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NO. 2 SQUADRON Though the Indian Air Force was born with the raising of No.1 Squadron in 1933, it was to take another eight years before the second squadron could be raised. The outbreak of the second world war and the rapid influx of trained pilots and personnel saw to the availability of enough aircrew to equip a second squadron. Accordingly on April 1, 1941, No.2 Squadron, IAF was raised at Peshawar under the command of Flt Lt AB Awan. Its insignia has a winged arrow in the centre of a circle which is topped by India’s national emblem and golden border at the bottom with its motto ‘Amogh lakshya’ meaning ‘True to Aim’ inscribed on it. This squadron is nicknamed as ‘Winged Arrows’.

2 MOUNTAIN DIVISION Indian Army’s 2 Mountain Division in Eastern Command has its headquarter in Dibrugarh, Assam. The sleeve patch  of 2 Mountain Division has a pair of golden dahs  in the foreground with black background. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/heraldry/26-Div-Badges.html https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/2-div.htm https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

2 CORPS The 2 Corps  is the corps of the Indian Army, based in Ambala and known as Kharga Corps. The Corps was raised on October 7, 1971 by Lt. Gen. T N Raina at Krishna Nagar in West Bengal and saw action two months later in December. Its nick named as Kharga Corps. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, it captured the important towns of Khulna, Jessore, Jhenida, Magura and Faridpur and also the area between the rivers Ganges and Padma. Subsequently, the Corps was shifted to the Western Theatre where it was initially located at Chandimandir Cantonment till 1984 and then moved to Ambala in January 1985. The II Corps consisted of 4th Mountain Division and 9th Infantry Division (the only infantry division in the east, it had more motor vehicles and heavier artillery than its mountain counterparts); the corps was later reinforced by 50 Parachute Brigade (minus one battalion). Under Lieutenant General Tapishwar Narain Raina ('Tappy'), the 20 infantry batta