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The Indian Army has a distinguished history in which they won many battle and theatre honours. The practice of giving battle honours began with the East India Company who awarded these to the units of the native Indian corps in their presidency armies. The practice continued after the advent of the British Crown post-1857 when the armies of the East India Company became part of the British Indian Army and after India's independence in 1947. The earliest conflict for which a battle honour was awarded was "Plassey" which was awarded in 1829 to the 1st Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry which served the East India Company in Bengal while the latest is "Kargil" in 1999 awarded to units of independent India's army for feats during the Kargil War.
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Europe & Gallipoli
Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Arabia
Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, India, China
North East Africa, Middle East
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
The battle and theatre honours of the 1947 War are:
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
The battle and theatre honours of the 1965 War are: