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| unit_name = 42nd Armoured Regiment | | unit_name = 42nd Armoured Regiment | ||
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| colonel_of_the_regiment = Brig Navraj Dhillon<ref>{{cite web|url= | | colonel_of_the_regiment = Brig Navraj Dhillon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref> | ||
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| identification_symbol = 42 Armd Regt | | identification_symbol = 42 Armd Regt | ||
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'''42nd Armoured Regiment''' is an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[regiment]] of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]] of the '''[[Indian Army]]'''.<ref name="Nath2009">{{cite book|last=Nath|first=Ashok|title=Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGQeQwAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India|isbn=978-81-902097-7-9|pages=280, 589–590}}</ref> | '''42nd Armoured Regiment''' is an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[regiment]] of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]] of the '''[[Indian Army]]'''.<ref name="Nath2009">{{cite book|last=Nath|first=Ashok|title=Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGQeQwAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India|isbn=978-81-902097-7-9|pages=280, 589–590}}</ref> | ||
==Formation== | ==Formation== | ||
The current regiment was raised with an "all India class" composition at [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] on 1 January 1981 by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Ranjit Talwar (formerly of [[18th King Edward's Own Cavalry|18 Cavalry]]). The first Colonel of Regiment was Lieutenant General G. S. Klair, [[AVSM]].<ref name="Nath2009"/><ref>{{cite web|url= | The current regiment was raised with an "all India class" composition at [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] on 1 January 1981 by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Ranjit Talwar (formerly of [[18th King Edward's Own Cavalry|18 Cavalry]]). The first Colonel of Regiment was Lieutenant General G. S. Klair, [[AVSM]].<ref name="Nath2009"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1981/O-0961-1981-0039-42655.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 39|date=1981-09-26|access-date=2020-12-09}}</ref> | ||
The regiment has served in many different locations, but mostly across Northern India locations like [[Ambala]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Lucknow]], [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]], [[Barmer, Rajasthan|Barmer]] and [[Amritsar]]. | The regiment has served in many different locations, but mostly across Northern India locations like [[Ambala]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Lucknow]], [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]], [[Barmer, Rajasthan|Barmer]] and [[Amritsar]]. | ||