The Jat Regiment Insignia during British India(Pre-1947).
The Regiment claims its origins from the Calcutta Native Militia that was raised in 1795,[6] which later became an infantry battalion of the Bengal Army. The 14th Murray's Jat Lancers was formed in 1857.[6] After 1860, there was a substantial increase in the recruitment of Jats into the British Indian Army. The Class Regiment(The Jats) was initially created in 1897 as infantry units from old battalions of the Bengal Army. In January 1922, at the time of the grouping of the Class Regiments of the Indian Army, the 9th Jat Regiment was formed by merging four active battalions and one training battalion into a single regiment.[citation needed]
The 1st Battalion was raised as the 22nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1803.[citation needed] The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were raised in 1817 and 1823 respectively. All three battalions had distinguished records of service, including the winning of many honours during World War I.[citation needed]
The British had a policy of recruiting the martial Indians from those who had less access to education as they were easier to control, so britishers raised regiments of those Martial race who were considered politically subservient, intellectually inferior, lacking the initiative or leadership qualities to command large military formations.[7][8] According to modern historian Jeffrey Greenhunt on military history, "The Martial Race theory had an elegant symmetry. Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards, while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward". According to Amiya Samanta, the marital race was chosen from people of mercenary spirit (a soldier who fights for any group or country that will pay him/her), as these groups lacked nationalism as a trait.[9]
14th Murray's Jat Lancers (Risaldar Major) by AC Lovett (1862–1919)
Battle cry
The battle cry, adopted in 1955, in Hindi, is जाट बलवान, जय भगवान (IAST: Jāt Balwān, Jai Bhagwān) (The Jat is Powerful, Victory Be to God!).[10]
Recruitment
Soldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89% from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North[11][12][13] Officers may be from any part of country.
Regimental battalions
Commemorative stamp celebrating the Jat Regiment in uniforms of the regiment, past and present.
The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions, 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions, as of August 2020.[14][15]
After the Battle of Kabul (1842), Governor General Lord Ellenborough had ordered Major General William Nott, who was commanding British-Indian forces, to recover a set of ornate gates known as the Somnath Gates, which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II.[31] A whole sepoy regiment, the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry—which later became the 6th Jat Light Infantry after the Indian Rebellion of 1857—was tasked with carrying the gates back to India.[32]
In 1965 India-Pakistan War, 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col (now Brig Retd) Desmond Hayde on 1 September and then again on 21–22 September, crossed the Ichhogil Canal and in the Battle of Dograi captured Dograi right up to Batapore-Attocke Awan, advancing towards Lahore.
In the 1999 Kargil War, five of the regiment's battalions took part. The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo. It was also involved in counter-insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence.[citation needed][34]
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^Cornwell, Richard (2012-02-28). "2 Anti-Tank Regiment, Saa -Tank and Anti-Tank in the Western Desert, 1940-1942 (Part Iv)". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 6 (4). doi:10.5787/6-4-845. ISSN 2224-0020.
^The Times History of the War: The Battlefield of Europe. Woodward & Van Slyke
^ ab"The valiant Jat soldier – The Tribute". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^Omar Khalidi (2003). Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India: Army, Police, and Paramilitary Forces During Communal Riots. Three Essays Collective. p. 5. ISBN9788188789092. Apart from their physique , the martial races were regarded as politically subservient or docile to authority
^Philippa Levine (2003). Prostitution, Race, and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire. Psychology Press. pp. 284–285. ISBN978-0-415-94447-2. The Saturday review had made much the same argument a few years earlier in relation to the armies raised by Indian rulers in princely states. They lacked competent leadership and were uneven in quality. Commander in chief Roberts, one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the martial race theory, though poorly of the native troops as a body. Many regarded such troops as childish and simple. The British, claims, David Omissi, believe martial Indians to be stupid. Certainly, the policy of recruiting among those without access to much education gave the British more semblance of control over their recruits.
^Amiya K. Samanta (2000). Gorkhaland Movement: A Study in Ethnic Separatism. APH Publishing. pp. 26–. ISBN978-81-7648-166-3. Dr . Jeffrey Greenhunt has observed that " The Martial Race Theory had an elegant symmetry. Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards, while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward. Besides their mercenary spirit was primarily due to their lack of nationalism.
^Raghavan, V.R. (1997). Infantry in India. India: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. ISBN8125904840.
^"The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". www.indianarmy.nic.in. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^Sachdeva, Sujata Dutta (6 November 2005). "SUNDAY DEBATE: Should there be reservation in the Indian Army?". Times of India. from the original on 17 February 2017. It recruits under two broad categories. The first comprises various regiments such as the Jat, Sikh, Garhwal and Kumaon Regiment. These are made up of soldiers with a similar background. For example, the Jat Regiment recruits only Jats, the Garhwal Regiment recruits only Garhwalis and so on.
^Mohan, Vijay (6 July 2016). "Jat Regiment raises new battalion". The Tribune. from the original on 6 May 2020. The Jat Regiment, which draws its manpower primarily from the state of Haryana and its adjoining areas, ...
War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Hailes details the military history of the Jat Regiment and of the Jat people between 1893 and 1937.
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The Jat Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army of which it is one of the longest serving and most decorated regiments 2 The regiment has won 19 battle honours between 1839 and 1947 3 and post independence it has won five battle honours including 2 Victoria Cross 8 Mahavir Chakra 8 Kirti Chakra 34 Shaurya Chakras 39 Vir Chakras and 170 Sena Medals 2 4 During its 200 year service history the regiment has participated in various actions and operations in India and abroad including the First and the Second World Wars Numerous battalions of the Jat Regiment including the 14th Murray s Jat Lancers fought in the First World War 5 Jat RegimentRegimental Insignia of the Jat RegimentActive1795 Present 1 Country British India 1795 1947 India 1947 Present Allegiance IndiaBranch British Indian Army 1795 1947 Indian Army 1947 Present TypeLine InfantryRoleInfantrySize24 BattalionsRegimental CentreBareilly Uttar PradeshMotto s Sangathan Va Veerta Unity And Valour War CryJat Balwan Jai Bhagwan The Jat is powerful Victory to god AnniversariesJulyDecorations2 Victoria cross5 Battle honour8 Maha Vir Chakra2 Ashoka Chakra8 Kirti Chakra34 Shaurya Chakra39 Vir Chakra170 Sena MedalCommandersColonel ofthe RegimentLt Gen B S Raju UYSM AVSM YSMInsigniaRegimental InsigniaThe insignia has a bugle indicating the Light Infantry antecedents of two of its battalions Contents 1 History 1 1 Objective 2 Battle cry 3 Recruitment 4 Regimental battalions 5 Gallantry awards 5 1 Battle honours 5 1 1 Pre 1947 5 1 2 Post 1947 5 2 Unit citations 5 3 Victoria Cross 5 4 Maha Vir Chakra 5 5 Vir Chakra 5 6 Ashok Chakra 6 Others 7 Battles fought 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory Edit The Jat Regiment Insignia during British India Pre 1947 The Regiment claims its origins from the Calcutta Native Militia that was raised in 1795 6 which later became an infantry battalion of the Bengal Army The 14th Murray s Jat Lancers was formed in 1857 6 After 1860 there was a substantial increase in the recruitment of Jats into the British Indian Army The Class Regiment The Jats was initially created in 1897 as infantry units from old battalions of the Bengal Army In January 1922 at the time of the grouping of the Class Regiments of the Indian Army the 9th Jat Regiment was formed by merging four active battalions and one training battalion into a single regiment citation needed The 1st Battalion was raised as the 22nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1803 citation needed The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were raised in 1817 and 1823 respectively All three battalions had distinguished records of service including the winning of many honours during World War I citation needed A World War I 1914 1918 Jat Army Officer s Brass Button Objective Edit The British had a policy of recruiting the martial Indians from those who had less access to education as they were easier to control so britishers raised regiments of those Martial race who were considered politically subservient intellectually inferior lacking the initiative or leadership qualities to command large military formations 7 8 According to modern historian Jeffrey Greenhunt on military history The Martial Race theory had an elegant symmetry Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward According to Amiya Samanta the marital race was chosen from people of mercenary spirit a soldier who fights for any group or country that will pay him her as these groups lacked nationalism as a trait 9 14th Murray s Jat Lancers Risaldar Major by AC Lovett 1862 1919 Battle cry EditThe battle cry adopted in 1955 in Hindi is ज ट बलव न जय भगव न IAST Jat Balwan Jai Bhagwan The Jat is Powerful Victory Be to God 10 Recruitment EditSoldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89 from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North 11 12 13 Officers may be from any part of country Regimental battalions Edit Commemorative stamp celebrating the Jat Regiment in uniforms of the regiment past and present The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions as of August 2020 14 15 Unit Raising location Raising date RemarksJat Regimental Centre Calcutta 1795 Erstwhile The Calcutta Native Militia1 Jat LI Fatehgarh 1803 Now converted to 2 Mechanised Infantry Regiment2 Jat Bombay 29 Oct 1817 former 119th Infantry The Mooltan Regiment 3 Jat Dinapur 23 Jun 1823 Former 10th Jats Battle of Dograi4 Jat Bareilly 15 Jan 1962 Re raising Saviours of Fazilka5 Jat Varanasi 1 Feb 1941 Phillora Captors6 Jat Bareilly 1 Feb 19417 Jat Bareilly 15 Nov 1962 Re raising former 11th Jat8 Jat Jabalpur 14 Dec 19419 Jat Bareilly 1 Jan 1963 Re raising11 Jat Bareilly 1 Apr 196412 Jat Bareilly 6 Feb 197014 Jat Bareilly 1 Oct 196315 Jat Bareilly 15 May 1976 Re raising16 Jat Bareilly 1 Oct 196417 Jat Jabalpur 1 Jun 1966 Kargil18 Jat Secunderabad 1 Oct 196619 Jat Bareilly 1 Aug 198020 Jat Bareilly 27 Feb 198521 Jat Bareilly 1 Nov 198722 Jat Bareilly 1 Dec 2013 Jaguars23 Jat Bareilly 1 Jul 201624 Jat Bareilly 1 Sep 20205 Rashtriya Rifles Ranikhet 15 Oct 199034 Rashtriya Rifles Bareilly 1 Sep 1994 Bravest of the Brave45 Rashtriya Rifles Bareilly 1 Aug 200161 Rashtriya Rifles Bareilly 30 Jun 2004114 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army Dehradun 1 Oct 1960151 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army Muzaffarpur 18 Jan 2002Gallantry awards EditBattle honours Edit Pre 1947 Edit Nagpur amp Afghanistan 1839 Ghuznee Ghazni Ali Masjid amp Kandahar 1842 Cabool Kabul 1842 Maharajpore Sobraon Mooltan Goojrat Gujarat Punjab amp China 1858 59 Kandahar 1880 Burma 1885 87 Afghanistan 1879 80 China 1900 La Bassee 1914 Festubert 1914 15 Shaiba Ctesiphon Khan al Baghdadi amp Kut al Amara 1915 Neuve Chapelle France amp Flanders 1914 15 Kut al Amara 1916 Mesopotamia 1914 18 North West Frontier Province 1914 15 amp 1917 Afghanistan 1919 Razabil amp Burma 1942 45 Jitra Kanglatongbi amp Malaya 1941 42 Ninshigum the Muars amp North Africa 1940 43 Post 1947 Edit 16 Zoji La amp Rajauri 1947 Jammu and Kashmir 1947 48 Phillora amp Dograi 1965 Jammu and Kashmir amp East Pakistan 1971Unit citations Edit When a unit is decorated for counter insurgency operations unit citations are given instead of battle or theatre honours 4th battalion Nagaland 1995 7th battalion J amp K 1997 J amp K 2003 amp Operation Rhino 2016 11th battalion Operation Rakshak 2011 34th battalion Rashtriya Rifles J amp K 1997 17th battalion Operation Vijay 1999 16th battalion Operation Rakshak 2005 amp 2011 21st battalion Operation Rhino 2009 22nd Battalion JAGUARS Operation Rakshak 2018 Victoria Cross Edit Risaldar Badlu Singh 14th Murray s Jat Lancers attached to 29th Lancers Deccan Horse Palestine 1918 17 18 Havildar Abdul Hafiz 9th Jat Regiment Imphal 1944 17 Maha Vir Chakra Edit Brig later Lt Gen Joginder Singh Bakshi 16 Jat 1971 19 Lt Col later Brig Desmond Hayde 3 Jat Dograi 1965 Maj Asaram Tyagi 3 Jat 1965 Capt Anuj Nayyar 17 Jat Kargil 1999 Capt Kapil Singh Thapa 3 Jat 1965 20 Vir Chakra Edit Brig Umesh Singh Bawa 17 Jat Kargil 1999 Lt Col Raj Kumar Suri 4 Jat 1971 war 21 Maj Harish Chandra Sharma 4 Jat 1971 war 22 Maj Narain Singh 4 Jat 1971 war 23 Maj Deepak Rampal 17 Jat Kargil 1999 Havildar Kumar Singh Sogarwal 17 Jat Kargil 1999 Havildar Shish Ram Gill 8 Jat Kargil 1999 Sep Dharajit Singh Chahar 4 Jat 1988 Sub later Capt Pahlad Singh 2 Jat 1971 war 24 Sub Brijendra Singh 4 Jat 1971 war 25 Ashok Chakra Edit Maj Sudhir Kumar Walia 4 Jat parent unit 9 Para Special Forces 26 Col Jojan Thomas 45 Rashtriya Rifles 27 Maj Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles PU 19 Jat 28 Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani 34 Rashtriya RiflesOthers Edit The Jat Regiment marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the 66th Republic Day Parade 2015 The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar 2010 Organisation Category was awarded to 21st Battalion the Jat Regiment 29 The launch of the Maujiram helpline by the Jat Regiment Centre in June 2013 30 Battles fought EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2019 The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting in North Africa Ethiopia Burma Malaya Singapore and Java Sumatra A large number of gallantry awards including a Victoria Cross and two George Crosses were won citation needed Gates of Somnath templeAfter the Battle of Kabul 1842 Governor General Lord Ellenborough had ordered Major General William Nott who was commanding British Indian forces to recover a set of ornate gates known as the Somnath Gates which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II 31 A whole sepoy regiment the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry which later became the 6th Jat Light Infantry after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was tasked with carrying the gates back to India 32 WW1 WW2 1947 Indo Pakistani War 1962 Sino Indian War 1965 India Pakistan War Battle of DograiIn 1965 India Pakistan War 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col now Brig Retd Desmond Hayde on 1 September and then again on 21 22 September crossed the Ichhogil Canal and in the Battle of Dograi captured Dograi right up to Batapore Attocke Awan advancing towards Lahore 1971 India Pakistan War Battle of Beriwala Bridge 33 Kargil WarIn the 1999 Kargil War five of the regiment s battalions took part The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo It was also involved in counter insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence citation needed 34 See also EditDev Samhita 20th Lancers 9th Jat RegimentReferences Edit Army s Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 and 2021 Parade India Defence Archived 2007 02 02 at the Wayback Machine a b Army s Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 Parade India Defence http www dsalert org gallantry awards shaurya chakra BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR Volume 3 4 Archived from the original on 2011 06 09 Retrieved 2011 01 09 Cornwell Richard 2012 02 28 2 Anti Tank Regiment Saa Tank and Anti Tank in the Western Desert 1940 1942 Part Iv Scientia Militaria South African Journal of Military Studies 6 4 doi 10 5787 6 4 845 ISSN 2224 0020 The Times History of the War The Battlefield of Europe Woodward amp Van Slyke a b The valiant Jat soldier The Tribute Retrieved 26 November 2014 Omar Khalidi 2003 Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India Army Police and Paramilitary Forces During Communal Riots Three Essays Collective p 5 ISBN 9788188789092 Apart from their physique the martial races were regarded as politically subservient or docile to authority Philippa Levine 2003 Prostitution Race and Politics Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire Psychology Press pp 284 285 ISBN 978 0 415 94447 2 The Saturday review had made much the same argument a few years earlier in relation to the armies raised by Indian rulers in princely states They lacked competent leadership and were uneven in quality Commander in chief Roberts one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the martial race theory though poorly of the native troops as a body Many regarded such troops as childish and simple The British claims David Omissi believe martial Indians to be stupid Certainly the policy of recruiting among those without access to much education gave the British more semblance of control over their recruits Amiya K Samanta 2000 Gorkhaland Movement A Study in Ethnic Separatism APH Publishing pp 26 ISBN 978 81 7648 166 3 Dr Jeffrey Greenhunt has observed that The Martial Race Theory had an elegant symmetry Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward Besides their mercenary spirit was primarily due to their lack of nationalism Raghavan V R 1997 Infantry in India India Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd ISBN 8125904840 The Official Home Page of the Indian Army www indianarmy nic in 1980 01 01 Retrieved 2022 05 01 Sachdeva Sujata Dutta 6 November 2005 SUNDAY DEBATE Should there be reservation in the Indian Army Times of India Archived from the original on 17 February 2017 It recruits under two broad categories The first comprises various regiments such as the Jat Sikh Garhwal and Kumaon Regiment These are made up of soldiers with a similar background For example the Jat Regiment recruits only Jats the Garhwal Regiment recruits only Garhwalis and so on Mohan Vijay 6 July 2016 Jat Regiment raises new battalion The Tribune Archived from the original on 6 May 2020 The Jat Regiment which draws its manpower primarily from the state of Haryana and its adjoining areas REGIMENTAL HISTORY Retrieved 2021 08 20 24th battalion of Jat Regiment to be raised in Bareilly The Times of India 2020 08 31 Retrieved 2021 08 20 Official Website of Indian Army Retrieved 26 November 2014 a b We Were There Medals and Awards Victoria Cross Winners Archived from the original on 2008 10 02 Retrieved 2008 03 13 Risaldar Badlu Singh VC Archived July 11 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Official Home Page of the Indian Army Captain Kapil Singh Thapa MVC Honourpoint RAJ KUMAR SURI Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2019 01 31 HARISH CHANDRA SHARMA Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2019 01 31 NARAIN SINGH Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2019 01 31 DHARAJIT SINGH CHAHAR Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2019 01 31 1971 war veteran felicitated Major Sudhir Kumar Walia AC SM Bar Honourpoint JOJAN THOMAS Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2017 08 18 DINESH RAGHU RAMAN Gallantry Awards gallantryawards gov in Archived from the original on 2019 02 18 Press Trust of India 19 February 2014 Jat Regiment s battalion gets environment award Business Standard India Retrieved 26 November 2014 National helpline for soldiers Army widows India News Times of India The Times of India Dalrymple 2013 pp 444 445 britishbattles com Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 Retrieved 23 October 2007 New Pakistan army chief s brother died in 1971 Battle of Majors in Fazilka Indian Express 1 December 2013 India Military Guide Further reading EditWar Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel W L Hailes details the military history of the Jat Regiment and of the Jat people between 1893 and 1937 External links Edit6th Jat Light Infantry Jat Regiment on Bharat Rakshak Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jat Regiment amp oldid 1134992350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
