Some Intresting facts about Indian Army
- The Indian Army was formed in 1776 under the British government.
- The motto of the Indian Army is Service before self.
- The Indian Army is the biggest volunteer army in the world.
- The Indian soldiers are considered among the very best on high altitudes and mountain warfare.
- The Indian Army soldiers are among the best in jungle warfare.
- The Indian Army is the third biggest military contingent in the world.
- Operation Rahat, carried out by the Indian Army, is one of the biggest civilian rescue operations in the world.
- The highest bridge in the world, the Baily Bridge in Ladakh was constructed by the Indian Army in 1982.
- The Indian Army controls the highest battlefield, Siachen Glacier, in the world. It is 5,000 metres above the sea level.
- The Indian horsed cavalry regiment is one of the last three remaining regiments in the world.
- The Indian Army is one of the biggest contributors to the United Nation peace operations.
- The Indian Army is one of the few armies in the world that has ever initiated a war.
- Some of the wars won by Indian include the Kargil war, Siachen conflict, Chola incident, Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Second Indo-Pak war, Third Indo-Pak war and Indo-Sino conflict of 1967.
source of information : India today web desk, 15 January 2020. 09:50 am (google for images)
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