58th Armoured Regiment (India)

58 Armoured Regiment
58 Armoured Regiment
Active	1 October 2014 – present
Country	India
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Armour
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	Awwal Atthawan, the Patiala Risala
Motto(s)	सर्वश्रेष्ठ ; Sarvaśrēṣṭha (ISO) ; transl. "The best of all"
Colors	Orange, white and black;
Anniversaries	Raising Day: 1 October
Equipment	T90 tanks
Commanders
Colonel of; the Regiment	Lt Gen Ajai Singh, AVSM
Insignia
Abbreviation	58 Armd Regt

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T-90 (Bhishma) tanks of 58 Armoured Regiment pass through Rajpath during the 68th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2017

58 Armoured Regiment is a regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. It was raised in Patiala on 1 October 2014 as an all-India all-caste regiment, i.e. its soldiers are recruited from all over India without any distinctions based on ethnicity, caste, region, etc.

Lieutenant General Kamal Jit Singh, PVSM, AVSM* was appointed as the first Colonel of the regiment on 20 January 2015.^[2]

The regiment participated in the Republic Day parade in 2017 with its T-90 tanks.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Gazette of India No 44" (PDF). 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
↑ "Gazette of India, No 31" (PDF). 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
↑ "'Do Not Rain on My Parade': India's 68th Republic Day Round-up". 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

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[1] "Gazette of India No 44" (PDF). 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

[2] "Gazette of India, No 31" (PDF). 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

[3] "'Do Not Rain on My Parade': India's 68th Republic Day Round-up". 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

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