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NO. 3 SQUADRON The Number 3 Squadron of the Indian Air Force is also called Cobras. It was formed at Peshawar on October 1, 1941, nearly six months after the raising of No.2 Squadron. The crest shows a hand coupled at the wrist holding a winged dagger entwined by a cobra all in front of the wings. The squadron crest was first put forward by Sqn Ldr Prithi Pal Singh and was approved by King George V in 1947. The original motto was 'Ba Himmat Ba Murad' meaning ‘Fortune favours the brave’ but this was changed in September 1954 to ‘Lakshya Vedh’ meaning ‘Destroy the target with Precision’.

3 GORKHA RIFLES The 3 Gorkha Rifles were raised on  April 24, 1815 as a Kumaon Battalion. In 1907, the Regiment was redesignated as 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gorkha Rifles. The Regiment presently comprises five battalions. During the First World War, the Regiment distinguished itself in France, Gaza and Palestine and won 18 battle honours. During the Second World War, the Regiment fought in Burma, Malaya, Java, Indonesia, Iraq, Persia, Palestine, North Africa and Cyprus and again proved its mettle. Post-Independence, the Regiment won the Battle Honour 'Pir Kanthi' in the Uri Sector in 1948 and 'Shingo' in the Kargil Sector in 1971. The 3 Gorkha Rifles have the distinction of being the first battalion in the post-independence period to carry out amphibious operations during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Its Regimental Centre is Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and its Regimental insignia is a pair of crossed khukris (a Gorkha dagger), with a star in-between and the numeral 3

3 INFANTRY DIVISION The 3 Infantry Division of Indian Army was created in October 1962 in Ladakh. It fought in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. In 1991 it was part of XV Corps. It is headquartered at Karu, 40 km from Leh. During the Kargil War the division consisted of the 3rd Artillery Brigade (the normally assigned divisional artillery), 70th Infantry Brigade, reassigned from Demchok on the Chinese border and 102nd Infantry Brigade, both normally assigned to the division. The sleeve patch  of 3 Infantry Division has a Trident  ( Trishul ) with Himalayas at the backdrop with black background.   https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/3MD.jpg https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/3-div.htm https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

3 CORPS The 3 Corps  was a formation of the Indian Army during World War I. It was formed in Mesopotamia. Prior to the reorganization of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia, it was designated as the Tigris Corps. A new III Corps was formed in the Second World War for service in South East Asia. After the independence of India, a new III Corps was raised by the Indian Army in the 1980s. It is based at Dimapur in north east India and contains mountain formations and is tasked for use in any future Indian war against China. Jane's estimates that it consists of: 23rd Infantry Division headquartered at Ranchi, Bihar. Raised 1963; 56th Infantry Division headquartered at Zakhama, Nagaland Reportedly operational October 2009, which includes 46 Brigade (Dibang) and the 22 Brigade (Lekhapani), though 22 Brigade may shift to 2nd Mountain Division; 57th Mountain Division headquartered at Leimakhong, raised in 1966 for counter-insurgency operations in Mizoram, un