List of regiments of the Indian Army

This article lists the regiments of the Indian Army, including the various corps of supporting arms and services.

History

Historic list of regiments

The following old lists in this section have been replaced by the present list provided in the subsequent sections:

Regiments

Armoured

Artillery

In the Regiment of Artillery the battalion-sized units are referred to as regiments, a point of confusion on occasion. These units are equipped and named based on their type of equipment. There are two types of units. The majority are regiments that have weapons as their equipment, such as missiles, rockets, field guns, medium guns or mortars. The second type of regiment are those that have mission support equipment, such as UAVs, drones, surveillance radars, weapon locating radar etc.

Weapon equipped units

Weapon-equipped units of the Regiment of Artillery are listed below:

1 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) (Meiktila)
2 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) (Letse & Point 171)
3 Medium Regiment
4 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled)
5 Field Regiment
6 Field Regiment
7 Field Regiment (Gazala)
8 Field Regiment
9 (Parachute) Field Regiment
10 Medium Regiment
11 Field Regiment (Zojila)
12 Field Regiment
13 Field Regiment (Chushul & Gadra City)
14 Medium Regiment
15 Medium Regiment
16 Medium Regiment
17 (Parachute) Field Regiment (Zojila & Poongali Bridge)
18 Medium Regiment
22 Medium Regiment (Sittang, Yenangyaung and VC)
23 Medium Regiment (AD Tecleasan, Abyssinia and OP Hill)
24 Field Regiment (Self Propelled)
31 Field Regiment
32 Field Regiment
33 Medium Regiment
34 Field Regiment (Cassino-II)
35 Field Regiment
36 Medium Regiment
37 (Coorg) Field Regiment
38 Field Regiment
39 Field Regiment (Laleali & Piquet 707)
40 Field Regiment (Asal Uttar)
41 Medium Regiment (Kargil)
42 Medium Regiment (Dera Baba Nanak)
43 Medium Regiment
44 Field Regiment
49 Medium Regiment
51 Medium Regiment
52 Medium Regiment (Sanjoi-Mirpur)
53 Field Regiment
54 Field Regiment
56 Field Regiment (Jitra)
57 Field Regiment (Sittang & Yenangyaung)
58 Medium Regiment
59 Medium Regiment
60 Medium Regiment
61 Medium Regiment
62 Medium Regiment
63 Field Regiment
64 Field Regiment (Gorkha)
65 Field Regiment
66 Medium Regiment
67 Field Regiment
68 Medium Regiment
69 Medium Regiment
70 Field Regiment
71 Field Regiment
72 Field Regiment
73 Field Regiment
74 Medium Regiment
75 Medium Regiment (Basantar River)
76 Field Regiment
77 Field Regiment
78 Field Regiment
79 Medium Regiment
80 Medium Regiment
81 Field Regiment
90 Field Regiment
91 Medium Regiment (Asal Uttar)
92 Field Regiment
93 Field Regiment
94 Field Regiment
95 Field Regiment
96 Field Regiment
97 Field Regiment
98 Field Regiment
99 Field Regiment (Sylhet)
100 Medium Regiment
101 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) (Harar Kalan)
102 Field Regiment
106 Medium Regiment
108 Field Regiment (Kargil Gunners)
110 Medium Regiment
111 Rocket Regiment
113 Field Regiment
114 Medium Regiment
116 Medium Regiment
118 Medium Regiment
121 Light Regiment
133 Medium Regiment
136 Field Regiment
137 Field Regiment
138 Medium Regiment
139 Medium Regiment (Kargil)
141 Medium Regiment (Kargil)
143 Medium Regiment
150 Field Regiment
153 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled)
154 Field Regiment
155 Field Regiment (Self Propelled)
158 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) (Kargil)
159 Field Regiment
161 Medium Regiment (Basantar River)
162 Medium Regiment
163 Medium Regiment
164 Medium Regiment (Parbat Ali)
165 Field Regiment
166 Medium Regiment
167 Medium Regiment
168 Field Regiment (Longewala)
169 Field Regiment (OP Hill)
170 Medium Regiment
171 Medium Regiment
172 Medium Regiment
173 Field Regiment
174 Medium Regiment (Sehjra)
175 Medium Regiment
176 Medium Regiment
177 Field Regiment
190 Medium Regiment
191 Field Regiment
192 Field Regiment
193 Medium Regiment
194 Medium Regiment
195 Medium Regiment (Banwat)
196 Medium Regiment
197 Medium Regiment (Kargil)
198 Field Regiment
199 Medium Regiment
200 Field Regiment
207 Medium Regiment
210 Rocket Regiment
212 Rocket Regiment (Kargil)
213 Rocket Regiment
214 Rocket Regiment
216 Medium Regiment
217 Field Regiment
218 Medium Regiment
219 Medium Regiment
220 Field Regiment
221 Field Regiment
222 Field Regiment
223 Field Regiment
224 Field Regiment
225 Field Regiment
226 Field Regiment
228 Field Regiment
230 Medium Regiment
237 Medium Regiment
242 Medium Regiment
244 Field Regiment
246 Field Regiment
253 Medium Regiment
255 Medium Regiment
262 Field Regiment
268 Field Regiment
269 Medium Regiment
274 Field Regiment
278 Field Regiment
281 Field Regiment
282 Medium Regiment
283 Field Regiment
284 Field Regiment
285 Medium Regiment
286 Field Regiment (Kargil)
287 Field Regiment
288 Medium Regiment
290 Field Regiment
297 Medium Regiment
298 Field Regiment
299 Medium Regiment
301 Light Regiment
302 Light Regiment
305 Field Regiment (Kargil)
306 Field Regiment
307 Medium Regiment
310 Field Regiment
311 Field Regiment
312 Medium Regiment
313 Field Regiment
314 Heavy Mortar Regiment
315 Field Regiment (Kargil)
316 Field Regiment
317 Field Regiment
318 Medium Regiment
320 Medium Regiment
321 Field Regiment
322 Field Regiment
323 Field Regiment
324 Field Regiment
325 Field Regiment
326 Field Regiment
327 Medium Regiment
328 Medium Regiment
329 Medium Regiment
330 Field Regiment
331 Medium Regiment
332 Field Regiment
336 Field Regiment
337 Field Regiment
338 Medium Regiment
339 Medium Regiment
340 Medium Regiment
341 Medium Regiment
343 Field Regiment
344 Missile Regiment
354 Missile Regiment
371 Missile Regiment
501 Light Regiment
551 Rocket Regiment
581 Light Regiment
821 Light Regiment
831 Light Regiment
832 Light Regiment
841 Light Regiment
851 Light Regiment
852 Light Regiment
861 Missile Regiment (Laleali & Picquet 707)
862 Missile Regiment
863 Missile Regiment
864 Missile Regiment
871 Field Regiment (Shingo)
872 Light Regiment
881 Missile Regiment
891 Field Regiment
1811 Light Regiment
1812 Rocket Regiment
1821 Light Regiment
1822 Light Regiment
1831 Light Regiment
1832 Light Regiment
1841 Light Regiment
1842 Light Regiment
1851 Light Regiment
1861 Light Regiment
1862 Light Regiment
1871 Field Regiment
1872 Rocket Regiment
1880 Rocket Regiment
1881 Light Regiment
1889 Missile Regiment (Kargil)
1890 Rocket Regiment
1900 Field Regiment
1905 Light Regiment
1906 Light Regiment
1907 Light Regiment
1908 Light Regiment
3342 Missile Regiment
1988 (Independent) Medium Battery

SATA units

Units of the Regiment of Artillery that have equipment other than weapons are listed below. These units mainly have Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) equipment, Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment. It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) for the purpose of enemy field artillery acquisition , then the acquisition of targets based on that information, and example of their equipment include Counter-battery radar (CoBRa) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (see also Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Asset (MAMBA)).

20 SATA Regiment
21 SATA Regiment
122 SATA Regiment
124 SATA Battery
125 SATA Regiment
126 SATA Battery
127 SATA Regiment
128 SATA Regiment
129 SATA Regiment
131 SATA Regiment
132 SATA Regiment
201 SATA Battery
202 SATA Battery
203 SATA Regiment
204 SATA Battery
205 SATA Battery
206 SATA Battery
229 SATA Battery
267 SATA Battery
279 SATA Battery
289 SATA Battery
617 SATA Battery
618 SATA Battery
619 SATA Battery
620 SATA Battery
621 SATA Battery
622 SATA Battery
623 SATA Battery
624 SATA Battery
625 SATA Battery
626 SATA Battery
627 SATA Battery
628 SATA Battery
629 SATA Battery
630 SATA Battery
631 SATA Battery
632 SATA Battery
633 SATA Battery
634 SATA Battery
635 SATA Battery
636 SATA Battery
637 SATA Battery
638 SATA Battery

Infantry

Regiment	Active From	Regimental Center	Motto	War Cry
The Brigade of the Guards	1948	Kamptee, Maharashtra	"Pahla hamesha pahla" ("first always first")	"Garud ka hun bol pyare" ("I am the son of Garuda, Say O my friend")
Madras Regiment	1758	Wellington, Tamil Nadu	"Swadharme nidhanam shreyaha" ("it is a glory to die doing one's duty")	"Veera Madrassi, Adi Kollu, Adi Kollu" ("Brave Madrassi, Strike and Kill, Strike and Kill!")
Rajputana Rifles	1775	Delhi Cantonment, Delhi	"Veer bhogya vasundhara" ("the brave shall inherit the earth")	"Raja Ramachandra ki jai" ("victory to King Ramachandra")
Rajput Regiment	1778	Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh	"Sarvatra vijay" ("victory everywhere")	"Bol Bajrang Bali Ki jai" ("say victory to Lord Hanuman")
Dogra Regiment	1877	Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh	"Kartavyam anvatma" ("duty before death")	"Jawala Mata ki jai" ("victory to Goddess Jawala")
Sikh Regiment	1846	Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand	"Nischay kar apni jeet karon" ("with determination, I will be triumphant")	"Jo bole So Nihal, sat sri akal" ("he who cries 'God is truth' is ever happy") "Wahe Guruji Da Khalsa, Wahe Guruji Di Fateh" ("The Khalsa of Waheguru is victorious")
Jat Regiment	1795	Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh	"Sangathan va veerta" ("unity and valour")	"Jat balwan, jai bhagwan" ("the Jat is strong, victory to God")
Parachute Regiment	1945	Bengaluru, Karnataka	"Shatrujeet" ("the conqueror")	"Balidan Param Dharma" ("Sacrifice Supreme Duty")
Punjab Regiment	1757	Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand	"Sthal wa jal" ("by land and sea")	"Jo bole So Nihal, sat sri akal" ("he who cries 'God is truth' is ever happy"); "Bol Jawala Ma ki jai" ("say victory to Goddess Jawala")
The Grenadiers	1778	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	"Sarvada shaktishali ("always strong")	"Sarvada shaktishali" ("always strong")
Sikh Light Infantry	1944	Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh	"Deg teg fateh" ("prosperity in peace and victory in war")	"Jo bole So Nihal, sat sri akal" ("he who cries 'God is truth' is ever happy")
Maratha Light Infantry	1768	Belgaum, Karnataka	"Duty, honour, courage"	"Bola Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki jai, Temlai Mata ki jai" ("say victory to Emperor Shivaji, victory to Goddess Temlai")
The Garhwal Rifles	1887	Lansdowne, Uttarakhand	"Yudhaya krit nischya" ("fight with determination")	"Badri Vishal Lal ki jai" ("victory to the Great Lord Badri Nath")
Kumaon Regiment	1813	Ranikhet, Uttarakhand	"Parakramo vijayate" ("valour triumphs")	"Kalika Mata ki jai" ("victory to Goddess Kali"); "Bajrang Bali ki jai" ("victory to Lord Hanuman"); "Dada Kishan ki jai" ("Victory to Dada Kishan")
Assam Regiment	1941	Shillong, Meghalaya	"Assam vikram" ("unique valour")	"Rhino charge"
Bihar Regiment	1941	Danapur, Bihar	"veerta se yudh par" ("To war with valour")	"Bajrang Bali Ki Jai" (Victory to Lord Hanuman); "Birsa Munda ki jai" ("victory to Birsa Munda")
Mahar Regiment	1941	Saugor, Madhya Pradesh	"Yash sidhi" ("success and attainment")	"Bolo Hindustan ki jai" ("say victory to India")
Jammu & Kashmir Rifles	1821	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	"Prashata ranvirta" ("valour in battle is praiseworthy")	"Durga Mata ki jai" ("victory to Goddess Durga")
Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	1947	Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir	"Balidanam vir lakshanam " ("sacrifice is a characteristic of the brave")	"Bharat Mata ki jai" ("victory to Mother India")
Naga Regiment	1970	Ranikhet, Uttarakhand	"Parakramo vijayate" ("valour triumphs")	"Jai Durga Naga" ("victory to Durga Naga")
1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)	1815	Subathu, Himachal Pradesh	"Kayar hunu bhanda marnu ramro" ("better to die than live like a coward")	"Jai Ma Kali, ayo Gorkhali" ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
3 Gorkha Rifles	1815	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	"Kayar hunu bhanda marnu ramro" ("better to die than live like a coward")	"Jai Ma Kali, ayo Gorkhali" ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
4 Gorkha Rifles	1857	Sabathu, Himachal Pradesh	"Kayar hunu bhanda marnu ramro" ("better to die than live like a coward")	"Jai Ma Kali, ayo Gorkhali" ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	1858	Shillong, Meghalaya	"Shaurya evam nistha" ("courage and determination")	"Jai Ma Kali, ayo Gorkhali" ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
8 Gorkha Rifles	1824	Shillong, Meghalaya	"Kayar hunu bhanda marnu ramro" ("better to die than live like a coward")	"Jai Ma Kali, ayo Gorkhali" ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
9 Gorkha Rifles	1817	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	"Kayar hunu bhanda marnu ramro" ("better to die than live like a coward")	Jai Ma Kali, Ayo Gorkhali ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
11 Gorkha Rifles	1918-1922; from 1948	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	"Yatraham vijayastatra" ("Victory resides where I reside")	"Jai Ma Kali, Ayo Gorkhali ("hail Goddess Kali, here come the Gorkhas")
Ladakh Scouts	1963	Leh, Ladakh		"Ki ki so so Lhargyalo" ("Victory to God")
Arunachal Scouts	2010	Rayang, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim Scouts	2013	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Mechanised

Regiment	Active From	Regimental Center	Motto	War Cry
Mechanised Infantry Regiment	1979	Ahmednagar, Maharashtra	"Valour and faith"	"Bolo Bharat Mata ki jai" ("say victory to Mother India")

Supporting Corps

Corps of Army Air Defence

The list of army air defence regiments is as follows:

19 AD Regiment
25 AD Regiment
26 AD Regiment
27 AD Missile Regiment (Amritsar Airfield)
28 AD Regiment
29 AD Regiment (Samba)
45 AD Regiment (Basantar River)
46 AD Regiment
47 AD Regiment
48 AD Regiment
49 AD Regiment
50 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
103 AD Regiment
104 AD Regiment
105 AD Regiment
107 AD Regiment
109 Light AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
126 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
127 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
128 AD Missile Regiment
129 AD Regiment
130 AD Regiment
131 AD Regiment
140 AD Regiment
142 AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
144 AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
145 Light AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
146 Light AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
147 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
148 Light AD Regiment
151 AD Regiment (Self Propelled) (Chhamb)
152 AD Regiment
156 Light AD Missile Regiment (Self propelled)
157 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
322 AD Regiment
323 AD Regiment
325 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
326 Light AD Regiment
401 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
402 Light AD Regiment
403 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
404 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
405 Light AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
407 Gun Missile AD Regiment
436 AD Missile Regiment (Self Propelled)
501 AD Group (Self Propelled)
502 AD Group (Self Propelled)
510 Light AD Missile Regiment (Self Propelled)
511 AD Missile Regiment (Self Propelled) (Composite)
512 Light AD Missile Regiment (Self Propelled)
513 AD Missile Regiment (Self Propelled)
514 AD Regiment (Self Propelled)
912 Light AD Regiment
916 Light AD Regiment (Composite)
252 (Parachute) AD Battery

Corps of Engineers

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:

Army Aviation Corps

Corps of Signals

References

External links

Mahar regiment

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