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|dates= 2011 – present<br />
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]<br />
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|colonel_of_the_regiment= Lieutenant General Ajai Singh<br />
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|identification_symbol=56 Armd Regt<br />
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|nickname= Lionhearts<br />
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'''56 Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]]. <br />
==Formation==<br />
The regiment, nicknamed the ‘Lionhearts’, is one of the youngest armoured regiments and was raised on 1 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2021/5/2/Armoured-Day.amp.html|title=Indian Tankmen and their beasts: Remembering the hero of Basantar on Armoured Day|date=2021-05-02|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref> Lieutenant General Ajai Singh is the current [[Colonel (India)#Colonel of the regiment|Colonel of the Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf |title=Gazette of India, No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref><br />
==Gallantry awards==<br />
The regiment has won the following gallantry awards - <br />
*COAS Commendation Cards - 1<ref>{{cite web|url= https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=CVK6BtTAoPwLSDfLlIez1/vlFz1APFI1miEgmR/w4E0=&ParentID=D7oeH/+nfejclPXSJPfsO6hXTyEqeJtEPVhfRoJyVGE=|title=COAS Commendation Card 2019|date=|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref><br />
==References==<br />
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{{Indian Army Armoured Corps}}<br />
[[Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2011]]<br />
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