Jat Regiment

Jat Regiment
Regimental Insignia of The Jat Regiment
Active1795 – present[1]
Country British India (1795–1947)
 India (1947–present)
Allegiance India
Branch British Indian Army (1795–1947)
 Indian Army (1947–present)
TypeLine Infantry
RoleInfantry
Size31 Battalions
25 Regular Infantry Battalions
4 Rashtriya Rifles Battalions (5 RR, 34 RR, 45 RR and 61 RR) and
2 Territorial Army Battalions (114 TA Bns and 151 TA Bns)
Regimental CentreBareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Motto(s)Sangathan Va Veerta (Unity And Valour)
War Cryजाट बलवान, जय भगवान (IAST:Jāt Balwān, Jai Bhagwān)
(The Jat is powerful, Victory to the Lord!)
Anniversaries20 Nov
Decorations3 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 InsigniaThe 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]

  1. ^ Army's Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 and 2021 Parade | India Defence Archived 2 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Army's Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 Parade | India Defence http://www.dsalert.org/gallantry-awards/shaurya-chakra
  3. ^ "BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(4)". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011..
  4. ^ Cornwell, Richard (28 February 2012). "2 Anti-Tank Regiment, Saa -Tank and Anti-Tank in the Western Desert, 1940-1942 (Part Iv)". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 6 (4). doi:10.5787/6-4-845. ISSN 2224-0020.
  5. ^ The Times History of the War: The Battlefield of Europe. Woodward & Van Slyke