15th Infantry Division (India)

15th Indian Division
Formation Badge of the 15th Infantry Division
Active7 May 1916 – March 1919
1 October 1964 – present
Country British India
India India
Branch British Indian Army
Indian Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Nickname(s)Panther Division
EngagementsWorld War I
Mesopotamian Campaign
Capture of Ramadi
Action of Khan Baghdadi
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major General H T Brooking
Major General Mohinder Singh MVC
Major General BM Bhattacharjee PVSM, MVC

The 15th Indian Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army that saw active service in the First World War. It served in the Mesopotamian Campaign on the Euphrates Front throughout its existence. It did not serve in the Second World War,[1] but was reformed at Dehradun in 1964 as part of the post-independence Indian Army.