58th Armoured Regiment (India)

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58 Armoured Regiment
Active1 October 2014 – present
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
AllegianceIndia
Branch Flag of Indian Army.svg Indian Army
Type Armour
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
Equipment T90 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 Tank T- 90 (Bhishma) passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 68th Republic Day Parade 2017, in New Delhi on January 26, 2017.jpg
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]

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References

  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.


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