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|unit_name=193 Medium Regiment
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|dates= 1966 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|allegiance=India
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|equipment=[[ M777 howitzer|M777 A2 Ultra Light Howitzer]]

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|motto= ''SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL'' “Everywhere with Honour and Glory”.
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[[File:M 777 A2 Ultra Light Howitzer passes through the Rajpath, at the 70th Republic Day Celebrations, in New Delhi on January 26, 2019.jpg|thumb|right|305x305px|M777 A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers of the 193 Medium Regiment pass through the Rajpath, at the 70th Republic Day Celebrations in New Delhi]]
'''193 Medium Regiment''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].
== Formation ==
193 Medium Regiment was raised on February 1st, 1966, in [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]]. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel AS Anand. It was raised as a single class composition regiment with [[Sikhs|Sikh]] soldiers.<ref name="193APOcover">{{cite web|url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3058887/193-Medium-RegimentIndian-Army-Postal-Cover-APO|title=193 Medium Regiment Golden Jubilee Cover|date=2016-02-01|accessdate=2021-03-02}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History==
The regiment was raised as 193 Mountain Regiment and on re-organisation was converted to 193 Field Regiment in July 1979. It was converted again to a Medium Regiment on 17 January 2007. It was one of the first regiments to be equipped with M777 howitzer.<ref name="193APOcover"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://udaipurtimes.com/administration/field-trials-of-howitzer-guns-in-pokhran-boost-for-defence/c74416-w2859-cid111697-s10702.htm|title= Field trials of Howitzer guns in Pokhran – Boost for Defence|date=2017-06-22|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref>

The battle cry of the regiment is ‘ਬੋਲੇ ਸੋ ਨਿਹਾਲ, ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ’ ([[Bole So Nihal]], [[Sat Sri Akaal]]), which translates to ''Whoever utters (the following words), (it) shall be fulfilled - Truth is the Timeless One''.<ref name="193APOcover"/>
==Operations==
;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]:

The regiment moved to [[Bakloh]], Himachal Pradesh in January 1971, where it inherited the vintage [[QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer|3.7 in Howitzers]]. The guns were subsequently changed to the newly developed 75/24 mm Pack Howitzers. The regiment moved near [[Jammu]] in October 1971 and was tasked to provide artillery support to 19 Infantry Brigade for the capture of Chicken’s Neck - a [[Salient (geography)|salient]] of about a 180 square kilometres area west of Jammu. This was accomplished following artillery support by the unit between 4th and 6th of December 1971. The guns had scored direct hits on the Pakistani headquarters at Phuklean Rest House earning the unit a humorous suffix “Ph! Ph! (Phulean Phuckers)”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nandinibahri-dhanda.blog/2020/05/05/a-soldier-remembers/|title=A Soldier Remembers…|date=|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226185406/https://nandinibahri-dhanda.blog/2020/05/05/a-soldier-remembers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The regiment then moved to the Jammu-Sialkot axis on 12 December 1971 and commenced bombardment of [[Sialkot]] city, till cease fire was declared on 16 December 1971.<ref name="193APOcover"/><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=104-111}}</ref><ref name="Singh2006">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagjit|title=While Memory is Fresh|date=2006|publisher=Lancer Publishers, New Delhi|isbn= 978-8170622154|page=232}}</ref>

;Counter terrorist operations:
The regiment has a brief counter terrorism exposure in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)| Jammu and Kashmir]] during 1996, when three militants were eliminated in [[Lolab Valley]].<ref name="193APOcover"/> It subsequently had a two year tenure between March 2004 and October 2006, during which it won the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief ([[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]])’s ‘unit appreciation’ award.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2-LeT-men-arrested-in-JK/articleshow/1930950.cms|title= 2 LeT men arrested in J&K|date=2006-08-28|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/news/2-let-men-killed-in-kupwara/?amp|title= 2 LeT men killed in Kupwara|date=2015-03-14|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref>
;Other operations:
The regiment has also participated in Operation Savage (January 1976 – July 1979), Operation Rakshak (1996), Operation Falcon (1999), [[2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff|Operation Parakram]] (2001-2002), [[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak]] (2004-2006) and [[Siachen conflict|Operation Meghdoot]] (2013-2015).<ref name="193APOcover"/>

==Achievements==
The regiment has won 3 [[Sena Medal]]s, 3 [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff’s]] Commendation Cards, 1 [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)| Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]’s Commendation Card, and 5 General Officer Commanding in Chief’s Commendation Card.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=kRZEHOXyezbDYQYscaWY5A==&ParentID=kRXZTsbbhZNaFa52yvvOpA==|title= List Of Personnel Awarded The Chief Of Army Staff Commendation Card On The Eve Of Army Day 2006|date=|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=y/Td6P7yVlngpY+SAIcQbg==&ParentID=wB5VoDrWcEt+jUjzu2NVIg==|title=List of personnel awarded COAS Commendation Cards on the occasion of Independence Day 2017|date=|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050815/nation.htm|title= Kirti Chakra for one, Shaurya Chakra for 19 Shaurya Chakra for eight soldiers in anti-militant operations|date=2005-08-15|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050128/nation.htm|title= List of Army Republic Day awardees|date=2005-01-28|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref>

The regiment won the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief ([[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]])’s ‘unit appreciation’ award on 24 January 2007 for counter terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir. It won the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief ([[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]])’s ‘unit appreciation’ award in 2018.<ref name="193APOcover"/>

The regiment had the honour to participate in the 70th [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day Parade]], in New Delhi on January 26, 2019 with its M777 A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers.

==Notable personnel==
*Lieutenant General SK Bahri, PVSM – Commanded the regiment during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and went on to become [[Master-General of the Ordnance (India)|Master-General of the Ordnance]].
==See also==
[[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]
==References==
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