Unit Name: | 58 Armoured Regiment |
Dates: | 1 October 2014 – present |
Allegiance: | India |
Branch: | Indian Army |
Type: | Armour |
Size: | Regiment |
Equipment: | T90 tanks |
Colonel Of The Regiment: | Lt Gen Ajai Singh, AVSM[1] |
Identification Symbol: | 58 Armd Regt |
Identification Symbol Label: | Abbreviation |
Nickname: | Awwal Atthawan, the Patiala Risala |
Motto: | सर्वश्रेष्ठ (ISO) |
Colors: | Orange, white and black |
Anniversaries: | Raising Day: 1 October |
58 Armoured Regiment is a regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. It was raised in Patiala on 1 October 2014 as an all-India all-caste regiment, i.e. its soldiers are recruited from all over India without any distinctions based on ethnicity, caste, region, etc.
Lieutenant General Kamal Jit Singh, PVSM, AVSM* was appointed as the first Colonel of the regiment on 20 January 2015.[2]
The regiment participated in the Republic Day parade in 2017 with its T-90 tanks.[3]