MECHANISED INFANTRY REGIMENT

MECHANISED INFANTRY REGIMENT

The Mechanised Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is one of the youngest regiments in the army and though it was formed as a result of lessons learned in the 1965 Indo-Pak War. It was the mastermind of late Gen K Sundarji who had the foresight to cater the needs of a modern army. Various mechanised battalions being brought together under a single cap badge as the Mechanised Infantry Regiment in 1979. Its Regimental Centre is Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Regimental Insignia is a rifle bayonet mounted on a BMP-1, depicting the infantry and mechanised facets of the Regiment, Regimental motto is Valour & Faith and its war cry is ‘Bol Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ (Say Victory to Mother India).