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Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Light_Infantry
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:abbreviation
JAK LI
gptkbp:battleHonours
gptkb:Tiger_Hill
gptkb:Tangdhar
gptkb:Dras
gptkb:Handwara
gptkb:Samba
gptkb:Siachen
gptkb:Uri
gptkb:Chhamb
gptkb:Baramulla
gptkb:Kargil
gptkb:Kupwara
gptkb:Poonch
gptkb:Rajouri
Jhangar
Naushera
Tithwal
Batalik
Tololing
Bimbat
Pir Kanthi
Point 4875
gptkbp:commandStructure
Infantry Directorate, Indian Army
gptkbp:country
gptkb:India
gptkbp:currentColonelOfTheRegiment
Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi (as of 2023)
gptkbp:decorations
gptkb:Param_Vir_Chakra
gptkb:Maha_Vir_Chakra
gptkb:Ashoka_Chakra
gptkbp:established
1947
gptkbp:firstColonelOfTheRegiment
Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
gptkbp:motto
Balidanam Veer Lakshanam
gptkbp:nickname
Veer Badshah Regiment
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Operation_Meghdoot
gptkb:Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971
gptkb:Kargil_War
gptkb:Operation_Vijay
Counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir
gptkbp:partOf
Indian Army
gptkbp:recruitedFrom
gptkb:Jammu_and_Kashmir
gptkb:Ladakh
gptkbp:regimentalCentre
Dhar Road, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India
gptkbp:regimentalColour
Red and Black
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia
Rifle with fixed bayonet and a bugle
gptkbp:role
Infantry
gptkbp:size
over 50 battalions
gptkbp:type
Light infantry
gptkbp:warCry
Bharat Mata Ki Jai
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Indian_Army_Infantry
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6