82nd Armoured Regiment (India)
{{Short description|Indian Army regiment}}
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82 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army.
History
The regiment was raised on 1 October 1975. The first commandant was Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant General) Moti Dar of the Poona Horse.{{cite web|url=https://www.scindia.edu/scindia_management/moti-dar/|title=Moti Dar|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|title=Indian Army, a Reference Manual|year=2000|publisher=Reliance Publishing House|page=|ISBN=978-8175101142}} It has an all-India, all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.{{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=154}}
Lieutenant General JS Sandhu is the current Colonel of the Regiment.{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 45, Page 1744|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2021-05-07}}
Gallantry awards and honours
The regiment has won the following gallantry awards –
- Shaurya Chakra - 03
- Major Ganesh Madappa – awarded posthumously for his bravery, while in service with the 36 RR battalion at Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, during counter-insurgency operations.{{cite web|url= https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/major-ganesh-madappa-sc/|title= Major Ganesh Madappa SC|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1996/O-0266-1996-0048-9912.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 48, page 754-755|date=1996-11-30|access-date=2021-05-08}}
- Sowar Kalu Ram Jat{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2479|title=SWR KALU RAM JAT|date=|access-date=2022-07-18}}
- One more SC awardee for service in CI/ CT ops.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
- Sena Medal (Gallantry) - 3{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
- COAS Commendation Cards – 1
- Lieutenant Colonel Arjun Ram Singh{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.gov.in/writereaddata/documents/coas_commendation.pdf|title= List of Personnel Recommended for COAS Commendation Cards On Army Day 2008|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}
- VCOAS Commendation Card – 1{{cite web|url= https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=1ON5SpgNbF4nkcpmXjV4OA==&ParentID=j+8qKvrOICxLXoGtCW/Mjg==|title= VCOAS Commendation Card 2008|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}
- Risaldar Major (Honorary Captain) Amar Singh was appointed Honorary Life Aide-de-camp to the President of India on 5 April 1980.{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1980/O-0998-1980-0021-44536.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 21, page 617|date=1980-05-24|access-date=2021-05-08}}
Regimental Insignia
The cap badge of the regiment consists of a winged lion and a scroll at the base with the Regimental Motto in Devanagari script.{{cite web|url=https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/British-India/Cavalry/list-india.html|title=The Regular Armoured Corps Regiments of the Indian Army|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}
References
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{{Indian Army Armoured Corps}}
Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947