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{{short description|Army regiment in the Indian Army}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Jat Regiment
| image = Rgt-jat.gif
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Regimental Insignia of the Jat Regiment
| dates = 1795 – Present<ref>[http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2849 Army's Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 and 2021 Parade | India Defence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202191522/http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2849 |date=2007-02-02 }}</ref>
| country = {{flag|British India}} {{small|(1795-1947)}} {{flag|India}} {{small|(1947-Present)}}
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|British India}} {{small|(1795-1947)}} {{Army|India}} {{small|(1947-Present)}}
| type = Line Infantry
| role = [[Infantry]]
| size = 24 Battalions
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| garrison = [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| garrison_label = Regimental Centre
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| motto = ''Sangathan Va Veerta (Unity And Valour)''
| colors = ''Jat Balwan, Jai Bhagwan'' (The Jat is powerful, Victory to god!)
| colors_label = War Cry
| march =
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| battles =
| decorations = 2 [[Victoria cross]] 5 [[Battle honour]] 8 [[Maha Vir Chakra]] 2 [[Ashoka Chakra]] 8 [[Kirti Chakra]] 34 [[Shaurya Chakra]] 39 [[Vir Chakra]] 170 [[Sena Medal]]
| anniversaries = July
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| colonel_of_the_regiment = Lt Gen B S Raju , UYSM, AVSM, YSM
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| identification_symbol = The insignia has a bugle indicating the Light Infantry antecedents of two of its battalions.
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The '''Jat Regiment''' is an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[Indian Army]], of which it is one of the longest-serving and most-decorated regiments.<ref name="india-defence.com">[http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2849. Army's Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 Parade | India Defence] http://www.dsalert.org/gallantry-awards/shaurya-chakra</ref> The regiment has won 19 [[battle honour]]s between 1839 and 1947,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-4/bajwa.html |title=BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(4) |access-date=2011-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609131125/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-4/bajwa.html |archive-date=2011-06-09 }}.</ref> and post-independence it has won five battle honours, including 2 [[Victoria Cross]], 8 [[Mahavir Chakra]], 8 [[Kirti Chakra]], 34 [[Shaurya Chakra]]s, 39 [[Vir Chakra]]s and 170 [[Sena Medal]]s.<ref name="india-defence.com" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cornwell|first=Richard|date=2012-02-28|journal=Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies|volume=6|issue=4|doi=10.5787/6-4-845|issn=2224-0020|title=2 Anti-Tank Regiment, Saa -Tank and Anti-Tank in the Western Desert, 1940-1942 (Part Iv)|doi-access=free}}</ref> During its 200-year service history, the regiment has participated in various actions and operations in India and abroad, including [[First World War|the First]] and the [[Second World War]]s. Numerous battalions of the Jat Regiment, including the [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]], fought in the First World War.<ref>The Times History of the War: The Battlefield of Europe. Woodward & Van Slyke</ref>

==History==

[[Image:The Jat Regiment Insigna British India.JPG|right|upright|thumb|The Jat Regiment Insignia during [[British India]] ''(Pre-1947)''.]]

The Regiment claims its origins from the [[Calcutta Native Militia]] that was raised in 1795,<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug22/saturday/head4.htm|title=The valiant Jat soldier – The Tribute|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> which later became an infantry battalion of the [[Bengal Army]]. The [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]] was formed in 1857.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> After 1860, there was a substantial increase in the recruitment of [[Jats]] into the [[British Indian Army]]. The Class Regiment(The Jats) was initially created in 1897 as infantry units from old battalions of the Bengal Army. In January 1922, at the time of the grouping of the Class Regiments of the Indian Army, the [[9th Jat Regiment]] was formed by merging four active [[battalion]]s and one training battalion into a single regiment.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

The 1st Battalion was raised as the 22nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1803.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were raised in 1817 and 1823 respectively. All three battalions had distinguished records of service, including the winning of many honours during World War I.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
[[Image:WW1-Jat Army Officer's Button-of the 9th JAT Regiment.jpg|right|thumb|A [[World War I]] (1914–1918) Jat Army Officer's [[Brass]] Button]]

===Objective===
The [[British people|British]] had a policy of recruiting the martial Indians from those who had less access to education as they were easier to control, so britishers raised regiments of those [[Martial races|Martial race]] who were considered politically subservient, intellectually inferior, lacking the initiative or leadership qualities to command large military formations.<ref name="Khalidi2003">{{cite book|author=Omar Khalidi|title=Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India: Army, Police, and Paramilitary Forces During Communal Riots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-NtAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Three Essays Collective|quote= Apart from their physique , the martial races were regarded as politically subservient or docile to authority|page=5|isbn=9788188789092}}</ref><ref name="Levine2003">{{cite book|author=Philippa Levine|title=Prostitution, Race, and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=It1lPzFCG9EC|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-94447-2|pages=284–285|quote=The Saturday review had made much the same argument a few years earlier in relation to the armies raised by Indian rulers in princely states. They lacked competent leadership and were uneven in quality. Commander in chief Roberts, one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the martial race theory, though poorly of the native troops as a body. Many regarded such troops as childish and simple. The British, claims, David Omissi, believe martial Indians to be stupid. Certainly, the policy of recruiting among those without access to much education gave the British more semblance of control over their recruits.}}</ref> According to modern historian Jeffrey Greenhunt on military history, "The Martial Race theory had an elegant symmetry. Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards, while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward". According to Amiya Samanta, the marital race was chosen from people of mercenary spirit (a soldier who fights for any group or country that will pay him/her), as these groups lacked nationalism as a trait.<ref name="Samanta2000">{{cite book|author=Amiya K. Samanta|title=Gorkhaland Movement: A Study in Ethnic Separatism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4GqdfG0EU8C&pg=PA26|year=2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-166-3|pages=26–|quote=Dr . Jeffrey Greenhunt has observed that “ The Martial Race Theory had an elegant symmetry. Indians who were intelligent and educated were defined as cowards, while those defined as brave were uneducated and backward. Besides their mercenary spirit was primarily due to their lack of nationalism.}}</ref>

[[Image:14th Murrays Jat Lancers (Risaldar Major) by AC Lovett (1862-1919).jpg|upright|thumb|14th Murray's Jat Lancers ''(Risaldar Major) by AC Lovett (1862–1919)'']]

==Battle cry==
The battle cry, adopted in 1955, in [[Hindi]], is ''जाट बलवान, जय भगवान'' ([[IAST]]: Jāt Balwān, Jai Bhagwān) (The Jat is Powerful, Victory Be to God!).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raghavan|first=V.R.|title=Infantry in India|publisher=Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.|year=1997|isbn=8125904840|location=India|language=English}}</ref>

==Recruitment==
Soldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89% from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North<ref>{{cite web | title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army | website=www.indianarmy.nic.in | date=1980-01-01 | url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=e38K+6xU5wNEwYFJInCcYA==&ParentID=LZDbsnFu5moE5jXeLiG7hQ== | ref={{sfnref | www.indianarmy.nic.in | 1980}} | access-date=2022-05-01}}</ref><ref name="Sachdeva">{{cite news |last=Sachdeva |first=Sujata Dutta |title=SUNDAY DEBATE: Should there be reservation in the Indian Army? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/sunday-debate-should-there-be-reservation-in-the-indian-army/articleshow/1285894.cms |work=Times of India |date=6 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217050126/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/SUNDAY-DEBATE-Should-there-be-reservation-in-the-Indian-Army/articleshow/1285894.cms |archive-date=17 February 2017 |quote=It recruits under two broad categories. The first comprises various regiments such as the Jat, Sikh, Garhwal and Kumaon Regiment. These are made up of soldiers with a similar background. For example, the Jat Regiment recruits only Jats, the Garhwal Regiment recruits only Garhwalis and so on. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Mohan">{{cite news |last=Mohan |first=Vijay |title=Jat Regiment raises new battalion |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/jat-regiment-raises-new-battalion-261887 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506041943/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/jat-regiment-raises-new-battalion-261887 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |quote=The Jat Regiment, which draws its manpower primarily from the state of Haryana and its adjoining areas, ... |url-status=live}}</ref> Officers may be from any part of country.

==Regimental battalions==
[[File:Stamp of India - 1983 - Colnect 168540 - Jat Regiment.jpeg|right|thumb|Commemorative stamp celebrating the Jat Regiment in uniforms of the regiment, past and present.]]

The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions, 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions, as of August 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=zSk892gNYDCvLyw219vzMw==&ParentID=RVaO4+0M/o6X5t3IvlYN6A==|title=REGIMENTAL HISTORY|access-date=2021-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/24th-battalion-of-jat-regiment-to-be-raised-in-bareilly-to-become-operational-from-sept-1/articleshow/77839148.cms|title=24th battalion of Jat Regiment to be raised in Bareilly|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=2020-08-31|access-date=2021-08-20}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Unit
!Raising location
!Raising date
!Remarks
|-
|Jat Regimental Centre
|[[Kolkata|Calcutta]]
|1795
|Erstwhile The Calcutta Native Militia
|-
|1 Jat (LI)
|[[Fatehgarh]]
|1803
|Now converted to [[Mechanised Infantry Regiment|2 Mechanised Infantry Regiment]]
|-
|2 Jat
|[[Mumbai|Bombay]]
|29 Oct 1817
|former [[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)]]
|-
|3 Jat
|[[Dinapur Cantonment|Dinapur]]
|23 Jun 1823
|Former [[10th Jats]]; [[Battle of Dograi]]
|-
|4 Jat
|[[Bareilly]]
|15 Jan 1962
|Re-raising; Saviours of Fazilka
|-
|5 Jat
|[[Varanasi]]
|1 Feb 1941
|Phillora Captors
|-
|6 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Feb 1941
|
|-
|7 Jat
|Bareilly
|15 Nov 1962
|Re-raising, former 11th Jat
|-
|8 Jat
|[[Jabalpur]]
|14 Dec 1941
|
|-
|9 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Jan 1963
|Re-raising
|-
|11 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Apr 1964
|
|-
|12 Jat
|Bareilly
|6 Feb 1970
|
|-
|14 Jat
|Bareilly
| 1 Oct 1963
|
|-
|15 Jat
|Bareilly
|15 May 1976
|Re-raising
|-
|16 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Oct 1964
|
|-
|17 Jat
|Jabalpur
|1 Jun 1966
|Kargil
|-
|18 Jat
|[[Secunderabad]]
|1 Oct 1966
|
|-
|19 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Aug 1980
|
|-
|20 Jat
|Bareilly
|27 Feb 1985
|
|-
|21 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Nov 1987
|
|-
|22 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Dec 2013
|Jaguars
|-
|23 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Jul 2016
|
|-
|24 Jat
|Bareilly
|1 Sep 2020
|
|-
|5 [[Rashtriya Rifles]]
|[[Ranikhet]]
|15 Oct 1990
|
|-
|34 Rashtriya Rifles
|Bareilly
|1 Sep 1994
|Bravest of the Brave
|-
|45 Rashtriya Rifles
|Bareilly
|1 Aug 2001
|
|-
|61 Rashtriya Rifles
|Bareilly
|30 Jun 2004
|
|-
|114 Infantry Battalion ([[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]])
|[[Dehradun]]
|1 Oct 1960
|
|-
|151 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
|[[Muzaffarpur]]
|18 Jan 2002
|
|}

==Gallantry awards==

===Battle honours===

====Pre-1947====
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}
*[[Nagpur]] & [[Afghanistan]], 1839
*Ghuznee ([[Ghazni]], [[Ali Masjid]] & [[Kandahar]]), 1842
*Cabool ([[Kabul]]), 1842
*[[Maharajpore]], [[Sobraon]], [[Mooltan]], Goojrat ([[Gujarat]]), [[Punjab]] & [[China]], 1858–59
*Kandahar 1880
*[[Burma]] 1885–87
*Afghanistan 1879–80
*China 1900
*La Bassée 1914
*[[Festubert]] 1914–15
*[[Shaiba]], [[Ctesiphon]], [[Khan al Baghdadi]] & [[Kut al Amara]], 1915
*[[Neuve-Chapelle]], [[France]] & [[Flanders]], 1914–15
*Kut al Amara 1916
*[[Mesopotamia]] 1914–18
*[[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North-West Frontier Province]] 1914–15 & 1917
*Afghanistan 1919
*Razabil & Burma, 1942–45
*[[Jitra]], Kanglatongbi & Malaya, 1941–42
*Ninshigum, the Muars & North Africa, 1940–43
{{Div col end}}

====Post-1947====
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1P2C_1.aspx?MnId=49NLYACokE9IvWgtpZnxLA==&ParentID=PLgHlC1zCW5u9Blp1rRWrA==|title=Official Website of Indian Army|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref>
*[[Zoji La]] & [[Rajauri]], 1947
*[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] 1947–48
*Phillora & Dograi 1965
*Jammu and Kashmir & [[East Pakistan]] 1971

===Unit citations===
When a unit is decorated for counter-insurgency operations, unit citations are given instead of battle or theatre honours.
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*4th battalion, [[Nagaland]] 1995
*7th battalion, J&K 1997, J&K 2003 & Operation Rhino 2016
*11th battalion, [[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir#Operation Rakshak|Operation Rakshak]] 2011
*34th battalion [[Rashtriya Rifles]], J&K 1997
*17th battalion, [[Operation Vijay (1999)|Operation Vijay 1999]]
*16th battalion, Operation Rakshak 2005 & 2011
*21st battalion, Operation Rhino 2009
*22nd Battalion (JAGUARS), Operation Rakshak 2018
{{Div col end}}

===Victoria Cross===
*[[Risaldar]] [[Badlu Singh]], [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]] attached to [[9th Deccan Horse|29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] 1918.<ref name="wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk"/><ref>[http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/india/medals/VC/1BSingh.html Risaldar Badlu Singh, VC] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711133342/http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/india/medals/VC/1BSingh.html |date=July 11, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[Havildar]] [[Abdul Hafiz, VC|Abdul Hafiz]], [[9th Jat Regiment]], [[Imphal]] 1944.<ref name="wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk/wewerethere_old/vcwin.html |title=We Were There – Medals and Awards – Victoria Cross Winners |access-date=2008-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002102633/http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk/wewerethere_old/vcwin.html |archive-date=2008-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Maha Vir Chakra===
* [[Brig.]] (later Lt. Gen.) [[Joginder Singh Bakshi]], 16 Jat, 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=C5TdyeWffP2/tmR3bzquSw==&ParentID=dSCH+6YL1sRl4Mp6nMRetg==&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ==|title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army}}</ref>
* [[Lt. Col.]] (later Brig.) [[Desmond Hayde]], 3 Jat, Dograi 1965
* [[Maj.]] [[Asaram Tyagi]], 3 Jat, 1965
* [[Capt.]] [[Anuj Nayyar]], 17 Jat, [[Kargil district|Kargil]] 1999
* [[Capt.]] [[Kapil Singh Thapa]], 3 Jat, 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/captain-kapil-singh-thapa-mvc|title = Captain Kapil Singh Thapa MVC | Honourpoint}}</ref>

===Vir Chakra===
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*[[Brig.]] Umesh Singh Bawa, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
*Lt. Col Raj Kumar Suri, 4 Jat, 1971 war<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/raj-kumar-suri |title=RAJ KUMAR SURI {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131101725/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/raj-kumar-suri |archive-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
*Maj. Harish Chandra Sharma, 4 Jat 1971 war<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/harish-chandra-sharma |title=HARISH CHANDRA SHARMA {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131094657/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/harish-chandra-sharma/ |archive-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
*Maj. Narain Singh, 4 Jat 1971 war<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/narain-singh |title=NARAIN SINGH {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131101950/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/narain-singh |archive-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
*Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
*Havildar Kumar Singh Sogarwal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999
*Havildar Shish Ram Gill, 8 Jat, Kargil 1999
*Sep Dharajit Singh Chahar, 4 Jat, 1988
*Sub (later Capt.) Pahlad Singh, 2 Jat, 1971 war
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/dharajit-singh-chahar |title=DHARAJIT SINGH CHAHAR {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131103503/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/dharajit-singh-chahar/ |archive-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
{{Div col end}}
*Sub Brijendra Singh, 4 Jat, 1971 war<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1971-war-veteran-felicitated-190297|title = 1971 war veteran felicitated}}</ref>

===Ashok Chakra===

*Maj [[Sudhir Kumar Walia]], 4 Jat (parent unit), 9 [[Para (Special Forces)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/major-sudhir-kumar-walia|title = Major Sudhir Kumar Walia AC, SM (Bar) | Honourpoint}}</ref>
*Col [[Jojan Thomas]], 45 [[Rashtriya Rifles]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/jojan-thomas |title=JOJAN THOMAS {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818160715/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/jojan-thomas |archive-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>
*Maj [[Dinesh Raghu Raman]], 34 Rashtriya Rifles, PU 19 Jat,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/dinesh-raghu-raman |title=DINESH RAGHU RAMAN {{!}} Gallantry Awards |website=gallantryawards.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218203517/http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/dinesh-raghu-raman |archive-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>
*Lance Naik [[Nazir Ahmad Wani]], 34 Rashtriya Rifles

== Others ==
[[File:The Jat Regiment marching contingents passes through the Rajpath during the 66th Republic Day Parade 2015, in New Delhi on January 26, 2015.jpg|thumb|The Jat Regiment marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the 66th Republic Day Parade, 2015|alt=|right]]
*The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar – 2010 (Organisation Category) was awarded to 21st Battalion, the Jat Regiment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jat-regiment-s-battalion-gets-environment-award-114021901402_1.html|title=Jat Regiment's battalion gets environment award|author=Press Trust of India|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=19 February 2014|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref>
*The launch of the 'Maujiram helpline' by the Jat Regiment Centre in June 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-helpline-for-soldiers-Army-widows/articleshow/29729885.cms|title=National helpline for soldiers, Army widows | India News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Battles fought==
{{expand section|date=December 2019}}
* The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting in [[North African Campaign|North Africa]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Burma Campaign|Burma]], [[Battle of Malaya|Malaya]], [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore]], and [[Java]]-[[Sumatra]]. A large number of gallantry awards including a [[Victoria Cross]] and two [[George Cross]]es were won.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
* '''Gates of Somnath temple'''
After the [[Battle of Kabul (1842)]], Governor General [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|Lord Ellenborough]]
had ordered Major General [[William Nott (British general)|William Nott]], who was commanding British-Indian forces, to recover a set of ornate gates known as the [[Somnath Gates]], which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan [[Mahmud II]].<ref>Dalrymple (2013), pp.444–445</ref> A whole [[sepoy]] regiment, the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry—which later became the [[6th Jat Light Infantry]] after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]—was tasked with carrying the gates back to India.<ref name=bbcom>{{cite web|title=britishbattles.com|url=http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-1842.htm|access-date=23 October 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071012123648/http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-1842.htm| archive-date= 12 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[WW1]]
* [[WW2]]
* [[1947 Indo-Pakistani War]]
* [[1962 Sino-Indian War]]
* [[1965 India-Pakistan War]]
** [[Battle of Dograi]]
In 1965 India-Pakistan War, 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col (now Brig Retd) [[Desmond Hayde]] on 1 September and then again on 21–22 September, crossed the [[Ichhogil Canal]] and in the [[Battle of Dograi]] captured Dograi right up to [[Batapore-Attocke Awan]], advancing towards [[Lahore]].
* [[1971 India-Pakistan War]]
** Battle of Beriwala Bridge<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/new-pakistan-army-chiefs-brother-died-in-1971-battle-of-majors-in-fazilka/|title=New Pakistan army chief's brother died in 1971 Battle of Majors in Fazilka|date=1 December 2013|work=Indian Express}}</ref>
* [[Kargil War]]
In the 1999 [[Kargil War]], five of the regiment's battalions took part. The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo. It was also involved in counter-insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india|title = India Military Guide}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Dev Samhita]]
* [[20th Lancers (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]
* [[9th Jat Regiment]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment'' by Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Hailes details the military history of the Jat Regiment and of the Jat people between 1893 and 1937.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060414183457/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-006.htm 6th Jat Light Infantry]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110609131125/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-4/bajwa.html Jat Regiment on Bharat-Rakshak]

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Jat Regiment - Revision history

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