92 Medium Regiment (India) Explained

Unit Name:	92 Medium Regiment
Dates:	1963 – present
Country:	India
Allegiance:	India
Branch:	Indian Army
Type:	Artillery
Size:	Regiment
Identification Symbol:	92 Med Regt
Identification Symbol Label:	Abbreviation
Motto:	Sarvatra, Izzat-O-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory).
Colors:	Red & Navy Blue
Anniversaries:	23 March – Raising Day

92 Medium Regiment is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army.

Formation

The regiment was raised on 23 March 1963 at Ambala as 92 Mountain Composite Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Sukhwant Singh was first commanding officer and was the only regiment which was equipped with Italian Pack howitzers. The unit was subsequently converted into a field regiment and is now a medium regiment.^[1]

Composition

The Regiment was raised as a pure Sikh regiment.^[1]

Operations

The Regiment has taken part in the following operations^[1] –

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (Operation Riddle) – Second Lieutenant Ujagar Singh Rana was awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry in the Khemkaran sector.^[2] The regiment lost Captain PM Hashim, Second Lieutenant Padam Nath, Jemadar Teja Singh, Naik Milkha Singh and Lance Naik Balbir Singh during the operations.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (Operation Cactus Lily) - The regiment was part of the divisional artillery at Shakargarh 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.^[6]
• Operation Blue Star
• Operation Rakshak – The Regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in 1989.
• Operation Hifazat – The Regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in Northeast India between 1993 and 1995.
• Operation Vijay
• Operation Sahayata in 2001.
• Operation Meghdoot – The Regiment was posted in the highest battlefield in the world.
• Operation Zafran.
• Operation Rakshak

Honours and achievements

• The unit has been awarded with –
  • 3 Sena medals
  • 14 COAS Commendation Cards^[7]
  • 2 VCOAS Commendation Cards
  • 14 GOC-in-C Commendation Cards
• 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.^[8]

See also

• List of artillery regiments of Indian Army

Notes and References

1. Web site: 92 Field Regiment Golden Jubilee APO postal cover. 2013-03-23. 2022-01-18.
2. Web site: Gazette of India, No 1. 1967-01-07. 2022-01-19.
3. Web site: Martyrs. 2022-01-20.
4. Web site: 9 September 1965. 2015-09-09. 2022-01-20.
5. Web site: 12 September 1965. 2015-09-13. 2022-01-20.
6. Book: Singh, Jagjit. Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971. 1994. Spantech & Lancer. 978-1897829554.
7. Web site: COAS Commendation Card. 2017-08-15. 2022-01-20.
8. Web site: Lt Gen R S Nagra takes over as DG Artillery. 2002-02-07. 2022-01-18.