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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

27 MOUNTAIN DIVISION The 27 Mountain Division is a division of the Indian Army - Mountain Lion Division was based originally in Kalimpong, West Bengal, but moved to Jammu and Kashmir to contain the situation in the troubled state and along the border with Pakistan. Formations of the Kalimpong based Army's 27 Mountain Division, which had gone for counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir during Operation Parakaram in 2001. The golden skinned hairy lion is an archetypal symbol for the golden rayed sun, the lord of the day, whose appearance kills the god of the night. Durga, the beautiful goddess of dawn, life and victory, riding a lion, defeats the buffalo-demon Mahisasura . In all her exploits the lion is her mount, ferocious in look and action. The lion also symbolised in all ancient civilizations as the solar, igneous and luminous principle of life and knowledge. The formation badge and sleeve patch of this Division has a roaring lion  in gold col