58th Armoured Regiment (India)

{{short description|Indian armored regiment}}

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 58 Armoured Regiment

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| dates = 1 October 2014 – present

| country = {{IND}}

| allegiance = India

| branch = 24px Indian Army

| type = Armour

| role =

| size = Regiment

| command_structure =

| equipment = T90 tanks

| Past Commanders =

| colonel_of_the_regiment = Lt Gen Ajai Singh, AVSM{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2018/191752.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 44|date=2018-11-09|access-date=2021-01-07}}

| notable_commanders =

| identification_symbol = 58 Armd Regt

| identification_symbol_label = Abbreviation

| nickname = Awwal Atthawan, the Patiala Risala

| patron =

| motto = सर्वश्रेष्ठ
{{transliteration|sa|ISO|Sarvaśrēṣṭha}} (ISO)
{{Translation|"The best of all"}}

| colors = Orange, white and black
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| battles =

| anniversaries = Raising Day: 1 October

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File:Tank T- 90 (Bhishma) passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 68th Republic Day Parade 2017, in New Delhi on January 26, 2017.jpg during the 68th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2017|alt=|right]]

58 Armoured Regiment is a regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. It was raised in Patiala on 1 October 2014 as an all-India all-caste regiment, i.e. its soldiers are recruited from all over India without any distinctions based on ethnicity, caste, region, etc.

Lieutenant General Kamal Jit Singh, PVSM, AVSM* was appointed as the first Colonel of the regiment on 20 January 2015.{{cite web|url= https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2015/164962.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 31|date=2015-08-01|access-date=2021-01-07}}

The regiment participated in the Republic Day parade in 2017 with its T-90 tanks.{{cite web|url=http://delhidefencereview.com/2017/01/27/do-not-rain-on-my-parade-indias-68th-republic-day-round-up/|title=‘Do Not Rain on My Parade’: India’s 68th Republic Day Round-up |date=2017-01-27|access-date=2021-01-07}}