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33 ARMOURED DIVISION  The 33 Armoured Division of the Indian Army had the distinction of having participated in Exercise Brass-Tacks (in the mid-1980s) and various other active deployments including Operation Parakram (after the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament) and has its headquarters at Hissar.  The formation has also contributed in combating insurgency in the Kashmir Valley, where its units has proven their mettle and gave a sterling account of themselves. The formation badge and sleeve patch of this Division has a black dot  on red bordered yellow background .   https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1 https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/33-div.htm https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/33AD.jpg https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/today/250-armoured.html

31 ARMOURED DIVISION  At the end of 1941, by which time 1st Indian Support Group had joined the division, it was renamed 31 Indian Armoured Division and its brigades redesignated as the 251st and 252nd Indian Armoured Brigades and 31st Indian Support Group. In mid1942, by which time the support group had been disbanded, the 251st brigade was detached and the rest of the division was shipped to join the British Tenth Army and served in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The Division is now active as part of the present day Indian Army, headquartered at Jhansi as part of XXI Corps. The formation badge and sleeve patch of this Division has a white tiger  on yellow background red border.   https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/31AD.jpg https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1 https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/31-div.htm

1 ARMOURED DIVISION The 1 Armoured Division is an armoured division of the Indian Army. It is part of II Corps and is headquartered at Patiala, Punjab. It is part of the Indian Army's Western Command. The division was formed by the redesignation of  31st Indian Armoured Division on September 1, 1945. This Division was one of the only two divisional headquarters transferred from the British Indian Army to the Indian Army upon the Partition of British India in August 1947. The division played a major role in Operation Polo, the integration of Hyderabad into the Indian Union in 1948. The 1st Armoured Division played an important role in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. The Division, also nicknamed the 'Black Elephant ' or 'Airawat ' Division, consisted in 1965 of the 17th Cavalry, The Poona Horse, the 4th Hodson's Horse, the 16th 'Black Elephant' Cavalry, the 7th Light Cavalry, the 2nd Royal Lancers, the 18th Cavalry and the 62nd Cavalr