1st Battalion, Azad Kashmir Regiment

Pakistan Army infantry unit 1st Battalion, Azad Kashmir Regiment 6 October 194720 September 1971 PAK Infantry 1 battalion 111th Infantry Brigade Indo-Pakistani War of 1947Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Lieutenant-Colonel Nausherwan Khan Previous commander The 1st Battalion, Azad Kashmir Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Azad Kashmir Regiment of the Pakistan Army. Operationally it is assigned to the 111th Infantry Brigade, carrying out ceremonial duties and acting as part of the presidential guard. History The battalion was originally formed at Kotli on 28 November 1947 at the start of the Kashmir Conflict, but this was backdated to 6 October 1947 by Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan.History of The Azad Kashmir Regiment 1 2-1 Raising of 1st Azad Kashmir Battalion It served as part of the paramilitary Azad Kashmir Regular Forces and in February 1948 was operating in Handwara with a strength of 800 personnel and commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Nausherwan Khan.https://books.google.com/books?id=ERSuAAAAQBAJ In the Line of Duty: A Soldier Remembers Harbakhsh Singh 2000 26 9781935501787 Lancer Publishers LLC The battalion subsequently participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on 20 September 1971 when the Regular Forces became the Azad Kashmir Regiment.https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=159 Azad Kashmir Regiment 2016-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20161128064404/https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=159 2016-11-28 dead Notable officers Notable officer from 1AK Regt is Lieutenant General Ikram Ul Haq Ch R Who served as Corps Comd Gujranwala as well. References Category:Infantry regiments of Pakistan Category:Military units and formations established in 1947 Category:Military in Azad Kashmir