6 MOUNTAIN DIVISION

6 MOUNTAIN DIVISION

The 6 Mountain Division is unique in the Indian Army because it has been raised four times in sixty years. As the 6 (Poona) Division it originally was raised in 1903 and came to a sad end in 1916 when it surrendered to the Turkish Army at Kut. Raised again in 1920, it was disbanded a second time. In 1941 it was re-raised and spent the war with 10th Army (Persia/Iraq) and disbanded in 1944. It was raised March 26, 1963 at Nanital, Uttar Pradesh, was one of the ten mountain divisions raised or authorized because of the 1962 Sino-Indian War. It shifted to Bareilly and was assigned to protect the mountain districts of the State, which later became the separate state of Uttarakhand. In 1990 the division formally became an Army HQ Reserve. The sleeve patch of 6 Mountain Division has a golden yellow eagle flying over white mountain in a black background.