Col Tejvir Singh Sirohi	Babina	Sikkim		T-72
48th Armoured Regiment		1 December 1982	Lt Col DS Dhadwal	Meerut
49th Armoured Regiment	Falcons	1 October 1983	Lt Col J.P.S. Nakai	Ahmednagar	Jodhpur
50 Armoured Regiment	Fear Naught	July 1989	Lt Col A. .K Bhatia	Ahmednagar			T-72
51 Armoured Regiment	The Unicorn	15 July 1989	Lt Col R S Gill
52 Armoured Regiment		1 February 1994	Col Jugvir Singh	Roorkee			T-72
53 Armoured Regiment
54 Armoured Regiment		1 July 2010					T-90
55 ArmouredRegiment							T-90
56 Armoured Regiment	Lion Hearts	1 October 2011
57 Armoured Regiment
58 Armoured Regiment							T-90
59 Armoured Regiment
60 Armoured Regiment		2019		Ahmednagar
61 Cavalry		1 October 1953	Lt Col. Phulel Singh	Gwalior			Horse
62 Cavalry		31 March 1957	Lt Col RS Butalia	Ambala	Dehradun		T-72
63 Cavalry	Tresath	2 January 1957	Lt Col Harmandar Singh	Alwar			T-72
64 Cavalry		31 March 1966	Lt Col Trevor Lancelot Perry	Babina
65 Armoured Regiment		1 September 1966	Lt Col K KKaul				T-72
66 Armoured Regiment		1 September 1966	Lt Col Narinder Singh	Ahmednagar			T-72
67 Armoured Regiment		15 September 1967	Lt Col Niranjan Singh Cheema				T-72
68 Armoured Regiment	Gladiators	1 March 1968	Lt Col R.N. Thumby				T-72
69 Armoured Regiment		1 October 1968		Ahmednagar			T-72
70 Armoured Regiment		11 February 1968	Lt Col R Christian	Ahmednagar		Raised as 70 Guided Missile Regiment	T-90
71 Armoured Regiment		01 January 1971	Lt Col BS Chimni	Ahmednagar			T-90
72 Armoured Regiment	The Chhamb Knights	01 July 1971	Lt Col Inderjit Chopra	Ahmednagar			T-90
73 Armoured Regiment	The Desert Rats	03 Dec 1971	Lt Col KM Dhody	Ahmednagar			T-90
74 Armoured Regiment		01 Jun 1972	Lt Col KS Khajuria	Ahmednagar			T-90
75 Armoured Regiment		12 March 1972	Lt Col Vijai Singh	Sakna	Jaisalmer	Only regiment to be raised on foreign soil	Arjun Mk1
76 Armoured Regiment		21 March 1985		Ahmednagar			T-72
81 Armoured Regiment		1 October 1973
82 Armoured Regiment	Toofan-e-hind	01 Oct 1975	Lt. Col. MotiLalDhar				T-72
83 Armoured Regiment		01 Jan 1976		Ahmednagar			T-90
84 Armoured Regiment		1 July 1976	Lt Col Tarif Singh Dhiyia	Ahmednagar	Pathankot		T-72
85 Armoured Regiment		1 October 1976	Lt Col D P Singh	Ahmednagar	Nyoma		T-72
86 Armoured Regiment	Chhiassi	1 March 1977	Lt Col NS Malik	Ahmednagar	Nabha		T-90
87 Armoured Regiment	Lightning Streaks Regiment	01 July 1979	Lt Col DD Singh	Ahmednagar	Suratgarh		T-72
88 Armoured Regiment		September 1979	Lt Col IeshRikhy	Ahmednagar			T-72
89 Armoured Regiment		1 February 1980	Lt Col KL Bakshi	Ahmednagar	Namkum		T-72
90 Armoured Regiment		15 August 1979	Lt Col Manjit Singh Sawhney	Pawan Da Chak	Amritsar

Armoured soldiers, successor to the erstwhile cavalry, retains the ardor of the horse borne warrior of old, along with that infuriatingly languid full of confidence and never being showcased in the public. This is a necessity and not a facade. The Armoured soldiers must have the moral strength and martial sprit. They take tremendous pride in the achievements of the past, opportunities of the present and focuses on the future challenges.