57th Mountain Division (India)

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57th Mountain Division
Active1966-onwards
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
BranchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Type Infantry
Role Mountain warfare, Counterinsurgency
Size Division
Part of III Corps
Garrison/HQ Leimakhong, Manipur
Nickname(s)Red Shield Division
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Sumit Kabthiyal, SM [1]

The 57 Mountain Division headquarters are at Leimakhong near Imphal, Manipur. [2]

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History

It was raised in 1966 for counterinsurgency operations in Mizoram. Until 1990, headquartered at Aizawl with III Corps. [3] Previously the division was headquartered in Masimpur near Silchar. [4] 57th Mountain Division took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as part of IV Corps. It also successfully conducted Operation Golden Bird in 1995 to eliminate rebels in Northeast India. [5]

Areas Served

The formation and units of the Division operates in some of the remote corner of Manipur along with Indo-Burmese border. [6] It cooperates with Assam Rifles Imphal Sector wing for any insurgency in Manipur .

Previous Commander

References

  1. ↑ "Army celebrated Reh festival". 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Army launches massive hunt operation in Manipur against militants after deadliest attack in 33 years". The Times of India. 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Conboy, Elite Forces of India and Pakistan, p.8
  4. ↑ Pike, John. "57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  5. ↑ Bhaumik, Subir (10 December 2009). Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East By Subir Bhaumik. ISBN   9788132104797.
  6. ↑ John Pike. "57 Mountain Division / Red Shield Division". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
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