92 Field Regiment India

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|dates= 1963 – present
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|equipment=105 mm field guns

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'''92 Field Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].
== Formation ==
The regiment was raised on 23 March 1963 at [[Ambala Cantonment|Ambala]] as '''92 Mountain Composite Regiment'''. Lieutenant Colonel Sukhwant Singh was first commanding officer and the regiment was equipped with howitzers. The unit was subsequently converted into a field regiment.<ref name="92FdAPOcover">{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/92-field-regiment/|title=92 Field Regiment Golden Jubilee APO postal cover|date=2013-03-23|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref>
==Composition==
The regiment was raised as a pure [[Sikh]] regiment.<ref name="92FdAPOcover"/>
==Operations==
The regiment has taken part in the following operations<ref name="92FdAPOcover"/> –
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] (Operation Riddle) – Second Lieutenant Ujagar Singh Rana was awarded the [[Sena Medal]] for gallantry in the [[Khemkaran]] sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1608-1967-0001-72526.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 1|date=1967-01-07|access-date=2022-01-19}}</ref> The regiment lost Captain PM Hashim,Second Lieutenant Padam Nath, Jemadar Teja Singh, Naik Milkha Singh and Lance Naik Balbir Singh during the operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otaaachennai.com/martyrs/|title= Martyrs|access-date=2022-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/cms/blog/3744-9-september-1965.html|title=9 September 1965|date=2015-09-09|access-date=2022-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/cms/blog/3876-12-september-1965.html|title=12 September 1965|date=2015-09-13|access-date=2022-01-20}}</ref>
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] (Operation Cactus Lily) - The regiment was part of the divisional artillery of [[39th Infantry Division (India)|39 Infantry Division]], which itself was under [[I Corps (India)|I Corps]] in the [[Shakargarh]] sector. The regiment was part of the divisional offensive, which started on a good note when on the morning of 5 December 1971, the guns of the unit knocked out the Pakistani [[Artillery observer|Artillery Observation Post]] (OP) at Sukhmal.<ref name="Jagjit">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagjit|title=Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971|date=1994|publisher= Spantech & Lancer|isbn=978-1897829554|page=}}</ref>
*[[Operation Blue Star]]
*Operation Rakshak – the regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in 1989.
*Operation Hifazat – The regiment took part in counter insurgency operations in [[Insurgency in Northeast India|Northeast India]] between 1993 and 1995.
*[[ Kargil War|Operation Vijay]]
*Operation Sahayata in 2001.
*[[Operation Meghdoot]] – the regiment was posted in the highest battlefield in the world, [[Siachen Glacier]] in 2003.

==Honours and achievements==
*Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Nagra {{small|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM and bar]]}} was commissioned into the unit and went on to command it. He became the Director General Artillery at Army Headquarters in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rfeb2002/07022002/r0702200215.html|title= Lt Gen R S Nagra takes over as DG Artillery|date=2002-02-07|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref>
*Subedar Jagsir Singh was awarded the COAS Commendation Card in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=7jncCoT6zXAufwFZfopNXw==&ParentID=jaQORVLV8lAEUw3MjQozsA==|title=COAS Commendation Card|date=2017-08-15|access-date=2022-01-20}}</ref>
==See also==
[[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]
==References==
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1963]]
[[Category:Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947]]

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