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NO. 10 SQUADRON The last Indian Air Force Squadron to be raised during the Second World War was No.10, the 'Winged Daggers'. The Squadron was formed on February 20, 1944 at Lahore and was equipped with the Hawker Hurricane IIc fighter. The unit was not a pure IAF one, but more a 'commonwealth' formation with a fair bit of British pilots as well as Australian and New Zealanders thrown in. The Winged Dagger emblem of No.10 Squadron was officially approved by the President of India in December 1955. The emblem was in use unofficially since the late 1940s, as can be seen on the photograph on the right. The specially fashioned Dagger, which received formal approval on May 26, 1983, symbolises the lethality of their splendid weapon. The Squadron’s motto is ‘Yudhyay Krutnischay’ meaning ‘Into War with Determination'. The combination of cross guard and Quillon is designed to include the squadron number (in Roman character) along with its operational intent of m

10 INFANTRY DIVISION The 10 Infantry Division was formed in Iraq in early 1941 under Major-General W.A.K. Fraser. This was a war formed Infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the Division traveled over 4,000 miles (6,400 km) from Tehran to Trieste, fought three little wars and fought two great campaigns: Anglo-Iraqi War, Invasion of Syria-Lebanon, Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, North African Campaign and Italian Campaign. The 10 Infantry Division is also known as Dah Division. In Sanskrit the word ‘dah’ means to torment, grieve or burn. The origin of the word dag or tag or day is clearly associated with the Sanskrit word 'dah'. The Assamese script has its own numerals, with 10 being ‘dah’, as it is also in Old Persian. The formation badge and sleeve patch of this Division has two crossed dah s on black background.   https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/10-div.htm https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/1

10 CORPS The 10 Corps  is based in Bhatinda and is a part of South Western Command. It was formed around 1976 and 18th Infantry Division was raised at about the same time. The 24th Infantry Division was formed in 1978. (Renaldi and Rikhye 2011, 26) The X Corps had been raised at Bhatinda to reduce XI Corps' load, while the new corps took over south Punjab and north Rajasthan. It has two of the army's Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Divisions (RAPIDs). It consists of: 1 6th Infantry Division headquartered at Sri Ganganagar; 18th Infantry Division (India) (RAPID) Kota; 24th Infantry Division (India) (RAPID) Bikaner, Rajastan, (In 2001, Division Artillery and 180th Armoured Brigade were at Bikaner, 25th Infantry Brigade was at Bhatinda and an unidentified infantry brigade was at Lalgarh Jattan); 6th Independent Armoured Brigade (in the Pathankot area?); 615th Independent Air defence Brigade and 471st Engineering Brigade. The sleeve patch  of this Corps  is