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|dates= 1965 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
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|branch=[[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
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|identification_symbol=1821 Lt Regt
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|motto=''SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL'' “Everywhere With Honour and Glory”.
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'''1821 Light Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].

==Formation==

1821 Light Regiment was raised at [[Siliguri]] on 15 September 1965 as '''182 Light Regiment (Pack)'''. The nucleus of the regiment was the '''142 Mountain Battery''' – which itself was raised on 1 March 1962 as part of 51 Mountain Regiment (Pack) at Harchura ([[Rangapara]] North), Assam.

In 1973, 182 Light Regiment (Pack), was split into 1821 (Independent) Light Battery and 1822 (Independent) Light Battery. The class composition was changed from a single class ([[Sikhs]]) to ‘All India, All Classes’. On 4 August 1984, the '''1821 (Independent) Light Battery''' was redesignated as 1821 Light Regiment.<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover">{{cite web |url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3051407/1821-Light-RegimentIndian-Army-Postal-Cover-APO|title=1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover|date=2015-09-15|accessdate=2021-06-05}}</ref>
==History==
;[[Sino-Indian War]]
142 Mountain Battery took part in the operations in [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] in 1962.<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>
;[[Nathu La and Cho La clashes|Nathu La clashes]]
During the [[Nathu La]] operation in 1967, 182 Light Regiment provided timely and effective fire support. Captain NS Burns was awarded the [[Sena Medal]] for his courageous action. It lost Gunner Sukhdev Singh.<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>
[[File:SAHID SMARAK AT NATHULLA BORDER.JPG|thumb|right|Memorial at Nathu La with the names of those martyred in the 1967 clashes]]
;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]:
The unit was part of the 104 Infantry Brigade under [[19th Infantry Division (India)|19 Infantry Division]] in Tithwal Sub-sector.<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagjit |title=Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971|date=1994|publisher= Spantech & Lancer|isbn=978-1897829554|page=32}}</ref> It proved its mettle in [[Leepa Valley|Lipa Valley]] at [[Tangdhar, Jammu and Kashmir|Tangdhar]]. It played a stellar role in providing fire support for the capture of Wanjal, when field and medium guns were crested.<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/><ref name="Mukherjee">{{cite web |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/203255/5/chapter%203.pdf|title=Anjan Mukherjee in Evolution of Indian Artillery and its Impact on India's Comprehensive Military Power, chapter II|access-date=2021-06-06}}</ref>
;Other operations:
The regiment has also participated in [[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak]] between 1993 and 1996 at [[Ganderbal district|Gund]], during Operation Vijay in 1999 at [[Ranbir Singh Pora|RS Pura]] and in [[2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff|Operation Parakram]].<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>
==Honours and Awards==
The regiment has won one Sena Medal, one [[Mentioned in dispatches]], four [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|COAS Commendation Cards]] and six [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|Army Commander Commendation Cards]].<ref name="1821 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>
==See also==
* [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]

==References==
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