1,326
edits
no edit summary
>Rlink2 m (→History: archive link repair, may include: archive.* -> archive.today, and http->https for ghostarchive.org and archive.org (wp:el#Specifying_protocols)) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=July | {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} | ||
{{Infobox military unit | {{Infobox military unit | ||
|unit_name= Indian Army Corps of Signals | |unit_name= Indian Army Corps of Signals | ||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
|website= | |website= | ||
<!-- Commanders --> | <!-- Commanders --> | ||
|commander1= lt Gen | |commander1= lt Gen MU Nair, VSM AVSM <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref> | ||
|commander1_label=Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals | |commander1_label=Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals | ||
|commander2= | |commander2= | ||
| Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Indian Army Corps of Signals''' is a [[corps]] and | '''Indian Army Corps of Signals''' is a [[corps]] and a combat support arm of the [[Indian Army]], which handles its [[military communications]]. It was formed on 15 February 1911 as a separate entity under Lieutenant Colonel S H Powell, and went on to make important contributions to World War I and World War II.<ref>Brett-James, Antony ''Report my Signals'' London Hennel Locke 1948 - personal account of a British officer attached to Indian Army in Egypt and Burma</ref> The corps celebrated its 100-year anniversary of its raising on 15 February 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Corps Of Signals – Inaugural: Ceremony Centenary Year|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57818 |date=15 February 2010 |publisher= Ministry of Defence}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||