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58th Armoured Regiment (India)

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58 Armoured Regiment
Active1 October 2014 – present
Country India
AllegianceIndia
Branch Indian Army
TypeArmour
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Awwal Atthawan, the Patiala Risala
Motto(s)सर्वश्रेष्ठ
Sarvaśrēṣṭha (ISO)
transl. "The best of all"
ColorsOrange, white and black
     
AnniversariesRaising Day: 1 October
EquipmentT90 tanks
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Lt Gen Ajai Singh, AVSM[1]
Insignia
Abbreviation58 Armd Regt
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

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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.