Parachute Regiment (India)

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Indian Army Parachute Regiment
Regimental Insignia of the Parachute Regiment
Active	1944 - Present
Country	India
Allegiance	Indian Army
Branch	Army
Type	Airborne forces Special forces
Role	Counter-insurgency Counter-Terrorism Direct action Rapid deployment force Special operations Special Reconnaissance
Size	18 battalions[citation needed]
Regimental Centre	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Nickname(s)	The Paras Red Devils
Motto(s)	Shatrujeet (Conqueror of Enemies)
War Cry	Balidan Param Dharma (Sacrifice is Supreme Duty)
March	"Tum bharat ke veer ho, tum apne desh ke rakshak ho. jaati bhed bhav ko mitaye ja, Tu apni himmat badhaye ja, Kadam badhaye ja, peeche hatna kaam nahi, aage badhe ja."
Rifle	IWI Tavor TAR-21
Battle honours	Shelatang, Naushera, Poonch, Jhanger, Hajipir, Poongli Bridge, Mandhol, and Chachro
Website	http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh, SM**
Notable commanders	Brigadier Mohammad Usman, MVC (P) Lt Gen I.S. Gill, Padma Bhushan, PVSM, MC Lt Gen R.S. Dayal, PVSM, MVC, ADC Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh, Padma Bhushan, PVSM Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM Lt. Gen. P.C. Katoch, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC Lt. Gen. P.C. Bhardwaj, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, SC, VSM Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM Lt. Gen. P.S. Sangha, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM
Insignia
Parachute Wings

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 disbanded after World War II and was re-raised in 1952 as part of the Indian Army. Currently it consists of fifteen Special Forces, two Territorial Army and one Rashtriya Rifles battalions.^[1]