166 Medium Regiment (India)

April 2025 Indian Army artillery unit 166 Medium Regiment 1963 – present India India India 24px Indian Army 20px Artillery Regiment 166 Med Regt Abbreviation One Double Six SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL "Everywhere With Honour and Glory". "Red & Navy Blue" Ati Vishisht Seva Medal 1Vir Chakra 2Shaurya Chakra 1 Vishisht Seva Medal 1 Mention in Despatches 7COAS Commendation Card 7GOC-in-C Commendation Card 21 Arjuna Award 1.https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3014059/166-Medium-RegimentIndian-Army-Postal-Cover-APO 166 Medium Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover (APO) 2020-09-13 166 Medium Regiment is an artillery regiment which is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army. Formation The regiment was raised as a 166 Field Regiment on 1 November 1963 at Jalandhar Cantonment. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Rajeshwar Singh.http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2010/dec16-10/h16.htm Sainik Samachar Dec 2010 2020-09-13 Class composition The unit is a single class composition regiment composed entirely of Sikh gunners. History The regiment was the first unit to be equipped with the Indian Field Gun. It saw action in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It participated in Operation Parakram (2002) and Operation Meghdoot in 2007. Nagrota Attack On 29 November 2016, two officers and five soldiers were killed and half a dozen others wounded in a fierce gun battle with a group of heavily armed militants which stormed the Army camp housing the regiment at Nagrota.https://www.firstpost.com/politics/nagrota-attack-hostage-like-situation-averted-but-army-loses-7-soldiers-including-two-officers-3130940.html First post article 'Nagrota attack: Hostage-like situation averted but Army loses 7 soldiers, including two officers' 2016-11-29 2020-09-13 Among the martyred was Major Gosavi Kunal Mannadir, who was subsequently awarded the Shaurya Chakra.https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/gosavi-kunalmunnagir GK Mannadir SC at gallantryawards.gov.in 2020-09-13 2019-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20190713110439/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/gosavi-kunalmunnagir dead Operations Some of the major operations undertaken by the regiment include: Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 As 166 Field Regiment, the regiment provided fire power as part of the XI Corps in the Battle of Chawinda and the Battle of Alhar.Deva Yashwant The saga of grit and cold courage : tribute to the fighters of 35 Infantry Brigade in 1965 War : first hand account 2015 Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India 2, 14, 25, 26, 36, 39, 40Singh Harbaksh War Despatches: Indo-Pak Conflict 1965 2012 Lancer Publishers LLC 978-8170621171https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010703/edit.htm#4 166 Medium in the battle of Alhar 2020-09-13 Lt Col (later Maj Gen) Rajeshwar Singh was awarded the 'COAS Commendation Card’ and 5 gunners were Mentioned in Despatches. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The 166 Field Regiment under "F" Sector took part in the defense of Fazilka.Singh Jagjit Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971 1994 Spantech & Lancer 978-1897829554Praval KC Indian Army After Independence 2009 Lancer Publishers 978-1935501107 Lt Col Narinder Singh Rawathttps://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/narinder-singh-rawat NS Rawat VrC at gallantryawards.gov.in 2020-09-13 2019-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20190720150701/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/narinder-singh-rawat dead and Gnr Ajit Singhhttps://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/ajit-singh-4 Ajit Singh VrC at gallantryawards.gov.in 2020-09-13 2020-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20201208131525/https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/ajit-singh-4 dead were awarded the Vir Chakra. http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1972/O-1321-1972-0034-58847.pdf NS Rawat VrC and Ajit Singh VrC Gazette notification 1972-08-19 2020-09-13 Capt RS Sodhi and LNk Prakash Singh were Mentioned in Despatches. Achievements Subedar Hardeep Singh was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1992 for Kabaddi,http://www.indiankabaddi.org/award-winners Arjuna Awardees from Kabaddi 2020-09-13 2020-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20200701023835/http://www.indiankabaddi.org/award-winners dead he represented India in the International Kabaddi Tournament in 1984 and 1990, 3rd SAF Games in 1997 and the Asian Games in 1990. His team won Gold in all these events. Motto The motto of the regiment is हर मैदान फतेह (Har Maidan Fateh), which translates to Victory in every field. See also List of artillery regiments of Indian Army References External links A true soldier (Lieutenant Colonel Narinder Rawat)– USI Journal Oct-Dec 2013 Category:Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947 Category:Military units and formations established in 1963