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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=1851 Light Regiment
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|dates= 1967 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|allegiance=India
|branch=[[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type=[[File:Regiment of Artillery Insignia (India).svg|20px]] [[Artillery]]
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|size= Regiment
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|Past Commanders=
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|identification_symbol=1851 Lt Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname= Cameleers
|patron=
|motto=''SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL'' “Everywhere with Honour and Glory”.
|colors= "Red & Navy Blue"
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|battles=
|anniversaries=Raising day – 12 April
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'''1851 Light Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].

==Formation==
1851 Light Regiment was raised on 12 April 1967 as '''185 Light Regiment (Pack)''' under 12 Artillery Brigade at [[Bikaner]]. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Veer Bahadur Singh. The unit was unique in being the only camel pack artillery regiment of the Indian Army and hence was nicknamed as the ''cameleers''. The unit was redesignated as 1851 Light Regiment in 1984.<ref name="1851 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover">{{cite web |url=https://samsshopping.com/product/1851-light-regiment/|title=1851 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover|date=2017-04-12|accessdate=2022-04-14}}</ref>

==Composition==
The regiment consists of two batteries of [[Rajput]]s and one battery of [[Ahir]]s.<ref name="1851 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>

==Operations==
The regiment has taken part in the following operations<ref name="1851 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/> –
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] (Operation Cactus Lily) – the unit was deployed in the [[Jaisalmer district|Jaisalmer]] sub-sector during the war. It was part of 12 Artillery Brigade under [[12th Infantry Division (India)|12 Infantry Division]] and was equipped with 120 mm Brandt mortars. The regiment took part and provided artillery support in the [[Battle of Longewala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/the-1971-battle-of-longewala-a-night-of-confusion-sam-manekshaws-order-pakistans-folly/329321/|title=The 1971 Battle of Longewala: A night of confusion, Sam Manekshaw’s order, Pakistan’s folly|date=2019-12-03|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref><ref name="Jagjit Singh 1994">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagjit |title=Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971|date=1994|publisher= Spantech & Lancer|isbn=978-1897829554|page=213}}</ref> Captain (later Brigadier) K R Kanwal was mentioned in dispatches.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0019-55503.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 19, page 532|date=1974-05-11|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref> The regiment lost Gunners Dalip Singh and Jage Ram in the war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Azad|first=Salam|title=Contribution of India in the War of Liberation of Bangladesh|date=2006|publisher=Bookwell Publications|page=343}}</ref>
*[[Operation Meghdoot]]
*[[Operation Brasstacks|Operation Trident]]
*Operation Rhino
*[[Kargil War|Operation Vijay]]
*[[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak]] – Gunner Harsit Bhadoriya was posthumously mentioned in dispatches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=NFM1Z4VEBQc304Q53H/PLQ==&ParentID=xRAc3CycmcfGkoGZuJKL1w==&flag=CVX7k+UH9CVq9pLP+AKD2w==|title= List of personnel being conferred gallantry awards on the occasion of Independence Day – 2017|date=2017-08-15|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/180013.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 44, page 797|date=2017-11-04|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref>
*Operation Falcon
==Honours and Awards==
The regiment has won two [[mentioned in dispatches]], and four [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|GOC-in-C Commendation Cards]].<ref name="1851 Light Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover"/>
==Notable Officers==
*Lieutenant General [[Zameer Uddin Shah]] {{small|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]}} was commissioned into the regiment and rose to become the [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)#Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Planning and Systems)|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Planning and Systems)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/book-reviews/the-sarkari-mussalman-17978|title=The Sarkari Mussalman|date=2019-04-20|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1677367&language=en|title=Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah appointed Deputy Chief of Indian Army|date=2006-09-29|access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref>
==See also==
[[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]

==References==
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