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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Regimental Insignia of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Active
1821 – present
Country
India
Branch
Indian Army
Type
Light Infantry
Role
Infantry
Size
22 battalions
Regimental Centre
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Motto(s)
Prashata Ranvirta ("Valour in Battle is Praiseworthy")[1]
War Cry
Durga Mata Ki Jai ("Victory to Mother Durga")[1]
Decorations
See below
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment
Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi
Insignia
Regimental Insignia
An oval embracing the Sun, the State emblem. The Sanskrit inscription around the Sun, which cannot be read on the regimental insignia above, translates as, "Ever Victorious in War"[1]
Military unit
The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Its origins lay in the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. After the accession of the state to the Indian Union in October 1947, the State Forces came under the command of the Indian Army. They remained in the original form until 1956 when Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly effectively ratified the state's accession to India. Then the State Forces became the Jammu and Kashmir Regiment of the Indian Army.[2] In 1963, the designation was changed to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. After the conversion, the Ladakh Scouts came under the aegis of the Regiment, where it remained until raised as a separate Regiment in 2002.[3]
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^Brahma Singh, K (1990). History of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 1820-1956: The state force background. New Delhi: Lancer International. pp. 110, 278, 279, 290. ISBN 978-81-7062-091-4. OCLC 21760758.
^"Jammu and Kashmir Rifles". globalsecurity.org. 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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