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NO. 7 SQUADRON The No.7 Squadron, Indian Air Force was formed on December 1, 1942 at Vizagapatnam under the command of Sqn Ldr Hem Chaudhuri. After W/T course at Bombay and Operational Training at 152 OTU in Peshawar, the unit acquired its first aircraft on  April 20, 1943 at Phaphamau, near Allahabad. By mid 1943, flying training and gunnery training was being accomplished at Kohat. The Squadron moved to Palam in Jan 49, where it was selected to be the first unit in the Indian Air Force to operate the De Havilland Vampire. At that time the squadron became the first unit in the whole of Asia to operate Jet aircraft. The 'Battle Axe' logo was formally approved by the President of India in Sept 1960, Though No.7 Squadron was using the emblem unofficially for many years preceding that. The Farsha or 'Battle Axe' represented Lord Parshurama's weapon. It had four cutting edges and had two unfurled wings adorning it on either side. The symbolic numbe

7 INFANTRY DIVISION The 7 Infantry Division was a war-formed infantry division, part of the Indian Army during World War II. The division was created on October 1, 1940 at Attock. Its formation sign was an arrow, pointing bottom right to top left, in yellow on a black background. The division was sometimes known as the ‘Golden Arrow ’ division from this sign. When first formed, the division consisted of the 13th, 14th and 16th Indian Infantry Brigades, but within eighteen months, both the 13th Brigade and 16th Brigade were removed and were dispatched to Burma, where both fought during the Japanese conquest of Burma. The 14th Brigade was renumbered the 114th Brigade and remained with the division. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/divisions.htm https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/7ID.jpg https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-