92 Field Regiment is part of the

Regiment of Artillery The Regiment of Artillery is a combat/fighting arm of the Indian Army, which provides massive firepower during all ground operations of the Indian Army. It is a successor to the Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of British Indian Army, which itsel ...

of the

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Formation

The regiment was raised on 23 March 1963 at

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as 92 Mountain Composite Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Sukhwant Singh was first commanding officer and the regiment was equipped with howitzers. The unit was subsequently converted into a field regiment.

Composition

The regiment was raised as a pure

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regiment.

Operations

The regiment has taken part in the following operations – *

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(Operation Riddle) – Second Lieutenant Ujagar Singh Rana was awarded the

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for gallantry in the

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sector. The regiment lost Captain PM Hashim,Second Lieutenant Padam Nath, Jemadar Teja Singh, Naik Milkha Singh and Lance Naik Balbir Singh during the operations. *

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 Decem ...

(Operation Cactus Lily) - The regiment was part of the divisional artillery of 39 Infantry Division, which itself was under

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in the

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sector. The regiment was part of the divisional offensive, which started on a good note when on the morning of 5 December 1971, the guns of the unit knocked out the Pakistani Artillery Observation Post (OP) at Sukhmal. *

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*Operation Rakshak – the regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in 1989. *Operation Hifazat – The regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in

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between 1993 and 1995. * Operation Vijay *Operation Sahayata in 2001. *

Operation Meghdoot Operation Meghdoot ( "Operation Cloud Messenger" after a famous Sanskrit poem by Kalidasa) was the codename for the Indian Armed Forces' operation to seize control of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir, precipitating the Siachen conflict. Exe ...

– the regiment was posted in the highest battlefield in the world,

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in 2003.

Honours and achievements

*Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Nagra was commissioned into the unit and went on to command it. He became the Director General Artillery at Army Headquarters in 2002. *Subedar Jagsir Singh was awarded the COAS Commendation Card in 2017.

References

{{reflist Military units and formations established in 1963 Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947

Formation

Composition

Operations

Honours and achievements

See also

References