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|unit_name=82 Armoured Regiment
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|dates= 1975 – present
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|allegiance=India
|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type= [[Armoured Corps]]
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|size= Regiment
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|equipment= [[T-72]] tanks

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|colonel_of_the_regiment= Lt General JS Sandhu
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|identification_symbol=82 Armd Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname= Toofan-e-hind
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'''82 Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Indian Army]].

==History==
The regiment was raised on 1 October 1975. The first commandant was Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant General) Moti Dar of the [[Poona Horse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scindia.edu/scindia_management/moti-dar/|title=Moti Dar|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|title=Indian Army, a Reference Manual|year=2000|publisher=Reliance Publishing House|page=|ISBN=978-8175101142}}</ref> It has an all-India, all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gautam|first=PK|title= Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary, Volume III|date=2016|publisher= IDSA/Pentagon Press |isbn= 978-81-8274-909-2|page=154}}</ref>

Lieutenant General JS Sandhu is the current [[Colonel (India)#Colonel of the regiment|Colonel of the Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 45, Page 1744|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>

==Gallantry awards and honours==
The regiment has won the following gallantry awards –
*[[Shaurya Chakra]] - 03
**Major Ganesh Madappa – awarded posthumously for his bravery, while in service with the [[Rashtriya Rifles|36 RR]] battalion at [[Budgam]] district of Jammu and Kashmir, during counter-insurgency operations.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/major-ganesh-madappa-sc/|title= Major Ganesh Madappa SC|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1996/O-0266-1996-0048-9912.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 48, page 754-755|date=1996-11-30|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
**Sowar Kalu Ram Jat<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2479|title=SWR KALU RAM JAT|date=|access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref>
**One more SC awardee for service in CI/ CT ops.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
*[[Sena Medal]] (Gallantry) - 3{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
*COAS Commendation Cards – 1
**Lieutenant Colonel Arjun Ram Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.gov.in/writereaddata/documents/coas_commendation.pdf|title= List of Personnel Recommended for COAS Commendation Cards On Army Day 2008|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
* VCOAS Commendation Card – 1<ref>{{cite web|url= https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=1ON5SpgNbF4nkcpmXjV4OA==&ParentID=j+8qKvrOICxLXoGtCW/Mjg==|title= VCOAS Commendation Card 2008|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
* Risaldar Major (Honorary Captain) Amar Singh was appointed Honorary Life [[Aide-de-camp]] to the [[President of India]] on 5 April 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1980/O-0998-1980-0021-44536.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 21, page 617|date=1980-05-24|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>

==Regimental Insignia==
The cap badge of the regiment consists of a [[winged lion]] and a scroll at the base with the Regimental Motto in [[Devanagari]] script.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/British-India/Cavalry/list-india.html|title=The Regular Armoured Corps Regiments of the Indian Army|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Indian Army Armoured Corps}}

[[Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1975]]

82nd Armoured Regiment India - Revision history

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