Battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army

The Indian Army has a distinguished history in which they won many battle and theatre honours. The practice of giving battle honours began with the East India Company who awarded these to the units of the native Indian corps in their presidency armies. The practice continued after the advent of the British Crown post-1857 when the armies of the East India Company became part of the British Indian Army and after India's independence in 1947. The earliest conflict for which a battle honour was awarded was "Plassey" which was awarded in 1829 to the 1st Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry which served the East India Company in Bengal while the latest is "Kargil" in 1999 awarded to units of independent India's army for feats during the Kargil War.

Indian cavalry near the Tigris River, during the First World War

Pre-1914 battle honours

First World War

Europe & Gallipoli

Europe
Gallipoli

Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Arabia

Egypt & Palestine
Mesopotamia
Arabia
  • Aden

Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, India, China

Central Asia
  • Merv
Persia
  • Persia 1915–19
Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan
India
China
  • Tsingtao

East Africa


Second World War

North East Africa, Middle East

North East Africa
Middle East
  • Iraq 1941

Post-independence

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

The battle and theatre honours of the 1947 War are:[1]

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

The battle and theatre honours of the 1965 War are:[2]

Jammu and Kashmir sector
Punjab sector
Rajasthan sector

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

East Pakistan Sector
Jammu and Kashmir sector
Punjab theatre
Sindh theatre

See also

Footnotes

  1. Singh, Sarbans (1993) pp 227–238
  2. Singh, Sarbans (1993) pp 242–256.

References

  • Singh, Sarbans (1993). Battle Honours of the Indian Army 1757 – 1971. New Delhi: Vision Books. ISBN 81-7094-115-6. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
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