20 SATA Regiment (India)

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20 SATA Regiment
Active1942 – present
Country India
AllegianceBritish Raj Red Ensign.svg  British India
Flag of India.svg  India
BranchEnsign of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.svg  British Indian Army
Flag of Indian Army.svg Indian Army
Type Regiment of Artillery Insignia (India).svg Artillery
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Alma mater of Locators
The Originals
Motto(s)Sarvatra, Izzat-O-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory).
Colors"Red & Navy Blue"
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col E. R. Culverwell, Maj Gen H. D. W. Sitwell, Maj Gen K. F. Mackay Lewis, Gen O. P. Malhotra, Lt Gen MM Lakhera
Insignia
Abbreviation20 SATA Regt

20 SATA Regiment, nicknamed the Alma Mater of Locators and The Originals, is a Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) artillery regiment, which is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army.

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Formation

The Regiment was raised on August 4, 1924 at the School of Artillery in Kakul (now in Pakistan) as 1 Survey Section Royal Indian Artillery under Captain E. R. Culverwell. Upon establishment, it consisted of only nine personnel, which included two British officers, as well as several V.C.Os, Indian Officers and Other Ranks. These nine persons, later to be known as the ‘Nine Originals’, had passed a Royal Engineers survey course at Roorkee. They were selected from Mountain Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry Units to form the nucleus of Survey Section Royal Indian Artillery. [1]

History

1 Survey Battery
Captain Culverwell commanded the section for several years and was followed by Captains H. D. W. Sitwell, C. L. Ferard, K. F. Mackay Lewis, W. J. Gyde and R. MacCaig. 1 Survey Section was reorganised in 1941 as the ‘Survey Troop’ and carried out the survey of the Khyber Pass. In January 1942, it was re-designated as 1 Survey Battery under Major J. H. C. Hunter, and shortly afterwards re-joined the School of Artillery at Deolali. [2]

1st Indian Survey Regiment
In August, 1942, the 1st Battery and a new Regimental Headquarters (R.H.Q.) were combined to form the 1st Indian Survey Regiment. The first Commanding Officer was Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. S. Rendall, with Major J. H. C. Hunter as Second-in -Command and Captain Matthews as Adjutant. [1] Major S. A. Brighty commanded No. 1 Battery. In June, 1943, No. 2 Battery was formed under Major F. A. von Goldstein. A radar troop was raised in 1943 as part of the Regiment. [2]

World War II
In July 1944, the Regiment moved by road to Ranchi and in August to the Imphal area to join the Burma campaign of World War II. It came under command of 33 Corps, which had begun the pursuit to the Chindwin River line in Burma. No. 2 Survey Battery under Major von Goldstein joined the 11th (East Africa) Division, which was pressing down the Kabaw Valley. The No. 1 Survey Battery under Major B. C. Slater joined the 2 British Division and moved south to take part in the corps artillery concentration covering the crossing of the Irrawaddy River. After the crossings the survey battery joined 20 Division. No. 2 Survey Battery joined 19 Indian Division for the northern crossings of the Irrawaddy. [1] One Military Cross and three Military Medals were awarded to personnel from the regiment. [3] [4] [5] [6] Orders had been issued that units not urgently required were to return to India and on 13 May 1945, the 1st Indian Survey Regiment was flown to Comilla. Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Croly was now in command and repatriation had begun, and many changes of all ranks were taking place. The regiment eventually moved to Hyderabad (Sind) under Lieutenant-Colonel von Goldstein as commanding officer. [1]

Partition
On 25 January 1947, as a result of the Partition, the 1st Indian Survey Regiment became 20th Survey Regiment, R.I. A., under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Rajbahadur, having shed 2nd Survey Battery. This became the 2nd Survey Battery, R.P.A. (later 13th Survey Battery, R.P.A.). [1] [7] [8]

Post independence
In July 1952, the Regiment was reorganised as the 20 Locating Regiment. [9] In June 1987, the Regiment was redesignated as the 20 Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) Regiment with the role of carrying out all weather surveillance of targets including enemy guns and mortars. [9]

Operations

Pre-independence
Post independence

Awards and citations

  1. Subedar (TIFC) K M Khan (WC 1995)
  2. Subedar (AIG) Baldev Singh (WC 1995)
  3. Subedar Bane Singh (WC 1995)
  4. Subedar (AIG) Prayag Singh (NC 1997)
  5. Subedar (TIFC) Surjit Singh (NC 2000)
  6. Subedar (TIFC) Jagjiwan Age (NC 2000)
  7. Lance Naik Jia Lal (NC 2001)
  8. Captain Y P Singh (NC 2001)
  9. Subedar (AIG) William Masih (NC 2001)
  10. Havildar B B Phukan (NC 2001)
  11. Lance Havildar Anbazhagan P (NC 2006)
  12. Captain SK Ojha (WC 2010)
  13. Lance Naik Santosh Kumar B (WC 2010)
  14. Havildar PK Rao (WC 2010)
  15. Colonel (Now Brig) NR Pandey (WC 2012)
  16. Naib Subedar SK Sahoo (WC 2012)
  17. Colonel NR Pandey (EC 2015)
  18. Lieutenant Colonel Subodh Chaudhary (EC 2015)
  19. Havildar Ratheesh M VCOAS (CC 2019)
  20. Major KS Kiran, SM (NC 2020)
  21. Major Jadhav Ajinkya (SWC 2020)
  22. Subedar (OPR) Suresh S (NC 2020)
  23. Naib Subedar (RST) Ramesh Kumar (NC 2020)
  24. Major Alex Sebastian (NC 2021)
  25. Major Shagun Sharma (SWC 2022)
  26. Subedar (OFC) SS Parmar (SWC 2022)
  27. Naib Subedar (OpR) Sumanta Aich (SWC 2022)
  28. Naib Subedar (AIG)Khajavali Shaik (SWC 2023)
  29. Subedar (AIG) Eswara Rao Vempada (SWC 2023)
  30. Havildar (RST) Durga Rama Rao (SWC 2023)
  31. Havildar (RST) K Lakshmana Rao (SWC 2023)
  32. Major KS Kiran, SM (SWC 2023)
  33. Subedar Eswara Rao 2020 (SWC 2023)

Achievements in sports

Personnel from the Regiment have excelled in sporting competitions and represented their formation at different levels. They include -

Other achievements

See also

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