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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=42 Medium Regiment (Dera Baba Nanak)
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|dates=1948 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
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|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|23px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type= [[File:Regiment of Artillery Insignia (India).svg|20px]] [[Artillery]]
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|size= Regiment
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|equipment=155/45 mm Sharang guns

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|identification_symbol=42 Med Regt
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|motto= Sarvatra, Izzat-O-Iqbal (Everywhere with Honour and Glory)
|colors= Red & Navy Blue
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|anniversaries=1 August – Raising Day<br>5 December – Battle Honour Day<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first= Gautam|title= Indian Army, a Reference Manual|date=2000|publisher= Reliance Publishing House|page=62|isbn=978-8175101142}}</ref>
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|battle_honours=Dera Baba Nanak<ref>{{cite book|last=Das|first= Chand N|title=Hours of Glory: famous battles of the Indian army, 1801-1971|publisher=Vision Books|year=1997|page=580|isbn= 978-8170940692}}</ref>
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'''42 Medium Regiment (Dera Baba Nanak)''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].

== Formation==
42 Field Regiment was raised at [[Jhansi]] on 1 August 1948 by Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) AS Naravane with a class composition of North Indians.<ref name="ASN">{{cite book|last=Naravane|first=AS|title= A Soldier's Life in War and Peace|publisher= APH Publishing Corporation|year=2004|page=194|isbn= 978-8176484374}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gulati|first=YB|title=History of the Regiment of Artillery, Indian Army|publisher=Leo Cooper Ltd|year=1973|page=102|isbn=978-0850521184}}</ref> The unit consists of 57, 58 and 59 medium batteries.

==Operations==
The regiment has taken part in the following operations<ref name="PJ">{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/42-medium-regiment-dbn-army-postal-covers-apos/|title=Platinum Jubilee APO cover|date=2024-03-30|access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref>–
;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]:
42 Field Regiment was deployed in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] under 19 Infantry Division of [[XV Corps (India)|15 Corps]] during Operation Riddle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/archives/OfficialHistory/1965War/1965Chapter05.pdf|title=Official History|access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref> The unit was located in [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]] during the war and was equipped with [[Ordnance QF 25-pounder|25-pounder guns]].<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/tribute-to-my-martyred-brother-138211#|title=Tribute to my martyred brother|date=2015-09-26|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref><ref name="Tribune2">{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/they-won-the-war-died-in-hordes-bodies-left-to-rot-on-ledges-132744|title=They won the war, died in hordes, bodies left to rot on ledges|date=2015-09-14|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The unit provided artillery support during the war and also used its guns in direct firing role to cause substantial damage to Pothi.<ref name="Tribune"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/assets/uploads/styles/awardee_img/public/sites/default/files/NaikPremSingh-2023-11-02-0303-1111.pdf|title=PREM SINGH|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The unit lost 15 soldiers, while 65 were injured. Among the killed was Captain Surjit Singh, who was the adjutant of the regiment.<ref name="Tribune2"/>
;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]:
42 Field Regiment was under 15 Artillery Brigade of 15 Infantry Division during Operation Cactus Lily.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/panther-artillery-brigade-celebrates-golden-jubilee/articleshow/39413412.cms|title= Panther Artillery Brigade celebrates golden jubilee|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ashok Mangalik was in support of 86 Infantry Brigade of 15 Infantry Division. 86 Infantry Brigade was tasked to capture Dera Bana Nanak Bridge and this operation was codenamed ''Operation Akal''. The brigade launched an offensive into enemy territory on the night of 5 December 1971, and finally captured the bridge by early morning of 6 December, thus being the first formation to hoist the tricolour in the captured territory of [[West Pakistan]]. 42 Field Regiment played a crucial role in providing artillery support during the battle of Dera Bana Nanak and for its efforts, the regiment was awarded the honour title ''Dera Bana Nanak''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.defstrat.com/magazine_articles/battles-that-made-history-19/ |title=B Battle Honours of The Indian Army - (1971 War) Dera Baba Nanak |date=2022-10-14|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kartarpur.com/2015/09/dera-baba-nanak-bridge-capturing.html|title= Dera Baba Nanak Bridge capturing anniversary organised|date=2015-09-20|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref><ref name="Jagjit1">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagjit|title=Indian Gunners at War: The Western Front 1971|date=1994|publisher= Spantech & Lancer|isbn=978-1897829554|pages=163–9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Sarbans|title=Battle Honours of the Indian Army, 1757-1971|year=1993|publisher=Vision Books|page=312|isbn=978-8170941156}}</ref>
;Other operations
*Operation Falcon – 1989–1991.<ref name="PJ"/>
*Operation Rakshak – Counter terrorist operations between 1991 and 1992, 1995-1997 and 2013–2016.<ref name="PJ"/>
*[[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|Operation Parakram]] – 2001–2003.<ref name="PJ"/>
*Operation Rhino – Counter insurgency operations in [[Assam]] between 2003 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/delhi-calls-off-ulfa-ceasefire/cid/769924|title=Delhi calls off Ulfa ceasefire|date=2006-09-24|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The regiment successfully operated in the jungles of [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]] and in [[Nagaon district]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/203255/7/chapter%205.pdf|title=Anjan Mukherjee in Evolution of Indian Artillery and its Impact on India's Comprehensive Military Power, chapter IV|access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref>
*Operation Snow Leopard – 2021–2023.<ref name="PJ"/>

==Equipment==
The regiment has used the following guns in chronological order<ref name="PJ"/> –
*[[Ordnance QF 25-pounder|25 Pounder guns]]
*[[75/24 Pack Howitzer]]
*[[100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)|100 mm field gun]]
*[[Indian Field Gun|105 mm Light Field Gun]]
*[[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|122 mm howitzer]]
*[[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46 130 mm Field Gun]]
*[[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|155/45 mm Sharang]]

==Gallantry awards==
The regiment has won the following gallantry awards<ref name="PJ"/> –
{{Incomplete list|date= March 2024}}
*[[Vir Chakra]] – 2
**Captain Jitendra Kumar (Operation Cactus Lily)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2784|title=Captain Jitendra Kumar|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
**Major Pradeep Kumar Sharma (Operation Cactus Lily)<ref name="Jagjit1"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1972.67/page/n65/mode/2up|title=Gazette of India, No 25, page 656|date=1972-06-17|access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2780|title= Major Pradeep Kumar Sharma|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
*[[Shaurya Chakra]] – 1
**Lieutenant Krishan Dayal Singh Rathore (Operation Rhino)<ref name="PIB">{{cite web|url= https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=29881|title= Independence Day gallantry awards and other decorations|date=2007-08-14|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.2007.473/page/n17/mode/2up|title=Gazette of India, No 46, page 1079|date=2007-11-17|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
*[[Sena Medal]] – 5
**Lieutenant Colonel Ashok Mangalik (Operation Cactus Lily)<ref name="Jagjit1"/>
**Naik Mool Chand (Operation Cactus Lily)<ref name="Jagjit1"/>
**Lance Naik Mahendra Singh Yadav (Operation Rhino)<ref name="PIB"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.w.2007-11-17.053/page/n23/mode/2up|title=Gazette of India, No 46, page 1085|date=2007-11-17|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
*[[Commendation Card (Indian Army)|Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Cards]] – 18
*[[Commendation Card (Indian Army)|General Officer Commanding-in Chiefs Commendation Cards]] – 61

==Notable officers==
*Major General AS Naravane – first commanding officer and later Colonel Commandant of Regiment of Artillery.<ref name="ASN"/>
*[[Om Prakash Malhotra|General Om Prakash Malhotra]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=80%| PVSM}} – commanded the regiment and went on to become the 10th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/former-coas-gen-o-p-malhotra-passes-away-115122900759_1.html|title= Former COAS Gen. O P Malhotra passes away|date=2015-12-29|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
*Lieutenant General Ashok Mangalik {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=80%|PVSM|SM}} - commissioned in 42 Field Regiment on 28 December 1952 and was the Director General Artillery from 1 March 1989 to 30 June 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/lt-gen-ashok-mangalikpvsmsmretd/articleshow/53269060.cms|title=LT GEN ASHOK MANGALIK,PVSM,SM(RETD)|date=2016-06-19|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
*Lieutenant General [[Madan Mohan Lakhera]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=80%|PVSM| AVSM| VSM}} -served the regiment during the 1965 war. He went on to become the [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant-General]] and later was the [[Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India|Governor]] of the state of [[Mizoram]] and the [[Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India|Lieutenant Governor]] of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref name="Tribune2"/>
*[[Kailas Prasad Pandey|Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=80%|MVC}} – He joined the regiment after the princely state's forces were amalgamated with the Indian Army.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/assets/uploads/styles/awardee_img/public/sites/default/files/BRIGADIERKAILASHPRASADPANDE(1)(1)-2024-04-09-0303-0404.pdf|title=BRIGADIER KAILASH PRASAD PANDE|date=|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/brig-tom-pande-the-maha-vir-284906|title= Brig 'Tom' Pande, the Maha Vir|date=2021-07-18|access-date=2024-07-23}}</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 1948]]
[[Category:Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947]]

42 Medium Regiment India - Revision history

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