The Jat Regiment's Battalions

This is a holding area for information about other battalions until we have enough material for separate battalion pages.

3 Kumaon

1965: Assigned to 114th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Ladakh

1971: 301st Mountain Brigade, 23rd Mountain Division, Bangladesh.

4 Kumaon

1947: Second battalion into Kashmir, October 31st.

On November 3rd, Major Somnath Sharma won the first Param Vir Chakra of the Indian Army for his actions at the Battle of Badgam. [Ed Haynes notes on his PVC website  that the award was actually sanctioned January 26th, 1950, and that coincidentally, the medal's designer was his mother-in-law.] PVC Ribbon [Ed Haynes]

1965: assigned to 104th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Division, XV Corps, in the Tangdhar Sector of J & K.

1971: Assigned to 81st Brigade, 8th Mountain Division, Bangladesh.

6 Kumaon

1962: assigned to 11th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Mountain Division, in the Walong sector.

1965: Assigned to 96th Infantry Brigade, 15th Infantry Division, XI Corps (Jullunder). The battalion advanced on the Ranian [East bank of Icchogil Canal] axis, around or on September 9, but was forced back by a strong Pakistan counterattack. Nonetheless, it was back to advancing on September 11, and on September 12 captured Ranian, thus opening the way for a bridgehead across the Icchogil.

1971: Assigned to 74th Infantry Brigade, 54th Infantry Division, I Corps.

7 Kumaon

1971: Assigned to 68th Infantry Brigade, 10th Infantry Division (Akhnoor). The brigade was deployed east of the Tawi at Chaamb.

8 Kumaon

1965: Assigned to 104th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Division, XV Corps, in the Tangdhar Sector of J & K.

9 Kumaon

1965: Assigned to 69th Mountain Brigade, 6th Mountain Division, I Corps.

12 Kumaon

1971: assigned to 61st Mountain Brigade, 57th Mountain Division.

13 Kumaon

1962: 114th Infantry Brigade, Rezangla and Magar Hills, [Chushul, Ladakh]

14 Kumaon

1965: Assigned to 62nd Mountain Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Rajouri), XV Corps.

1971: 181st Mountain Brigade, 23rd Mountain Division.

15 Kumaon 

1965: CO: LTC A. Joseph. Assigned to 41st Mountain Brigade, a reinforcement for 10th Infantry Division after the fall of Chaamb-Jaurian, the battalion participated in the offensive on September 10, but pulled back when the brigade transferred to XI Corps on the night of 10/11 September. By September 12, the brigade was deployed on the Hudiara Drain, relieving 96th Brigade. That same day 41st Brigade was shifted to 4th Mountain Division.

1971: Assigned to 31st Brigade, 11th Infantry Division (Barmer axis)

17 Kumaon

1971: Fought as part of 340th Mountain Brigade, 20 Mountain Division, XXXIII Corps.