Regiment in the Indian Army
Military unit
The Ahir Regiment , also known as the Yadav Regiment , is a proposed
infantry regiment of the
Indian Army that has been requested by the
Yadava community.
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[2]
History
1962 India-China War memorial, Called as Ahir Dham
Prime Minister and Defence Minister Role
Yogendra Singh Yadav is a hero of the
Battle of Tiger Hill , and for his bravery he received the highest military medal
Param Vir Chakra from the Indian government. Now, he is the president of the Ahir Regiment Mission and is leading the protest, meeting the
Prime minister and
Defence Minister of India several times for the formation in honor to the
Ahir Dham battle in 1962.
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[4]
Demand for a new regiment
In
Haryana , some
Ahir people marched on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway, demanding for the formation of the new regiment.
[5]
Arvind Kumar Sharma , a
Member of Parliament from
Rohtak ,
Haryana ,
[6]
Ashok Gehlot , the current
chief minister of Rajasthan ,
[7]
Dinesh Lal Yadav , member of the parliament of
Lok Sabha ,
[8]
Kamal Nath , former
Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh , and
Vivek Tankha wrote letters to the
government to form the regiment.
[9]
[10]
[11]
Rao Inderjit Singh , the
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation and a member of the parliament from
Gurgaon ,
Haryana , has given full support to the demand for the creation of the Ahir Regiment in the
Indian Army .
[12]
[13]
Samajwadi Party president and former
chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Akhilesh Yadav had promised during the
2019 Indian general election to form regiment if he comes to powers.
[14]
[15]
Rezang La War Memorial at Rewari in
Haryana
Manoj Jha , a member of the
Rajya Sabha , the
upper house of the
Parliament of India from
Bihar , has raised the issue on the Ahir regiment to form the regiment due to the historical army background of the community.
[16]
[17]
Hanuman Beniwal , a
Member of Parliament in
Lok Sabha from
Nagaur ,
Rajasthan , has written a letter to
Rajnath Singh , the
Defence Minister of India , to create a new
infantry in the Indian Army for the
Yadav community like the caste-based
Jat and
Rajput Regiments .
[18]
Battle Slogan
After the victory in the
Ahir Dham war in
China in 1962,
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo was first performed by
Lata Mangeshkar on
Republic Day (26 January 1963) at the
National Stadium in
New Delhi in the presence of
President
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru .
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Gallantry awards
The
Kumaon Regiment recruits most of its soldiers from
Ahir and
Yadav . 11 Kumaon and 13 Kumaon are both pure Ahir battalions.
[20]
Param Vir Chakra
Ashok Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Vir Chakra
Lt. Gen. J.B.S.Yadava , former
Deputy Chief of the Army Staff
[21]
Related work
The Battle Of Rezang La , written by
Kulpreet Yadav , is a war book about the Sino-Indian war.
[22]
See also
References
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"Why Yadavs are agitating for an Ahir regiment in Indian Army" . www.indiatoday.in . Retrieved 28 February 2023 .
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"Yadavs Demand Ahir Regiment In Army, Stage 'Indefinite' Protest At Delhi-Gurugram Expressway" . www.indiatimes.com . Retrieved 5 February 2023 .
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"rallies in Gwalior, Indore and Sehore, had around 10,000 people participating and was addressed by Param Vir Chakra Yogendra Yadav" .
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"मध्य प्रदेश से अहीर रेजीमेंट के लिए अरुण यादव ने नारा किया बुलंद" . www.etvbharat.com . Retrieved 26 March 2022 .
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"Why Is Haryana's Ahir Community Demanding a Separate Regiment in the Army?" . www.thequint.com . Retrieved 23 March 2022 .
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"सांसद अरविंद शर्मा ने एक बार फिर से उठाई अहीर रेजिमेंट बनाने की मांग" . haryana.punjabkesari.in . Retrieved 16 December 2019 .
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"Eyeing Yadav votes in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot announces Shri Krishna Board, backs call for Ahir regiment in Army" . indianexpress.com . Retrieved 27 June 2023 .
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" 'अगर सेना में बनी अहीर रेजीमेंट तो कांप जाएगी चीन की रूह'- लोकसभा में बोले दिनेश लाल यादव" . hindi.news18.com . Retrieved 16 December 2022 .
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"अहीर रेजिमेंट की मांग को लेकर भोपाल में हजारों की संख्या में जमा हुए यादव समाज ने किया शक्ति प्रदर्शन" . hindi.oneindia.com . Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
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"MP Budget 2023: सेना में अहीर रेजिमेंट बनाने की मांग ने पकड़ा जोर, कांग्रेस विधायक के समर्थन में आए सांसद" . www.abplive.com . Retrieved 3 March 2023 .
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"कमलनाथ ने पीएम मोदी को लिखा खत, MP में चुनाव से पहले की ये बड़ी मांग" . zeenews.india.com . Retrieved 23 February 2023 .
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"Fully support creation of Ahir Regiment in Army: Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh" . www.newindianexpress.com . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
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"Can Ahir Have a seprate caste-based Regiment in Indian Army" . www.jagran.com . Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
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"Akhilesh Yadav released sp manifesto demands Ahir Regiment in Indian Army" . www.jansatta.com . Retrieved 5 April 2019 .
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"Samajwadi Party manifesto in 2019 general elections" . inshorts.com .
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"Manoj Jha of the RJD had also raised this issue in Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session" . www.firstpost.com . Retrieved 18 November 2022 .
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"अहीर रेजिमेंट की स्थापना के लिए होगा अांदाेलन" . www.bhaskar.com . Retrieved 20 March 2019 .
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"सांसद बेनीवाल ने अहीर रेजिमेंट के गठन की मांग को लेकर PM मोदी व रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह को लिखा पत्र" . politalks.news . Retrieved 14 April 2023 .
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"Patriotic song 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' turns 50" . NDTV.com . Retrieved 4 December 2016 .
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"The Official Home Page of the Indian Army" . indianarmy.nic.in . Retrieved 2020-03-30 .
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"Chaki, Yadav take over as deputy chiefs of Army staff" . The Times of India . 2002-09-01.
ISSN
0971-8257 . Retrieved 2023-03-05 .
^ Yadav, Kulpreet (20 September 2021).
The Battle Of Rezang La was written by Kulpreet Yadav . Penguin Random House India Private Limited.
ISBN
9789354922251 .