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|unit_name=88 Armoured Regiment
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|dates= 1979 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|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= Brigadier Satish Kumar
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|identification_symbol=88 Armd Regt
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|motto= अभय है, अजय है (Abhay Hai, Ajeya Hai)<br>Fearless and Invincible
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'''88 Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Indian Army]].
==History==
The regiment was raised in September 1979 at [[Ahmednagar]]. The first commandant was Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Iesh Rikhy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041126/haryana.htm#10|title=Regiment celebrates silver jubilee|date=2004-11-26|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref> The regiment was initially equipped with [[Vijayanta]] tanks and later converted to [[T-72]] tanks. 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> Brigadier Satish Kumar 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 awards –
*COAS Commendation Cards – 1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=L9CiZNOv5M/1RnRHlQbKtg==&ParentID=h78yO6kI8ncskoBLgLi7lQ==|title=COAS Commendation Cards 2017|date=|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
*The regiment with its Vijayanta tanks took part in the [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day parade]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite book|title= Sainik Samachar The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces · Volume 37|year=1990}}</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 1979]]

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