Bharat Rakshak

We had a recent discussion on why IAF was not used in 1962. IDR has an article on the same subject. No Use Of Combat Air Power in 1962 An Army veteran from 1962 war was quoted as saying that the PLA was professional enough to face stiff forward resistance, but he wondered their ability to withstand...

My apologies if this has been posted before. My BS detector went off here. Amen! The only Saudi signature on anything related to weaponry will be on end-user certificates. While its entirely believable that Sauds have financed Pak nuke program... saudis building something is a bit far featched.

First time I am hearing about Naik Subedar Major :D Regarding the petrol pump and land eligibility, it depends. Many states have passed some rules ensuring 'rewards' and 'benefits' to soldiers who are killed in action and as well as to those who get gallantry awards. The petroleum companies themsel...

Wax image of Brigadier KS Thimmaya in Fort Siloso in Singapore: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8103/dsc003791024yl5.th.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/120/dsc003801024qh6.th.jpg To comemorate Japanese surrender to the Allied forces in WWII at Singapore. Took these today. While I always h...

Aditya: IIRC the Santosa museum also has an adjoining wax display of British and Australian TFTA officers surrendering to Japanese early in the WW-II. Could you also post those photo's to rub it on the proud white progenies of convicts and robbers, down under. Do I sense a whiff of Ozziphobia? ... ...

Out of curiosity I would like to know if the RIAF had air-lift capacity to support an entire Division (the 44th Indian Airborne)? Or was it all RAF assets?

Thanks Jagan. I have a question on the regimental origins of the TSP Army. I know Baloch Regt was under Bombay Presidency. What were the BIA affliations of the regiments that went to Pakistan? Where they from the Bengal Prseidency? How were they affected by the Kitchner reforms? Where there any Mad...

Mostly Mahsuds. They use their role in the invasion of J&K to claim a greater sense of integration into Pakistan than their closest rivals, the Wazirs of South Waziristan - this politics is entirely local; they want to be closer to the Political Agent (now the Chief Administrator) from Islamaba...

On October 22, 1947, kabailis (tribesmen), backed by regular Pakistani army, attacked Jammu and Kashmir. To prevent the kabailis from occupying more areas, the Indian Army, with the Indian Air Force, landed in Srinagar on October 27 and since then the day is celebrated every year as Martyrs Day and...

Jagan wrote:pargha,

have you checked the ones at http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORC ... g-Arm.html

what kind of resolution are you looking for?

I was hoping to read the letterings on that. Is it an issue of resolution or is an issue of poor metallaurgy, I dont know?

Can anyone put up higher resolution pictures of the following Armoured Regiments' cap-badges: 10th and 60-series (first post-Independence ARs).

Thanks.

folks, This is the new Indian Army History thread. please restrict yourself to modern military history preferably the 20th century (and in some cases - discussion on the older british indian army). Any non-related posts will be deleted without any notice. thanks for your cooperation. Jagan Thanks f...

What happened to the regiments that were started by the Bombay Presidency? Are they still around? I know that Bengal and Madras still are. Modern Indian Infantry Regiments from Bombay Army lineage: 1. Maratha Light Infantry 2. Grenadier Regiment 3. Rajputana Rifles No longer in Indian Army, but def...

Senior Punjab Regiment battalion are all from 1750/60s, while the earliest Bengal ones (like 1 Brahman or 2 Rajput) dont come about for a full decade or so. Just confused. Well.. The army of Ranjit Singh (Ranjit Singh died in 1839) named khalsa army was defeated in 1849 and reorganized into british...