NEW DELHI, Mar 1:
President Pranab Mukherjee will release a commemorative stamp on the Army’s elite Special Forces unit at Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow.
The stamp is being released to mark the bicentenary celebrations of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
The Special Forces unit was raised on March 8, 1813.
“This is one of the first battalions of the Army which served under the United Nations flag from November 1956 to November 1957 as part of Indian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt and Gaza Strip,” a Rashtrapati Bhavan press release said.
The Battalion took part in various operations during both world wars.
During Jammu and Kashmir operations, it was involved in the famous battle of Shelatang on November 7, 1947.
For its continued excellence in operations, the unit was also sent ‘out of turn’ for a United Nations Mission tenure in Lebanon in January of 2008, where it was awarded the United Nations Force Commander Citation.
The Battalion has the privilege of being bestowed with 11 pre-independence and two post-independence battle honours and a theatre honour. (PTI)
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