Logo India

NO. 11 SQUADRON On  November 15, 1951, 11 Squadron was formed at Barrackpore with a complement of 10 Dakota MK III And MK IV aircraft. Squadron Leader P Mehta was the first commanding Officer of the Squadron. The `One-horned Rhino' was chosen as the Squadron emblem when the Squadron moved to Jorhat in February 1961.  The Squadron's motto was chosen as `Vishwambarah Prandah', meaning `Supporters of the Universe'. The Rhinoceros was chosen as it is famed for its indomitable courage, superlative strength and the ability to stand tall amidst any calamity. The famed one horned Rhinoceros has made its abode in the Kaziranga sanctuary for thousands of years now. Thus it was apt that the Rhino was chosen to represent the No. 11 sqn, as it was to become the backbone of the transport fleet of the Indian Air Force. An-32 aircraft were later inducted in Jan 96 at Sulur And HS-748 aircraft were fully replaced by Aug 96. On re-establishment at Baroda in Mar 2000, the Squadron

11 GORKHA RIFLES At the time of Independence when the division of the Indian Armed Forces was being done the question of the future employment of Gorkha troops also came up. At that time there were ten Gorkha Regiments in the Indian Army, each with two battalions. Troops of the 7th and 10th Gorkha Rifles hailed from Eastern Nepal and were mainly of Rai and Limbu ethnic groups. Transfer of troops to the British Army was to be on a purely voluntary basis. A referendum was held in the presence of the representatives of the Indian and Nepalese Governments. Troops from the 7th and 10th Gorkha Rifles opted against the transfer to the British Army in large numbers. 2/7 GR - located at Santa Cruz, Mumbai - as a whole opted against transfer to the British Army. There was no Gorkha Regiment, left in the Indian Army with troops from Eastern Nepal. Keeping in mind the large numbers of non-optees and their fighting qualities it was decided to re-raise the 11th Gorkha Rifles. Official orders

11 INFANTRY DIVISION The 11 Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It formed part of Indian III Corps in the Malaya Command during the Battle of Malaya. The 11th Indian Division surrendered to the Japanese on  February 15, 1942, along with about 1,30,000 other British and Commonwealth soldiers, when Singapore was surrendered. The Division insignia is a Katar , a Rajput dagger . The formation badge and sleeve patch of this Division has a pair of ‘Katars’ on black background. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/11-div.htm https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/11ID.jpg https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

11 CORPS The 11 Corps  of the Indian Army is based in Jalandhar and is a part of Western Command. It is also called the ‘Vajra Corps’. The XI Corps was raised to take command of the formations in the Punjab as India reorganised its post 1947 army to meet the new threat of Pakistan. It consists of 7th Infantry Division headquartered at Firozpur; 9th Infantry Division headquartered at Meerut HQ Meerut, one brigade Meerut, one brigade Delhi, one brigade Jalandhar; 15th Infantry Division headquartered at Amritsar Appears to include 350 Infantry Brigade; 23rd Armored Brigade and 55th Mechanised Brigade (Beas). In 1984, 46 Armoured Regiment was based in Amritsar as part of an armoured brigade at the time of Operation Blue Star. The sleeve patch  of this Corps is red horizontal striped patch intersected with a white stripe in the background with three kirpans in a circle in the foreground.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XI_Corps_(India)#:~:text=The%20Corps%20formati