The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles - JAK Rifles - INDIAN ARMY

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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles - History, Specifications, Use
The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles: A History and Specifications

The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Its origins lay in the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. After the accession of the state to the Indian Union in October 1947, the State Forces came under the command of the Indian Army. They remained in the original form until 1956 when Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly effectively ratified the state's accession to India. Then the State Forces became the Jammu and Kashmir Regiment of the Indian Army.[2] In 1963, the designation was changed to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. After the conversion, the Ladakh Scouts came under the aegis of the Regiment, where it remained until raised as a separate Regiment in 2002

History
The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles has a unique regimental history. Its antecedents go back to the Dogra Corps raised by Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu in 1821. General Zorawar Singh led daredevil campaigns in northern areas like Ladakh, Baltistan, Gilgit, Hunza and Yagistan, consolidating smaller principalities and making the northern areas a part of the expanding dominions of Gulab Singh. He also mounted an invasion of Tibet in 1841.

After the establishment of Jammu and Kashmir as independent princely state under the British Paramountcy in 1846, these troops became the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces.


Officers of 2nd Kashmir Rifles with the German flag and machine gun captured in the Action at Lukigura River on 24 June 1916.
The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir maintained a larger number of State Forces than any other ruler of an Indian State under the British Raj. These forces were organized into the Jammu and Kashmir Brigades. They comprised a bodyguard cavalry regiment, two mountain batteries, seven infantry battalions, one training battalions and a transport unit consisting of both pack and mechanized transport. Several of these units served with distinction on the North-West Frontier of India and overseas during the Great War.[3] The state forces fought as Imperial Service Troops in both the First and Second World Wars (under their own native officers). They distinguished themselves in East Africa, Palestine and Burma.

Decorations
Param Vir Chakra
Captain Vikram Batra (posthumous) 13th Battalion – Kargil, 1999[5]
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13th Battalion – Kargil, 1999[6]
Maha Vir Chakra
Brigadier Rajendra Singh Jamwal, J&K Rifles – Kashmir, 1947
Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, 13th J&K Rifles – Skardu, 1947
Other Awards
2 × Param Vir Chakra
2 × Ashok Chakras
1 × Padma Bhushan
3 × Param Vishisht Seva Medals
5 × Maha Vir Chakras
11 × Kirti Chakras
4 × Ati Vishist Seva Medals
44 × Vir Chakras
46 × Shaurya Chakras
1 × Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
313 × Sena Medals
2 × Yudh Seva Medals
31 × Vishisht Seva Medals
52 × Mentioned in Despatches
243 × COAS Commendation Cards
101 × Army Commanders Commendation Cards[1]
COAS Unit Citation to 4 Jak Rif