52nd Armoured Regiment (India)
{{Short description|Indian Army regiment}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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52nd Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army Armoured Corps.
Formation
The regiment was raised on 1 February 1994 at Roorkee with T-72 tanks. The first commandant was Col Jugvir Singh. The first Colonel of the regiment was Brigadier A.S. Sinha.{{cite book|last=Sharma|first= Gautam|title= Indian Army, a Reference Manual|date=2000|publisher= Reliance Publishing House|isbn=978-8175101142}} The regiment has an all India, all class composition.{{cite book|last=Gautam|first=PK|title= Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary, Volume III|date=2016|publisher= IDSA/Pentagon Press |isbn= 978-81-8274-909-2|page=153}}
History
Capt Upmanyu Singh of the regiment was posthumously awarded the Sena Medal in 2011 for gallantry during counter insurgency operations at Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.{{cite web|url= https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/capt-upmanyu-singh-sm-2/|title= Capt Upmanyu Singh SM| access-date=2020-12-05}}{{cite web|url= http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/sep01-11/h5.htm|title= Gallantry Awards and Other Decorations|date=2011-09-01|access-date=2020-12-05}}
The present Colonel of the regiment is Brig Samarth Nagar.{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}
Regimental Insignia
The cap badge of the regiment is unique in the Indian Army, as it consists of a Welsh dragon motif against a background of two vertically parallel lances with a scroll below bearing the words "52 Armoured Regiment".
The motto of the regiment is "We lead through danger".
The unit flag contains four colours - French Grey, Buff, Red and Green which signify the phrase "In misty dawn, through sand and blood to green fields beyond."
References
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{{Indian Army Armoured Corps}}
Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947