India Pakistan War – Artillery Brigade Indian Army

Artillery Regiment: India’s military is one of the world’s largest and most powerful forces, and its spine is its brave and decent brigades. These regiments are not only protecting the country’s borders, but also at the forefront of eradicating enemies on the battlefield. Regiment is a military sect of the Indian Army, which has specific territories, caste or special soldiers, and each forces have its unique sign, warrior, tradition and history. Artillery Brigade is one of the powerful brigades of India (Artillery Regiment).

The artillery brigade of the Indian Army is a branch that distracts the enemy’s lines with its explosive power on the battlefield. It is considered a decisive part of the war and its shelling gives a clear way to the Indian Army’s infantry. The foundation of the Indian artillery brigade was lying in the British period. It started with a 2.5 -inch rifle, and over time the brigade had the state -of -art weapons of the world. On September 28, 1827, the first unit of the 5 mountain battery, ie the Indian artillery regiment was created under the Bombay Presidency. This day is celebrated today with full respect in the form of ‘Gunners Day’.

The English had created a separate false category of Indian soldiers
In 1668, the East India Company created its two artillery companies in Bombay. After this, artillery companies were created in another presidency. These artillery are very important to the British army and the English are not allowed to include Indian soldiers in artillery. Yes, Indian employees were placed as assistants in artillery.

These Indian assistants who work in artillery were called Gollandas. It was later established as the 8th company of Bombay Call cannon Colendas Battalion. The semicircle later became the backbone of the Indian artillery segments. The Indian rebellion of 1857 erupted in Meerut on 10 May 1857. It was involved in several Indian military rebellion, and in 1862 the three battalions of the foot of the foot of the artillery were dissolved.

Since then, all the Indian artillery divisions have been dissolved. Only those artillery units were left, which belonged to the targets. They were used to run trains at that time or in other works. One of them is the 5 (Bombay) mountain battery of Kolandas, which later became the Royal Indian Army and the artillery brigade of the Indian Army in the future.

There was a threat of artillery even during the Mughal period

In India, the Mughal Emperor Babar, who defeated Ibrahim Lodi using artillery in the 1526 Glacier War and the Artillery. Today, the artillery regiment is the second largest branch of the Indian Army. It is divided into two parts. First, it has heavy weapons such as artillery, motor, rockets and missiles. Second, it is with surveillance, radar, drone and modern control systems.

Every soldier of the artillery brigade is called ‘Gunner’, which is shot, or is involved in carrying the gun from one place to another. General PP Kumaramangalam, General of Malhotra, General S.F. Many valuable military commanders have come out of this regiment, such as Rodrigues and General Deepak Kapoor. Earlier, this regiment (such as Sikh, Jat, Dogra, Rajput, etc.) was made on ethnic and regional units, but today it has soldiers from all over India, from Andaman-Nicobar to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian Artillery Brigade has shown its strength not only in the country but also abroad. Under the IPKF work in Sri Lanka, he participated in the United Nations Peacekeeping activities in the Congo, Somalia and Sierra Leone. The role of the regiment was important in the process of preventing the coup in 1988 in the Maldives. Regiment has been awarded the Victoria Cross, an Ashok Chakra, Seven Mahavir Chakra, 95 War Chakra, 12 War Service Medals, 77 Shre UR Ria Chakra and 227 armed medals and contribution and contribution.