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Assam Regiment: Best marching contingent on Republic Day Parade 2016

| | Jan 29, 2016, at 12:01 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): The Assam Regiment has been adjudged the Best Marching Contingent among the three Services in the 2016 Republic Day Parade held in New Delhi.
The Assam Regiment, which was adjudged the Best Marching Contingent among the three Services during the Republic Day Parade on Jan 26, 2016 in New Delhi, consisted of 149 soldiers from the seven states of Northeast India.
 
The contingent was led by Lieutenant Aditya Bisht. 
 
The Assam Regiment is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee in 2016. 
 
The regiment was raised on Jun 15, 1941, and draws its troops from the seven North Eastern states. 
 
The Regiment's insignia, the one-horned rhinoceros, reflects toughness, aggressiveness, determination and martial qualities. 
 
Raised through the Japanese invasion during the Second World War in 1941, this gallant regiment has won six Battle Honours and Theatre Honour ‘Burma’ in the first three years of its raising. 
 
The Fifth Battalion of the regiment also has the unique distinction of being the only infantry battalion to have been awarded Battle Honour in Chhamb Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. 
 
Since its raising, the regiment has been awarded seven Battle honours, three Theatre honours, nine Chief of the Army Staff Unit citations, 23 Army Commanders Unit citations, two United Nations citations and numerous other gallantry awards.
 
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