Jammu and Kashmir Rifles

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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Regimental Insignia of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Active	1821 – present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	22 battalions
Regimental Centre	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Motto(s)	Prashasta Ranvirta ("Valour in Battle is Praiseworthy")[1]
War Cry	Durge Mata Ki Jai ("Victory to Mother Durga")[1]
Decorations	See below
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment	Lieutenant General MP Singh, YSM, SM[2]
Insignia
Regimental Insignia	An oval embracing the Sun, the State emblem. The Sanskrit inscription around the Sun, which cannot be read on the regimental insignia above, translates as, "Ever Victorious in War"[1]

The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Its origins lay in the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. After the accession of the state to the Indian Union in October 1947, the State Forces came under the command of the Indian Army. They remained in the original form until 1956 when Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly effectively ratified the state's accession to India. Then the State Forces became the Jammu and Kashmir Regiment of the Indian Army.^[3] In 1963, the designation was changed to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. After the conversion, the Ladakh Scouts came under the aegis of the Regiment, where it remained until raised as a separate Regiment in 2002.^[4]