Jat Regiment | |
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Active | 1795 – present [1] |
Country | British India (1795–1947) India (1947–present) |
Allegiance | India |
Branch | British Indian Army (1795–1947) Indian Army (1947–present) |
Type | Line Infantry |
Role | Infantry |
Size | 27 Battalions [21 Regular, 4 RR & 2 TA Bns] |
Regimental Centre | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
Motto(s) | Sangathan Va Veerta (Unity And Valour) |
War Cry | Jat Balwan, Jai Bhagwan (The Jat is powerful, Victory to god!) |
Anniversaries | 20 Nov |
Decorations | 3 Ashoka Chakra 2 Victoria cross 2 George Cross 24 (19 Battle Honours between 1839 and 1947) (Post-Independence it has won 5 Battle Honours) 13 Kirti Chakra 8 Maha Vir Chakra 3 Military Medal 53 Shaurya Chakra 39 Vir Chakra 343 Sena Medal |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Major General Rajesh Sethi, SM, VSM |
Insignia | |
Regimental Insignia | The insignia has a bugle indicating the Light Infantry antecedents of two of its battalions. |
The Jat Regiment also known as The Royal Jats is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, of which it is one of the longest-serving and most decorated regiments. [2] The regiment has won 19 Battle Honours between 1839 and 1947, [3] and post-independence it has won Five Battle Honours, including 3 Ashok Chakra, 2 Victoria Cross, 2 George Cross, 13 Kirti Chakra, 8 Mahavir Chakra, 3 Military Medal, 53 Shaurya Chakras, 39 Vir Chakras and 343 Sena Medals. [2] [4] During its 200-year service history, the regiment has participated in various actions and operations in India and abroad, including the First and the Second World Wars. Numerous battalions of the Jat Regiment, including the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers, fought in the First World War. [5]
The Regiment claims its origins from the Calcutta Native Militia that was raised in 1795, [6] which later became an infantry battalion of the Bengal Army. The 14th Murray's Jat Lancers was formed in 1857. [6] After 1860, there was a substantial increase in the recruitment of Jats into the British Indian Army. The Class Regiment(The Jats) was initially created in 1897 as infantry units from old battalions of the Bengal Army. In January 1922, at the time of the grouping of the Class Regiments of the Indian Army, the 9th Jat Regiment was formed by merging four active battalions and one training battalion into a single regiment.[ citation needed ]
The 1st Battalion was raised as the 22nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1803.[ citation needed ] The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were raised in 1817 and 1823 respectively. All three battalions had distinguished records of service, including the winning of many honours during World War I.[ citation needed ]
The battle cry, adopted in 1955, in Hindi, is जाट बलवान, जय भगवान (IAST: Jāt Balwān, Jai Bhagwān) (The Jat is Powerful, Victory Be to God!). [7]
Soldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89% from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North India. [8] [9] [10]
The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions, 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions, as of August 2020. [11] [12]
Unit | Raising location | Raising date | Remarks |
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Jat Regimental Centre | Calcutta | 1795 | Erstwhile The Calcutta Native Militia |
1 Jat (LI) | Fatehgarh | 1803 | Now converted to 2 Mechanised Infantry Regiment |
2 Jat | Bombay | 29 October 1817 | former 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) |
3 Jat | Dinapur | 23 June 1823 | Former 10th Jats; Battle of Dograi |
4 Jat | Bareilly | 15 January 1962 | Re-raising; Saviours of Fazilka |
5 Jat | Varanasi | 1 February 1941 | Phillora Captors |
6 Jat | Bareilly | 1 February 1941 | |
7 Jat | Bareilly | 15 November 1962 | Re-raising, former 11th Jat |
8 Jat | Jabalpur | 14 December 1941 | |
9 Jat | Bareilly | 1 January 1963 | Re-raising |
11 Jat | Bareilly | 1 April 1964 | |
12 Jat | Bareilly | 6 February 1970 | |
14 Jat | Bareilly | 1 October 1963 | |
15 Jat | Bareilly | 15 May 1976 | Re-raising |
16 Jat | Bareilly | 1 October 1964 | |
17 Jat | Jabalpur | 1 June 1966 | Kargil |
18 Jat | Secunderabad | 1 October 1966 | |
19 Jat | Bareilly | 1 August 1980 | |
20 Jat | Bareilly | 27 February 1985 | |
21 Jat | Bareilly | 1 November 1987 | |
22 Jat | Bareilly | 1 December 2013 | Jaguars |
23 Jat | Bareilly | 1 July 2016 | |
24 Jat | Bareilly | 1 September 2020 | |
5 Rashtriya Rifles | Ranikhet | 15 October 1990 | |
34 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 1 September 1994 | Bravest of the Brave |
45 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 1 August 2001 | |
61 Rashtriya Rifles | Bareilly | 30 June 2004 | |
114 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) | Dehradun | 1 October 1960 | |
151 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) | Muzaffarpur | 18 January 2002 |
When a unit is decorated for counter-insurgency operations, unit citations are given instead of battle or theatre honours.
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After the Battle of Kabul (1842), Governor General Lord Ellenborough had ordered Major General William Nott, who was commanding British-Indian forces, to recover a set of ornate gates known as the Somnath Gates, which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II. [31] A whole sepoy regiment, the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry—which later became the 6th Jat Light Infantry after the Indian Rebellion of 1857—was tasked with carrying the gates back to India.[ citation needed ]
In 1965 India-Pakistan War, 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col (now Brig Retd) Desmond Hayde on 1 September and then again on 21–22 September, crossed the Ichhogil Canal and in the Battle of Dograi captured Dograi right up to Batapore-Attocke Awan, advancing towards Lahore.
In the 1999 Kargil War, five of the regiment's battalions took part. The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo. It was also involved in counter-insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence.[ citation needed ] [33]
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