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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=103 Air Defence Regiment
|image=
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|dates= 1949 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|allegiance=India
|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type= [[Corps of Army Air Defence]]
|role=
|size= Regiment
|command_structure=
|equipment=[[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70|40 mm L/70 Air Defence Gun]]

|Past Commanders=
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|identification_symbol=103 AD Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname=''Gagan Rakshak''
|patron=
|motto= [[Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|आकाशे शत्रुन् जहि}} <br/>[[English language|English]]: {{lang|en|Defeat the Enemy in the Sky}}
|colors= {{color box|#81BFFD}} {{color box|#DB0606}}<br/> Sky Blue and Red
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|battles=
|anniversaries=22 August (Raising Day)
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'''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 (India)|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.<ref name="103APO">{{cite web|url= https://samsshopping.com/product/103-air-defence-regiment/|title=103 AD-Golden Jubilee -Indian Army Postal Cover|date=2000-01-22|access-date=2023-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Lt Col Surender|title=Territorial Army: Gateway for Civilians to Army|publisher=Notion Press|year=2020|isbn=978-1648997037}}</ref>
==Operations==
The regiment has taken part in the following operations<ref name="103APO"/>
*[[Annexation of Goa|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pal|first=Hamendar Bhisham|title= The Territorial Army|publisher= Tulsi Publishing House|page=17|year=1983}}</ref>
*[[Operation Brasstacks|Operation Trident]]
*Operation Rakshak: Counter insurgency operations<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000124/cth1.htm|title=Air defence unit's golden jubilee|date=2000-01-24|access-date=2023-09-29}}</ref>
*[[Kargil War]]: Operation Vijay
*[[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|Operation Parakram]]
*[[2019 Balakot airstrike|Operation Zafran]]: 2009
==Honours and achievements==
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*The regiment was awarded Director General Army Air Defence Unit Appreciation award in 2018.
*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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0019-55503.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 19, page 539-540|date=1974-05-11|access-date=2023-09-29}}</ref>
==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==
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1949]]
[[Category:Regiments of the Indian Army]]

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