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NO. 9 SQUADRON The No. 9 Squadron, Indian Air Force (Wolf pack) was formed at Lahore on January 3, 1944 under the command of Squadron Leader A.W. Ridler of the Royal Air Force. In April 1944 they were moved to Hathazari in Chittagong to take part in the Burma Campaign. Ridler handed over the squadron to Kenneth A Perkin in March 1944 who commanded this squadron until November 1944. Subsequently Adams took over the squadron in November 1944. The squadron has converted to Mirage 2000 and is now based at Gwalior under Central Air Command. The Squadron’s motto is ‘Sahase Wasati Jayashrih’, meaning ‘In Courage Resides Victory'. Its insignia has a pack of wolves in the centre.

9 GORKHA RIFLES The history of the 9 Gorkha Rifles dates back to 1817, when it was raised at Infantry Levy at Fatehgarh. In 1823, it became a regular unit as part of the Bengal Native Infantry. After the reorganisations post 1857, the designation was changed to 9 Bengal Native Infantry with one of its companies formed by Gorkhas and other. By then the Regiment had fought at Bharatpur and in the difficult battle of Sobraon in the Ango-Sikh War. In 1901, the Regiment was designated 9 Gorkha Rifles. Its Regimental Centre is Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and its Regimental insignia is a pair of crossed khukris (a Gorkha dagger) with the numeral 9 below. Its Regimental motto is ‘Kafar Bhanda Marnu Ramro’ (Better  to Die than Live Like a Coward) and its war cry is ‘Ayo Gorkhali’ meaning 'The Gorkhas Are Here'.

9 INFANTRY DIVISION The 9 Infantry Division was formed on September 15, 1940 at Quetta, India before being transferred to Malaya. This is also known as ‘Pine Division’ which forms its formation badge. On September 15, 1940 the three original brigades of the division were the 15th, 20th, and 21st Indian Infantry Brigades. The 3/17th Dogra Regiment from the 9th Division was the first British Commonwealth Army unit to see action against the Japanese at the Battle of Kota Bharu on December 08, 1941. The 9th Indian Division fought a relatively successful defensive retreat down Malaya's east coast until the 22nd Brigade was cut off from the rest of the division at a demolished railway bridge near the village of Layang Layang in the state of Johore. Major-General Barstow was killed crossing the bridge, while attempting to contact the brigade. The 22nd Brigade was destroyed whilst trying to find another way to Singapore. The formation badge and sleeve patch of this D

9 CORPS The 9 Corps , also known as Rising Star Corps, was raised in 2005 and is the Indian Army's youngest corps. It is based at Yol cantonment in Kangra Valley, 10 km southeast of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. It was raised on September 1, 2005 by splitting the southern formations of Nagrota-based XVI ‘White Knight’ Corps of the Udhampur-based Northern Command. It is a part of Army’s Chandimandir-based Western Command. Its correct name is written as 9 Corps and not IX Corps. It consists of 26th Infantry Division headquartered at Jammu; 29th Infantry Division headquartered at Pathankot; 2 Independent Armored Brigade (former 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade); 3 Independent Armored Brigade and 16 Independent Armored Brigade (Dec 1971 placed under 54th Inf Div). The sleeve patch  of this Corps is red horizontal striped patch intersected with a white stripe in the background with a star  in the foreground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IX_Corps_(India) http