103 Air Defence Regiment (India)

September 2023 103 Air Defence Regiment 1949 – present India India India 24px Indian Army Corps of Army Air Defence Regiment 40 mm L/70 Air Defence Gun 103 AD Regt Abbreviation Gagan Rakshak Sanskrit: sa आकाशे शत्रुन् जहि English: en Defeat the Enemy in the Sky #81BFFD #DB0606 Sky Blue and Red 22 August (Raising Day) 103 Air Defence Regiment is part of the Corps of Army Air Defence of the Indian Army. Formation 103 Air Defence Regiment was raised on 22 August 1949 at Colaba in Bombay (now Mumbai) as 103 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Territorial Army. It consists of 509, 510 and 511 air defence batteries. The regiment has been subsequently converted to a regular regiment of the Indian Army. https://samsshopping.com/product/103-air-defence-regiment/ 103 AD-Golden Jubilee -Indian Army Postal Cover 2000-01-22 2023-09-29Singh Lt Col Surender Territorial Army: Gateway for Civilians to Army Notion Press 2020 978-1648997037 Operations The regiment has taken part in the following operations Liberation of Goa: Operation Vijay, 1961 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965: Operation Ablaze Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The unit took part in Operation Cactus Lily in the western sector.Pal Hamendar Bhisham The Territorial Army Tulsi Publishing House 17 1983 Operation Trident: Military exercise Operation Rakshak: Counter insurgency operations https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000124/cth1.htm Air defence unit's golden jubilee 2000-01-24 2023-09-29 Kargil War: Operation Vijay Operation Parakram Operation Zafran: 2019 Honours and achievements September 2023 The regiment was awarded Director General Army Air Defence Unit Appreciation award in 2016. The regiment was awarded General Officer Commanding in Chief Unit Citation in 2014 and 2018. Major Upendra Prasad Desaiji, Havildar (BQMH) Krishna Oak and Lance Havildar Sonu Chavan were Mentioned in dispatches during the 1971 war. https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0019-55503.pdf Gazette of India, No 19, page 539-540 1974-05-11 2023-09-29 Lieutenant Abhinav Kumar was awarded the COAS Commendation Card in August 2025 for 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 BHM Dharmendra Chaurasia was awarded the COAS Commendation Card in August 2026.https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2026/aug/doc2026814958201.pdf List of personnel awarded COAS Commendation on the occasion of Independence Day-2026 2026-08-14 2026-08-18 War cry The war cry of the regiment is Gagan Rakshak Ka Hai Nara, Bache Na Shatru Hamara (गगन रक्षक का है नारा, बचे ना शत्रु हमारा ), which loosely translates to The slogan of the sky defenders is, our enemy should not survive. References Category:Military units and formations established in 1949 Category:Air defence regiments of the Indian Army