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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Parachute
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The
Parachute Regiment
formed 1952 by grouping the then three existing
parachute battalions of line infantry regiments (more battalions
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The
Parachute Regiment, (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Parachute Regiment, (GlobalSecurity.org) |
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Para
Commandos, (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Parachute Regiment, (Special Operations.Com) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Agra, Uttar Pradesh [1952-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1952-present] |
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2nd Battalion [1952-present] |
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3rd
Battalion [1952-present] |
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4th Battalion [1961-present] |
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5th Battalion [1963-present] |
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6th Battalion [1963-present] |
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7th Battalion [1964-present] |
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8th Battalion [1965-1976] |
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9th Battalion [1966-present] |
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10th Battalion [1967-present] |
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21st Battalion
[1996-present] |
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The Second World War1:
British Somaliland 1940,
Keren, Berbera,
Abyssinia 1940-41, Mersa
Matruh, North Africa 1940-43, Monte
della Gordace, Il Castello, Pratelle Pass, San Martino Sogliano,
Monte Farneto, Monte Cavallo, Idice Bridgehead, Italy 1943-45,
Shweli, Magwe, Kama,
Sittang 1945, Burma 1942-45
1. awarded 1963 for services of 1952 constituent battalions
which had not been in parachute role during the war
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Motto: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
Journal: |
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Full Histories:
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Praval, K. C. India's paratroopers
: a history of the Parachute Regiment of India. Delhi :
Thomson Press (India), Publication Division, 1974. |
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Praval, K. C. India's paratroopers
: a history of the Parachute Regiment of India. London :
Cooper, 1975. ISBN: 085052184X |
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Short Histories:
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