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{{ | {{Short description|Indian Army, Corps of Engineers regiment}} | ||
{{more footnotes|date=March | {{more footnotes|date=March 2022}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=August | {{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August | {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} | ||
{{Infobox military unit | {{Infobox military unit | ||
| unit_name = Madras Engineer Group | | unit_name = Madras Engineer Group | ||
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| disbanded = | | disbanded = | ||
<!-- Commanders --> | <!-- Commanders --> | ||
| commander1 = Lt Gen | | commander1 = Lt Gen KC Panchanathan, AVSM | ||
| commander1_label = Colonel Comdt of Madras Sappers | | commander1_label = Colonel Comdt of Madras Sappers | ||
| commander2 = | | commander2 = | ||
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===Pre-World War I=== | ===Pre-World War I=== | ||
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*[[Second Anglo-Mysore War|Carnatic (1781–82)]] | *[[Second Anglo-Mysore War|Carnatic (1781–82)]] | ||
*[[Sholinghur (Battle honour)|Sholinghur (1781–82)]] | *[[Sholinghur (Battle honour)|Sholinghur (1781–82)]] | ||
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*[[Battle of Mahidpur|Mehidpur (1819)]] | *[[Battle of Mahidpur|Mehidpur (1819)]] | ||
*[[Inwa|Ava (1825)]] | *[[Inwa|Ava (1825)]] | ||
*[[First Anglo-Chinese War|China (1840)]] | *[[First Anglo-Chinese War|China (1840)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Miani|Meanee (1843)]] | *[[Battle of Miani|Meanee (1843)]] | ||
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*[[Second Opium War|Pekin (1860)]] | *[[Second Opium War|Pekin (1860)]] | ||
*[[Abyssinia (battle honour)|Abyssinia (1868)]] | *[[Abyssinia (battle honour)|Abyssinia (1868)]] | ||
*[[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan (1878–80)]] | *[[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan (1878–80)]] | ||
*[[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt (1882)]] | *[[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt (1882)]] | ||
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*[[Federally Administered Tribal Areas#"Hit and Run" Policy and war with tribes (1897-98)|Punjab Frontier (1897–98)]] | *[[Federally Administered Tribal Areas#"Hit and Run" Policy and war with tribes (1897-98)|Punjab Frontier (1897–98)]] | ||
*[[Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rebellion (1900)]] | *[[Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rebellion (1900)]] | ||
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===World War I=== | ===World War I=== | ||
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*[[Western Front (World War I)|France & Flanders (1914–15)]] | *[[Western Front (World War I)|France & Flanders (1914–15)]] | ||
*[[First Suez Offensive|Suez Canal (1915–17)]] | *[[First Suez Offensive|Suez Canal (1915–17)]] | ||
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*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Sharon (1918)]] | *[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Sharon (1918)]] | ||
*[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine (1918)]] | *[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine (1918)]] | ||
*[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|Baghdad (1915–18)]] | *[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|Baghdad (1915–18)]] | ||
*[[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia (1915–18)]] | *[[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia (1915–18)]] | ||
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*N.W. Frontier (1914–15) | *N.W. Frontier (1914–15) | ||
*[[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa (1918)]] | *[[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa (1918)]] | ||
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===World War II=== | ===World War II=== | ||
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*[[Battle of Mersa Matruh|Mersa Matruh (1940–43)]] | *[[Battle of Mersa Matruh|Mersa Matruh (1940–43)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Ngakyedauk|Ngakyedauk Pass (1942–45)]] | *[[Battle of Ngakyedauk|Ngakyedauk Pass (1942–45)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Imphal|Bishenpur (1942–45)]] | *[[Battle of Imphal|Bishenpur (1942–45)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Meiktila (1942–45)]] | *[[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Meiktila (1942–45)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations|Tamu Road (1942–45)]] | *[[Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations|Tamu Road (1942–45)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Monte Cassino|Cassino I (1943–45)]] | *[[Battle of Monte Cassino|Cassino I (1943–45)]] | ||
*[[East African Campaign (World War II)|Abyssinia (1940–41)]] | *[[East African Campaign (World War II)|Abyssinia (1940–41)]] | ||
*[[North African Campaign|North Africa (1940–43)]] | *[[North African Campaign|North Africa (1940–43)]] | ||
*[[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq (1941)]] | *[[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq (1941)]] | ||
*[[Syria-Lebanon Campaign order of battle|Syria (1941)]] | *[[Syria-Lebanon Campaign order of battle|Syria (1941)]] | ||
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*[[Burma Campaign|Burma (1942–45)]] | *[[Burma Campaign|Burma (1942–45)]] | ||
*[[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy (1943–45)]] | *[[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy (1943–45)]] | ||
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===Post Independence=== | ===Post Independence=== | ||
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*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Zoji La (1948)]] | *[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Zoji La (1948)]] | ||
*[[Battle of Basantar|Basantar River (1971)]] | *[[Battle of Basantar|Basantar River (1971)]] | ||
*[[Jammu & Kashmir (1947-48)]] | *[[Jammu & Kashmir (1947-48)]] | ||
*[[Jammu & Kashmir (1965)]] | *[[Jammu & Kashmir (1965)]] | ||
*[[Punjab (1965)]] | *[[Punjab (1965)]] | ||
*[[Jammu & Kashmir (1971)]] | *[[Jammu & Kashmir (1971)]] | ||
*[[Punjab (1971)]] | *[[Punjab (1971)]] | ||
*[[East Pakistan (1971)]] | *[[East Pakistan (1971)]] | ||
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==Symbols== | ==Symbols== | ||
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20071108123617/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-mad.htm | * https://web.archive.org/web/20071108123617/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-mad.htm | ||
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm | * https://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm | ||
* http://sify.com/cities/bangalore/fullstory.php?id=13958631 | * [http://sify.com/cities/bangalore/fullstory.php?id=13958631 Sify.com]{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} | ||
* {{cite web |title=INDIAN PIONEER BATTALIONS |url=http://www.reubique.com/indpion.htm |website=www.reubique.com |access-date=16 July 2021}} | * {{cite web |title=INDIAN PIONEER BATTALIONS |url=http://www.reubique.com/indpion.htm |website=www.reubique.com |access-date=16 July 2021}} | ||