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| unit_name = Madras Engineer Group | | unit_name = Madras Engineer Group | ||
| image = | | image = Stamp of India - 1980 - Colnect 361609 - Bicentenary Madras Sappers.jpeg | ||
| image_size = | | image_size = 200px | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| dates = 1780–present | | dates = 1780–present | ||
| country = {{flag|India}} | | country = {{flag|British India}} | ||
<br>{{flag|India}} | |||
| allegiance = | | allegiance = | ||
| branch = {{army|India}} | | branch = {{army|British India}} | ||
<br>{{army|India}} | |||
| type = [[Combat Engineers]] | | type = [[Combat Engineers]] | ||
| role = Combat support | | role = Combat support | ||
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}} | }} | ||
[[File:The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 IND4549.jpg|thumb|right| | [[File:The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 IND4549.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Madras Sappers at the gates of [[Fort Dufferin, Burma|Fort Dufferin]], [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]], March 1945.]] | ||
'''Madras Engineer Group''' (MEG), informally known as the '''Madras Sappers''', is an engineer group of the [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]] of the [[Indian Army]]. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile [[Madras Army|Madras Presidency army]] of the [[British Raj]]. This regiment has its HQ in [[Bengaluru]]. The Madras Sappers are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of Engineers. | '''Madras Engineer Group''' ('''MEG'''), informally known as the '''Madras Sappers''', is an engineer group of the [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]] of the [[Indian Army]]. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile [[Madras Army|Madras Presidency army]] of the [[British Raj]]. This regiment has its HQ in [[Bengaluru]]. The Madras Sappers are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of Engineers. | ||
The Madras Sappers were the only regiment of the [[Madras Army|Madras Presidency Army]] to survive unscathed the extensive reorganisations that took place between 1862 and 1928.<ref name="Mason">{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Mason|pages=345 & 349|title=A Matter of Honour|year=1986|isbn=0-333-41837-9}}</ref> The ''thambis'', as the troops of the Madras Sappers are popularly known, with their hallmark [[Shako]]s have distinguished themselves in many battlefields around the world for more than 200 years. | The Madras Sappers were the only regiment of the [[Madras Army|Madras Presidency Army]] to survive unscathed the extensive reorganisations that took place between 1862 and 1928.<ref name="Mason">{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Mason|pages=345 & 349|title=A Matter of Honour|year=1986|isbn=0-333-41837-9}}</ref> The ''thambis'', as the troops of the Madras Sappers are popularly known, with their hallmark [[Shako]]s have distinguished themselves in many battlefields around the world for more than 200 years. | ||