https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Battle_and_theatre_honours_of_the_Indian_Army Battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army - Revision history 2026-08-01T18:11:09Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Battle_and_theatre_honours_of_the_Indian_Army&diff=367683&oldid=prev Bot at 20:07, 6 September 2022 2022-09-06T20:07:40Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}<br /> {{Short description|Battle honours awarded to the Indian army}}<br /> {{About|the recognised battle honours of the Indian Army| the repugnant battle honours|Repugnant battle honours of the Indian Army}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Indian Cavalry near Tigris.jpg|thumb|right|Indian cavalry near the Tigris River, during the First World War]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Indian Army]]&#039;&#039;&#039; has a distinguished history in which they won many &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Battle honour|battle and theatre honours]]&#039;&#039;&#039;. The practice of giving battle honours began with the [[East India Company]] who awarded these to the units of the native Indian corps in their [[presidency armies]]. The practice continued after the advent of the British Crown post-1857 when the armies of the East India Company became part of the [[British Indian Army]] and even after [[India]]&#039;s independence in 1947. The earliest conflict for which a battle honour was awarded was &quot;[[Battle of Plassey|Plassey]]&quot; which was awarded in 1829 to the 1st Regiment, [[Bengal Native Infantry]] which served the East India Company in [[Bengal]] while the latest is &quot;Kargil&quot; in 1999 awarded to units of independent India&#039;s army for feats during the [[Kargil War]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimpleWithTwoPara.aspx?MnId=X7EslapystIjO5ja6CsVvQ==&amp;ParentID=R08TWrMr4aAjPxNPWoBOlg==#:~:text=Battle%20Honours%20are%20official%20commemoration,Theatre%20Honour%20or%20Honour%20Title&#039;.|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=www.indianarmy.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819094555/https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimpleWithTwoPara.aspx?MnId=X7EslapystIjO5ja6CsVvQ==&amp;ParentID=R08TWrMr4aAjPxNPWoBOlg== |archive-date=19 August 2021 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Pre-1914 battle honours==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Plassey<br /> * Buxar<br /> * Amboor<br /> * Korah<br /> * Guzerat<br /> * Carnatic<br /> * Sholinghur<br /> * Mangalore<br /> * Mysore<br /> * Sedaseer<br /> * Seringapatam<br /> * Egypt<br /> * Allyghur<br /> * Delhi<br /> * Assaye<br /> * Leswarree<br /> * Deig<br /> * Cochin<br /> * Bourbon<br /> * Java<br /> * Kirkee<br /> * Seetabuldee<br /> * Nagpore<br /> * Maheidpoor<br /> * Corygaum<br /> * Nowah<br /> * Persian Gulf<br /> * Beni Boo Alli<br /> * Assam<br /> * Ava<br /> * Kemmendine<br /> * Arracan<br /> * Burmah<br /> * Bhurtpore<br /> * Aden<br /> * Afghanistan<br /> * Ghuznee 1839<br /> * Khelat<br /> * Kahun<br /> * Jellalabad<br /> * Kelat-i-Ghilzie<br /> * Candahar 1842<br /> * Ghuznee 1842<br /> * Cabool 1842<br /> * Cutchee<br /> * China<br /> * Meeanee<br /> * Hyderabad<br /> * Maharajpoor<br /> * Punniar<br /> * Moodkee<br /> * Ferozeshah<br /> * Aliwal<br /> * Sobraon<br /> * Punjaub<br /> * Chillianwalah<br /> * Mooltan<br /> * Goojerat<br /> * Pegu<br /> * Persia<br /> * Reshire<br /> * Bushire<br /> * Koosh-ab<br /> * Delhi 1857<br /> * Lucknow<br /> * Defence of Arrah<br /> * Behar<br /> * Central India<br /> * China 1858–59<br /> * Taku Forts<br /> * Pekin 1860<br /> * China 1860–62<br /> * Abyssinia<br /> * Afghanistan 1878–80<br /> * Ali Masjid<br /> * Peiwar Kotal<br /> * Charasiah<br /> * Kabul 1879<br /> * Ahmed Khel<br /> * Kandahar 1880<br /> * Egypt 1882<br /> * Tel-el-kebir<br /> * Suakin<br /> * Tofrek<br /> * Burma 1885–1887<br /> * Defence of Chitral<br /> * Chitral<br /> * Punjab Frontier<br /> * Malakand<br /> * Samana<br /> * Tirah<br /> * British East Africa<br /> * Pekin 1900<br /> * China 1900<br /> * Somaliland 1901–04<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==First World War==<br /> <br /> ===Europe &amp; Gallipoli===<br /> ;Europe<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * France and Flanders 1914–1918 &lt;!--(also 1914-1915, 1914-1916, 1915 &amp; 1916-1917)--&gt;.<br /> * La Bassee, 1914<br /> * Armentieres 1914<br /> * Messines 1914<br /> * Ypres 1914–15<br /> * Gheluvelt<br /> * Festubert, 1914 (also 1914–15)<br /> * Givenchy 1914<br /> * Neuve Chappelle<br /> * Ypres 1915<br /> * St Julien<br /> * Aubers<br /> * Festubert, 1915<br /> * Loos.<br /> * Somme 1916<br /> * Bazentin<br /> * Delville Wood<br /> * Flers-Courcelette<br /> * Morval<br /> * Cambrai 1917<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Gallipoli<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Gallipoli 1915<br /> * Helles<br /> * Krithia<br /> * Anzac<br /> * Landing at Anzac<br /> * Defence of Anzac<br /> * Suvla<br /> * Sari Bair<br /> * Landing at Suvla<br /> * Scimitar Hill<br /> * Macedonia 1916–18<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Arabia===<br /> ;Egypt &amp; Palestine<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Damascus<br /> * Egypt 1915–17<br /> * El Mughar<br /> * Gaza<br /> * Jerusalem<br /> * Megiddo<br /> * Nablus<br /> * Nebi Samwil<br /> * Palestine 1917–18<br /> * Sharon<br /> * Suez Canal<br /> * Tell&#039; Asur<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Mesopotamia<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Baghdad<br /> * Basra<br /> * Ctesiphon<br /> * Defence of Kut al Amara<br /> * Khan Baghdadi<br /> * Kut al Amara 1915<br /> * Kut al Amara 1917<br /> * Mesopotamia 1914–18<br /> * Shaiba<br /> * Sharqat<br /> * Tigris 1916<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Arabia<br /> * Aden<br /> <br /> ===Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, India, China===<br /> ;Central Asia<br /> * Merv<br /> ;Persia<br /> * Persia 1915–19<br /> ;Afghanistan<br /> *Afghanistan<br /> ;India<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * NW Frontier, India 1914–17<br /> * Baluchistan 1915–16, 1918<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;China<br /> * Tsingtao<br /> <br /> ===East Africa===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * East Africa 1914–18<br /> * Kilimanjaro<br /> * Beho Beho<br /> * Narungombe<br /> * Nyangao<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> &lt;!--{{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> *[[Second Anglo-Mysore War|Carnatic (1781-82)]]<br /> *[[Sholinghur (Battle honour)|Sholinghur (1781-82)]]<br /> *[[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Mysore (1792)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Seringapatam|Seringapatam (1799)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Egypt 1801]]<br /> *[[Assaye (Battle honour)|Assaye (1803)]]<br /> *[[Anglo-Dutch Java War|Java (1811)]]<br /> *[[Third Anglo-Maratha War|Nagpur (1819)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Mahidpur|Mehidpur (1819)]]<br /> *[[Ava|Ava (1825)]]<br /> *[[First Anglo-Chinese War|China (1840)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Miani|Meanee (1843)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Hyderabad|Hyderabad (1843)]]<br /> *[[Second Anglo-Burmese War|Pegu (1852)]]<br /> *[[Persia 1856-57 (Battle honour)|Persia (1856–57)]]<br /> *[[Central India Campaign (1858)|Central India (1858)]]<br /> *[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Lucknow (1858)]]<br /> *[[Taku Forts|Taku Forts (1860)]]<br /> *[[Second Opium War|Pekin (1860)]]<br /> *[[Abyssinia_(battle_honour)|Abyssinia (1868)]]<br /> *[[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan (1878–80)]]<br /> *[[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt (1882)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir (1882)]]<br /> *[[Siege of Khartoum|Suakin (1885)]]<br /> *[[Battle of Tofrek|Tofrek (1885)]]<br /> *[[Third Anglo-Burmese War|Burma (1885–87)]]<br /> *[[Malakand#British in Malakand|Chitral (1895)]]<br /> *[[Malakand#British in Malakand|Malakand (1897)]]<br /> *[[Tirah Campaign|Tirah (1897–98)]]<br /> *[[Federally Administered Tribal Areas#.22Hit and Run.22 Policy and war with tribes .281897-98.29|Punjab Frontier (1897–98)]]<br /> *[[Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rebellion (1900)]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> --&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Second World War==<br /> {{expand list|date=August 2022}}<br /> ===North East Africa, Middle East===<br /> ;North East Africa<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Abyssinia 1940–41<br /> * Ad Teclesan<br /> * Agordat<br /> * Amba Alagi<br /> * Barentu<br /> * Berbera<br /> * British Somaliland<br /> * Gallabat<br /> * Keren<br /> * Keren-Asmara Road<br /> * Massawa<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Middle East<br /> * Iraq 1941<br /> <br /> ==Post-independence==<br /> <br /> ===Indo-Pakistani War of 1947===<br /> The battle and theatre honours of the 1947 War are:&lt;ref name=&#039;Sarbans&#039;&gt;Singh, Sarbans (1993) pp 227–238&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48 (theatre honour)<br /> * Gurais<br /> * Jhangar<br /> * Kargil<br /> * Naoshera<br /> * Punch<br /> * Rajouri<br /> * Skardu<br /> * Srinagar<br /> * Tithwal<br /> * Uri<br /> * Zoji La<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===Indo-Pakistani War of 1965===<br /> The battle and theatre honours of the 1965 War are:&lt;ref name=&#039;Sarbansp242&#039;&gt;Singh, Sarbans (1993) pp 242–256.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> ;Jammu and Kashmir sector<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Jammu and Kashmir 1965 (theatre honour)<br /> * Hajipir<br /> * Jaurian Kalit<br /> * Kalidhar<br /> * OP Hill<br /> * Raja Picquet-Chand Tekri<br /> * Sanjoi Mirpur<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Punjab sector<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Punjab 1965 (theatre honour)<br /> * Assal Uttar<br /> * Burki<br /> * Buttur Dograndi<br /> * Charwa<br /> * Dograi<br /> * Hussainiwala Bridge<br /> * Maharajke<br /> * Phillora<br /> * Tilakpur-Muhadipur<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Rajasthan sector<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Rajasthan 1965 (theatre honour)<br /> * Gadra Road<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===Indo-Pakistani War of 1971===<br /> ;East Pakistan Sector<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * East Pakistan 1971 (theatre honour)<br /> * Akhaura<br /> * Belonia<br /> * Bhaduria<br /> * Bogra<br /> * Chauddagram<br /> * Darsana<br /> * Ganga Sagar<br /> * Hilli<br /> * Jamalpur<br /> * Khansama<br /> * Kumarkhali<br /> * Madhumati River<br /> * Mian Bazaar<br /> * Mynamati<br /> * Poongli Bridge<br /> * Shamsher Nagar<br /> * Siramani<br /> * Suadih<br /> * Syamganj<br /> * Sylhet<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ;Jammu and Kashmir sector<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Jammu and Kashmir 1971 (theatre honour)<br /> * Banwat<br /> * Brachil Pass and Wali Malik<br /> * Chhamb<br /> * Defence of Punch<br /> * Gutrian<br /> * Laleali-Picquet 707<br /> * Nangi Tekri<br /> * Shingo River Valley<br /> * Thanpir<br /> * Turtok<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Punjab theatre<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Punjab 1971 (theatre honour)<br /> * Amritsar Airfield<br /> * Basantar River<br /> * Burj<br /> * Chakri<br /> * Dera Baba Nanak<br /> * Fatehpur<br /> * Harar Kalan<br /> * Jarpal<br /> * Malakpur<br /> * Samba (VA/VP)<br /> * Shehjra<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ;Sindh theatre<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * Sindh 1971 (theatre honour)<br /> * Chachro<br /> * Gadra City<br /> * Khinsar<br /> * Longanewala<br /> * Parbat Ali<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Repugnant battle honours of the Indian Army]]<br /> * [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces]]<br /> <br /> ==Footnotes==<br /> * {{cite book |title=Battle Honours of the Indian Army 1757 – 1971 |last=Singh |first=Sarbans |year=1993 |publisher=Vision Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-7094-115-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ATfAAAAMAAJ |access-date=3 November 2022}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Battle honours of the Indian Army| ]]</div> Bot