195 Field Regiment (India)

Indian Army artillery unit 195 Field Regiment 1965 – present India India India 24px Indian Army 20px Artillery Regiment 195 Fd Regt Abbreviation Sarvatra, Izzat-O-Iqbal(Everywhere with Honour and Glory). Red & Navy Blue 15 February – Raising Day BanwatSingh Sarbans Battle Honours of the Indian Army, 1757-1971 1993 Vision Books 978-8170941156 195 Field Regiment (Banwat) is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army. Formation The regiment was raised on 15 February 1965 at Bangalore as 195 Mountain Regiment. The regiment was subsequently converted to a field regiment and then to a medium regiment and is presently a field regiment.https://samsshopping.com/product/195-medium-regiment-banwat/ 195 Medium Regiment Diamond Jubilee APO postal cover 2015-02-15 2022-01-03 Class composition The regiment was raised as a pure South Indian Class regiment. Operations The regiment has taken part in the following operations – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Satjit Singh, was part of the 25 Artillery Brigade and was equipped with 75/24 Pack Howitzers. It was deployed in the Poonch Sector in Jammu and Kashmir, primarily in support of 93 Infantry Brigade. The regiment fired around 12,500 rounds in the defensive battle of Poonch between 3 and 7 December, thus fizzling the Pakistani 12 Infantry Division offensive. The regiment played an important part in the capture of Nangi Tekri on 11 December 1971.Singh Jagjit Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971 1994 Spantech & Lancer 978-1897829554 62–65 Khullar Darshan Themes of Glory: Indian Artillery in War 2017 VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd 978-9385563973 Captain D Tyagi, the OP officer from the Regiment was part of the daring attack of the gun position at Mandhol by 9 Para (SF) on 13 December. https://archive.claws.in/images/journals_doc/Spring%202011-%20Final%20Issue.148-150.pdf The Raid at Mandhol by 9 Para (SF) 2022-01-04 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/operation-mandhol-forced-pakistan-to-change-war-plan/articleshow/27444282.cms Operation 'Mandhol' forced Pakistan to change war plan The Times of India 2013-12-06 2022-01-04 The regiment earned the ‘honour title’ Banwat and the sobriquet Defenders of Poonch for its gallant actions on 3 and 4 December in the defence of Banwat, which is located north east of Poonch.Gulati M. N. Pakistan's downfall in Kashmir: the three Indo-Pak wars 2001 Manas Publications 978-8170491279 270 It won the following gallantry awards – Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) - Lieutenant Colonel Satjit Singh https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1972/O-1321-1972-0036-58849.pdf Gazette of India, No 19 1974-05-11 2022-01-04 Sena Medal – Gunner Rama Murtihttps://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0026-55507.pdf Gazette of India, No 26 1974-06-29 2022-01-04 Mentioned in dispatches – Major CM Bhalla, Captain SS Sandhuhttps://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0019-55503.pdf Gazette of India, No 36 1972-09-02 2022-01-04 Operation Meghdoot Operation Parakram The regiment took active part in the operation and its guns saw action against the Pakistani army. Operation Rakshak The regiment has taken part in counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and has completed four tenures in the state. Honours and achievements Seven of the commanding officers of the regiment have become general officers. They include https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/valour-of-banwat-reg-during-poonch-operation-recalled/articleshow/5297247.cms Valour of Banwat Reg during 'Poonch Operation' recalled The Times of India 2009-12-03 2022-01-05 – Lieutenant General AS Parmar PVSM, who was the Commandant, School of Artillery Lieutenant General MPS Bhandari PVSM, AVSM, ADC, who was also the Director General Artillery Lieutenant General A Natarajan PVSM, AVSM, VSM, who was the Adjutant-General of the Indian Army Major General DS Chimni Major General Kuldip Chandra Vig AVSM, VSM Major General MN Kashid VSM Major General Mohabat Singh Brigadier Satjit Singh VSM Brigadier AJS Behl Brigadier Balwinder Singh Brigadier SN Bhaduri The Regiment has the distinction of having five Brigadiers currently serving in the Indian Army. Chinna Raju Srither of the regiment is a national level archer and has won numerous medals as part of the men's compound team, including a silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/58764 Athletes & Results 2022-01-03 2022-01-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20220105095239/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/58764 dead a silver at the Archery World Cup in 2011 and a gold at the Archery World Cup in 2017. https://extranet.worldarchery.sport/biographies/PrintBiography.php?WaId=7764 Chinna Raju Srither at World Archer 2022-01-03 https://scroll.in/field/838191/hitting-the-bullseye-indian-mens-compound-team-wins-gold-at-archery-world-cup Hitting the bullseye: Indian men's compound team wins gold at Archery World Cup 2017-05-20 2022-01-03 Havildar Latheesh VS is a national level rower. Other gallantry awards The following were awarded COAS Commendation Cards during Operation Sindoor. https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/aug/doc2025814609101.pdf List of personnel being conferred with COAS Commendation Card on the occasion of Independence Day 2025 (Op Sindoor) 2025-08-14 2025-08-22 - Major Vipin Kumar Yadav Major Shivam Sharma Major Ashok Sharma Naib Subedar S Rama Mohan Reddy See also List of artillery regiments of Indian Army References Category:Military units and formations established in 1965 Category:Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947 Category:Medium artillery regiments