12th Armoured Regiment (India)

Indian Army regiment July 2019 12th Armoured Regiment IAAC 1984 – present India India India 24px Indian Army Armour Regiment T-90 Lieutenant General Mohit Malhotrahttps://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.w.2025-12-27.268912/ Gazette of India, No 52 2025-12-27 2026-01-16 12 Armd Regt Abbreviation Barasinghas Sahauryamev Jeevanam (Life with Valour) http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2010/nov01-10/h6.htm Sainik Samachar Nov 2010 2010-11-01 2020-10-31 The 12th Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment which is part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.Nath Ashok Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007 https://books.google.com/books?id=sGQeQwAACAAJ 2009 Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India 978-81-902097-7-9 560–561 The regiment was raised as an all-class regiment on 1 October 1984 by Lieutenant Colonel L.R. Vaid at Kapurthala with Vijayanta tanks. History The regiment was subsequently converted to T-90 tanks. The regiment has served in Operation Trident, Operation Rakshak I and Operation Rakshak II. The regiment has adopted the nickname Barasinghas (meaning 12-point stag), and representing the Barasingha, or swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii), a deer species endemic to India. This was inspired by the statue of a barasingha stag in full cry in the palace of the Maharaja of Kapurthala. Each of the tines of the antlers is said to symbolise one of the 12 tank troops of the regiment. The Regiment had the honour of participating in the annual Republic Day parade in 2004 and 2005.https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/26rday.htm 12 Armd Regt in Republic Day Parade in rediff.com 2005-01-26 2020-10-31 The Regiment was presented the ‘President's Standards’ at Babina on 19 October 2010 by the then President of India, Mrs Prathiba Patil.https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/presidential-standards-to-five-army-t-90-regiments/695545 https://web.archive.org/web/20201107080326/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/presidential-standards-to-five-army-t-90-regiments/695545 dead 7 November 2020 12 Armoured Regiment - Presidents-Standards 2010-10-01 2020-10-31 The regiment was awarded GOC-in-C, South Western Command Unit Citation in 2018.https://twitter.com/PRODefRjsthn/status/976029091496452097 Sapta Shakti Command Investiture Ceremony for the award of 'Unit Citations' to units, for professional excellence in various fields, was held at Jaipur Military Station today. 14 Units were awarded these Citations by Lt General Cherish Mathson, GOC-in-C, South Western Command. 2018-03-20 2023-10-26 Regimental Insignia The cap badge of the unit has crossed lances and pennons, with the numeral 12 at the crossing, with the regimental motto inscribed on a scroll below in Devanagari script. The cap badge is in silver plate for officers and nickel plate for other ranks. The motto of the regiment is "Shauryamev Jeevnam" which means 'life with valour'. References expanded Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947 Category:Military units and formations established in 1984