The Parachute Regiment is an airborne and special forces regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army but was...
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Regiment may refer to: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army Parachute Regiment (India), the airborne infantry...
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The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of...
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9 Parachute Field Regiment is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army. 9 Parachute Field Regiment was raised on 1 April 1943 at Kumbergaon...
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of the Parachute Regiment and was renamed as the 1st battalion, Parachute Regiment (Punjab). The uniform changed to the Parachute Regiment's, but the...
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17 Parachute Field Regiment (Zojila & Poongli Bridge) is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army. 17 Parachute Field Regiment was raised...
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Para (Special Forces) (redirect from Para Commandos (India))
Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), informally referred to as Para-Commandos, is a group of special forces battalions of the Parachute Regiment in the...
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The 50th Parachute Brigade is a brigade sized formation of the Indian Army. Its main force is formed of battalions of the Parachute Regiment. It consists...
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Army in World War II. The 15th Parachute Battalion was formed in India during 1945 from the 1st Battalion the King's Regiment (Liverpool). Prior to this the...
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15th Jan 1985 StampIndia Post. Archived 17 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine "50th Anniversary of 9th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment". Retrieved 25 May...
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Hero of the Month: July 2020[better source needed] India in the Korean War Parachute Regiment (India) 2020년 7월의 6.25전쟁영웅 란가라지 인도 육군 중령 Lieutenant Colonel...
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battalions of the Parachute Regiment from formation in 1940 to the present day. The Parachute Regiment is a parachute infantry regiment of the British Army...
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4 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) 5 Medium Regiment 6 Field Regiment 7 Field Regiment (Gazala) 8 Field Regiment 9 (Parachute) Field Regiment 10 Field...
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List of World War II British airborne battalions (category British Parachute Regiment Battalions)
forces, during the Second World War, consisted of the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, the airlanding battalions, and from 1944 the Special...
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List of HALO/HAHO jump capable units (category Parachuting)
Squadron) Police EKAM (Special Suppressive Antiterrorist Unit) Army Parachute Regiment (India) Para (Special Forces) Air Force Garud Commando Force Navy MARCOS...
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soldier in the 9 Para (SF) of the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration...
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(Staffords) Battalion, Parachute Regiment 1st Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment 77th Indian Parachute Brigade - Brigadier...
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Chris Keeble (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
Royal Leicestershire Regiment, which was amalgamated into The Royal Anglian Regiment seven months later. He joined the Parachute Regiment in 1972, and was...
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Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Ajmer Regiment Kumaon Rifles 151 (British) Parachute Battalion 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion 153...
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Malaun Regiment) 4 Gorkha Rifles 2 Dogra Regiment 16 Bihar Regiment 4 Mahar Regiment 13Mahar Regiment 4 Parachute Regiment 9 Parachute Regiment 2 Ladakh...
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Connaught's Own), and the 11th Rajputs. Before India gained independence from the British Empire, the regiment consisted of Rajputs including Lodhi Rajput...
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Madras Regiment is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army, originating in the 1750s as a unit of the British East India Company. The regiment took...
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permanent Para commando battalion which was to be raised under the Parachute Regiment. By 1969, the unit had grown into 2 battalions, viz. the 9 Para and...
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The 156th Parachute Battalion was a battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed...
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Rashtriya Rifles (category Paramilitary forces of India)
– Mahar Regiment 31 RR (Commando) – Parachute Regiment 32 RR – Gorkha Rifles 33 RR – Gorkha Rifles 34 RR – Jat Regiment 35 RR – Assam Regiment 36 RR –...
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Parachutist badge (redirect from Parachute Badge)
Parachutist Badge. Regimental badge Parachute Wings Balidan Badge The regimental badge for the Parachute Regiment is an open parachute, partially behind a circle...
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French Foreign Legion (redirect from Foreign Regiment)
decorated 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er REP) took part in the Generals' putsch. In the 1960s and 1970s, Legion regiments had additional roles in...
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Battalion (TA) Parachute Regiment, Bengaluru 107 Infantry Battalion (TA) 11 Gorkha Rifles, Darjeeling 108 Infantry Battalion (TA) Mahar Regiment, Dehradun...
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Bhawani Singh (category Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India))
Branch)". The Gazette of India. 18 December 1965. p. 272. "Heroes. The Parachute Regiment, Indian Army". The Parachute Regiment, Indian Army. Archived from...
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John Frost (British Army officer) (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
Second World War. He was one of the first to join the newly formed Parachute Regiment and served with distinction in many wartime airborne operations, such...
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