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'''72 Field Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].
'''72 Field Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].
== History ==
== Formation ==
72 Field Regiment was raised on 01 July 1967 at [[Belgaum]] under the command of Lieutenant Colonel NR Pawar.<ref name="72FdAPOcover">{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/72-field-regiment/|title=72 Field Regiment Golden Jubillee APO postal cover|date=2017-07-01|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
72 Fd Regt was raised on '''01 Jul 1967''' at '''Belgaum''' under comd of Lt Col NR Pawar (Later Brig).  The unit is '''Ahir cl''' composn with majority of tps from UP, Haryana & Rajathan.  In the realms of IA mil ops, 72 Fd Regt has played a crucial role in providing fire power and sp to ground forces.  The Regt has served in all trns.  The unwavering dedication and adaptability of Veer Ahirs put to test when Regt was operating in High Altitude Area and Counter insurgency envts. The Regt was raised with the Med Gun on 01 Jul 1967 and was a Med Regt till 22 Jul 2006. The Regt moved to Counter Insurgency ops wef 14 May 06 to 22 Jul 09 and performed exceedingly well thereby being awarded a GOC-in-C EC unit citation and Governor of Assam unit appreciation for its impeccable work and operations.72 Fd Regt has always overcomed the unique challenges posed in different trns ensuring accurate and timely fire sp and have played a pivotal role in neutralizing insurgent threats thereby wining hearts and minds of local communities.  The Regt has always performed up to motto of Regt of Artillery i.e ‘'''Sarvatra''' '''Izzat O Iqbal’'''. The war cry of the Regt is ‘'''Sabse Behtar Meri Bahattar’''' '''Bol Krishan Bhagwan Ki Jai'''.   <ref name="72FdAPOcover">{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/72-field-regiment/|title=72 Field Regiment Golden Jubillee APO postal cover|date=2017-07-01|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
==Class composition==
==Class composition==
The unit is a ‘Single Class’ regiment composed of [[Ahir]] gunners, with the bulk of the tropps from [[Haryana]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="72FdAPOcover"/>
The unit is a ‘Single Class’ regiment composed of [[Ahir]] gunners, with the bulk of the tropps from [[Haryana]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="72FdAPOcover"/>
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* Operation Hifazat : 721 Field Battery of the regiment was deployed in [[Manipur]]’s Bekra sector for counter insurgency operations between 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bishnupriyamanipuri.wordpress.com/|title=Army operation in Jiribum, ammunition recovered|date=2009-07-08|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
* Operation Hifazat : 721 Field Battery of the regiment was deployed in [[Manipur]]’s Bekra sector for counter insurgency operations between 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bishnupriyamanipuri.wordpress.com/|title=Army operation in Jiribum, ammunition recovered|date=2009-07-08|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
* Operation Rakshak : The regiment during its tenure in [[Dras|Drass]] took part in anti-terrorist operations.
* Operation Rakshak : The regiment during its tenure in [[Dras|Drass]] took part in anti-terrorist operations.
==Honours and awards==
The regiment was awarded the General Officer Commanding in Chief ([[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]]) Unit Citation and Appreciation of the [[Governor of Assam]] during Operation Rhino.<ref name="72FdAPOcover"/>


== Honours and awards ==
It has won the following gallantry awards -
* [[Sena Medal]]s – Major Sumeet Sharma,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiapost.com/defence/independence-day-gallantry-awards-and-other-decorations/|title=Independence Day Gallantry Awards and other Decorations|date=2008-08-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref> Lance Havildar Pawan Kumar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jan/26military.htm|title=List of military honourees|date=2008-01-26|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2008/W_19_2009_001.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 19, page 375|date=2008-05-10|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
* '''Kirti Chakra'''.      Maj Krishna Murthy B (Posthumously).
* [[Commendation Cards (Indian Army)|COAS Commendation Cards]] – 6<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.gov.in/writereaddata/documents/coas_commendation.pdf|title=COAS Commendation Card Army Day 2008|date=2008-01-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=yle6S4+2b3mAfalCzRrtuQ==&ParentID=1ejNvqvOfPYAypJ5L87xeA==|title=COAS Commendation Card Independence Day 2008|date=2008-08-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=BkkA21FTW7im/7/fi1DGrw==&ParentID=d+tSR0Z+Kji4fHjqCg3GkQ==|title=COAS Commendation Card Army Day 2010|date=2010-01-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=R2vVMhzEk5nFl8ixRny2UA==&ParentID=HGPYQui7qBdAIv85/ltLxw==|title=COAS Commendation Card 2014|date=2014-08-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=iRCucyBhZQZ/0mb6Xgvj0A==&ParentID=6qRJMsNgZWysOOP8h+YixA==|title=COAS Commendation Card 2016|date=2016-01-15|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>
* '''Sena Medal (Gallantry)'''.
(i)   Maj Sumeet Sharma.

(ii)   Maj Varinder Singh (Posthumously).

(iii)  RHM (Rtd) Pawan Kumar.

(iv)  Naik (Gnr) Rajpal.
* '''COAS Commendation Card'''
*
{| class="wikitable"
|
* '''Ser No'''
|'''Rank & Name'''
|-
|(aa)
|Maj M Nanu
|-
|(ab)
|Sub (Hony Lt) Hanuman Singh
|-
|(ac)
|Sub (Gnr) Banwari Lal
|-
|(ad)
|Col SBK Singh
|-
|(ae)
|Lt Col Jai Deep
|-
|(af)
|Maj Sumeet Sharma
|-
|(ag)
|Maj Siddarth N
|-
|(ah)
|Sub (TA) Bhahdur Singh
|-
|(aj)
|Nk (TA) Deepak Kumar
|-
|(ak)
|Maj Deepak Tyagi
|-
|(al)
|Maj Neeraj Choudhary
|-
|(am)
|Nk (TA) Pawan Kumar
|-
|(an)
|Hav (Gnr) Richpal
|-
|(ao)
|Capt Bharathi Priya K R
|-
|(ap)
|Nk (SKT) Ghanshyam Saha
|-
|(aq)
|Nb Sub (TA) Raj Singh
|}
* '''GOC-in-C Commendation Card'''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Ser No'''
|'''Rank & Name'''
|-
|(aa)
|Sub Maj Abhay Singh
|-
|(ab)
|Hav Sabha Chand
|-
|(ac)
|Lt Col I A Khan
|-
|(ad)
|Lt Col SBK Singh
|-
|(ae)
|Lt Col I A Khan
|-
|(af)
|Maj JK Kalyan
|-
|(ag)
|Nk Rakesh Kumar
|-
|(ah)
|LNK Avdhesh Kumar
|-
|(aj)
|Gnr Randhir Singh
|-
|(ak)
|Maj Deepak Tyagi
|-
|(al)
|LNK Sunil Kumar
|-
|(am)
|HAV Satish Kumar
|-
|(an)
|MAJ Siddarth Mishra
|-
|(ao)
|Capt S Love Joy Baite
|-
|(ap)
|DMT Jai Hind Yadav
|-
|(aq)
|Hav Santosh Kumar
|-
|(ar)
|Lt Col Siddarth Narayanan
|-
|(as)
|Nb Sub Praveen Chandra
|-
|(at)
|LNK Rahul Kumar
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Ser No'''
|'''Rank & Name'''
|-
|(au)
|Nk Ram Avtar
|-
|(av)
|Lhav Yogesh Kumar
|-
|(aw)
|Col Siddarth Narayanan
|-
|(ax)
|Maj Vineet Gautam
|-
|(ay)
|Sub (Gnr) Mahavir Prasad Yadav
|-
|(az)
|Maj Praveen Kumar Singh
|-
|(aaa)
|Nk Swaminath
|}

* '''Unit Citations / Appre'''.   The unit has been awarded fwg citation and appreciation :-                     

  (aa)     '''Unit Citation'''.     01 (GOC-in-C Eastern Comd).

(ab)     '''Unit Appreciation'''.        Governor of Assam

== Achievements in Sports ==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Ser No'''
|'''Army No, Rank & Name'''
|'''Sports'''
|'''Level Represented'''
|'''Achiev-ement'''
|'''Remark'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |(i)
| rowspan="2" |15240902N Nk (OpR) Gopal Yadav
| rowspan="2" |Wrestling
|Inter Comd Wrestling Competition 2022
|Silver Medal
| rowspan="2" |Att with AC, Nasik
|-
|26 Inf Div Wrestling Competition 2022
|Gold Medal
|-
| rowspan="2" |(ii)
| rowspan="2" |LNk Rahul Yadav
| rowspan="2" |Decathlon
|Inter Comd Athletic Championship 2022
|Gold Medal
| rowspan="2" |Att with ASI, Pune
|-
|Inter Comd Athletics Championship 2023
|2<sup>nd</sup>
|-
| rowspan="3" |(iii)
| rowspan="3" |21004126H Gnr (DMT) Sandeep Kumar
| rowspan="3" |Boxing
|Khelo India Open Talent Hunt Championship 2023
|Gold Medal
| rowspan="3" |Att with AC, Nasik
|-
|Inter Comd Boxing Championship 2022
|Silver
|-
|Southern Comd Boxing Championship 2022
|Gold Medal
|-
| rowspan="2" |(iv)
| rowspan="2" |A3205249H

AV (DMV)

Aniket Choudhary
| rowspan="2" |Athletics
|Western Comd Inter Fmn Athletic Championship 2023
|Silver

In 400m relay 
| rowspan="2" |Selected in Comd Athletic Team and att with RAJ Rif Centre, New Delhi
|-
|Inter Comd Athletic Championship 2024
|Gold in 4x400m relay


Silver in 400m
|}


==See also==
[[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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Revision as of 18:26, 3 June 2024

72 Field Regiment
Active1967 – present
CountryIndia India
AllegianceIndia
Branch Indian Army
Type Artillery
SizeRegiment
Motto(s)SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL “Everywhere with Honour and Glory”.
Colors"Red & Navy Blue"
Insignia
Abbreviation72 Fd Regt

72 Field Regiment is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army.

Formation

72 Field Regiment was raised on 01 July 1967 at Belgaum under the command of Lieutenant Colonel NR Pawar.[1]

Class composition

The unit is a ‘Single Class’ regiment composed of Ahir gunners, with the bulk of the tropps from Haryana and Rajasthan.[1]

Operations

The regiment has taken part in the following operations -[1]

  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: It participated in Operation Cactus Lily and was deployed in ‘Foxtrot’ sector, where it engaged numerous targets in enemy territory effectively. The regiment lost Havildar Prabhu Dayal during the operations.
  • Operation Trident : The regiment was mobilised and took part in the operation between 31 January 1987 and 18 March 1987.
  • Operation Meghdoot : In 1988, the gunners of the 722 Medium Battery of the regiment were posted in Observation Posts and with guns. It engaged the ‘Heavy Machine Gun Ridge’ with accurate artillery fire.
  • Operation Vijay : On 28 June 1999, the regiment was mobilised and deployed in the ‘J’ sector. It reached back to its base location on 31 December 1999.
  • Operation Parakram : The regiment was deployed on 19 December 2001 to 27 December 2002. It also took part in Project Sahyog.
  • Operation Rhino : The unit was deployed in North Chachar Hills in Assam and took part in counter insurgency operations between 2006 and 2009.[2][3][4][5][6]
  • Operation Hifazat : 721 Field Battery of the regiment was deployed in Manipur’s Bekra sector for counter insurgency operations between 2008 and 2009.[7]
  • Operation Rakshak : The regiment during its tenure in Drass took part in anti-terrorist operations.

Honours and awards

The regiment was awarded the General Officer Commanding in Chief (Eastern Command) Unit Citation and Appreciation of the Governor of Assam during Operation Rhino.[1]

It has won the following gallantry awards -

See also

List of artillery regiments of Indian Army

References

  1. ^ a b c d "72 Field Regiment Golden Jubillee APO postal cover". 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  2. ^ "Scribes decry arrest and detention of its secretary Atom Lukhoi". 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. ^ "Assam". 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ "NSCN (IM) welcomes talk at the highest level Newmai News Network". 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ^ "Army's vigilance along insurgency infested areas". 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  6. ^ "Computer cell inaugurated; medical camp held in Malong". 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  7. ^ "Army operation in Jiribum, ammunition recovered". 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  8. ^ "Independence Day Gallantry Awards and other Decorations". 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  9. ^ "List of military honourees". 2008-01-26. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  10. ^ "Gazette of India, No 19, page 375" (PDF). 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  11. ^ "COAS Commendation Card Army Day 2008" (PDF). 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  12. ^ "COAS Commendation Card Independence Day 2008". 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  13. ^ "COAS Commendation Card Army Day 2010". 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  14. ^ "COAS Commendation Card 2014". 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  15. ^ "COAS Commendation Card 2016". 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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