Ahir Regiment agitation
Country India
RoleInfantry

The Ahir Regiment, also known as the Yadav Regiment, is a proposed infantry regiment of the Indian Army that has been requested by the Yadava community.[1][2]

History

1962 India-China War memorial, Called as Ahir Dham

Prime Minister and Defence Minister Role

Yogendra Singh Yadav is a hero of the Battle of Tiger Hill, and for his bravery he received the highest military medal Param Vir Chakra from the Indian government. Now, he is the president of the Ahir Regiment Mission and is leading the protest, meeting the Prime minister and Defence Minister of India several times for the formation in honor to the Ahir Dham battle in 1962.[3][4]

Demand for a new regiment

In Haryana, some Ahir people marched on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway, demanding for the formation of the new regiment.[5] Arvind Kumar Sharma, a Member of Parliament from Rohtak, Haryana,[6] Ashok Gehlot, the current chief minister of Rajasthan,[7] Dinesh Lal Yadav, member of the parliament of Lok Sabha,[8] Kamal Nath, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Vivek Tankha wrote letters to the government to form the regiment.[9][10][11]

Rao Inderjit Singh, the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation and a member of the parliament from Gurgaon, Haryana, has given full support to the demand for the creation of the Ahir Regiment in the Indian Army.[12][13] Samajwadi Party president and former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav had promised during the 2019 Indian general election to form regiment if he comes to powers.[14][15]

Rezang La War Memorial at Rewari in Haryana

Manoj Jha, a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Bihar, has raised the issue on the Ahir regiment to form the regiment due to the historical army background of the community.[16][17] Hanuman Beniwal, a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Nagaur, Rajasthan, has written a letter to Rajnath Singh, the Defence Minister of India, to create a new infantry in the Indian Army for the Yadav community like the caste-based Jat and Rajput Regiments.[18]

Battle Slogan

After the victory in the Ahir Dham war in China in 1962, Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo was first performed by Lata Mangeshkar on Republic Day (26 January 1963) at the National Stadium in New Delhi in the presence of President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.[19]

Gallantry awards

The Kumaon Regiment recruits most of its soldiers from Ahir and Yadav. 11 Kumaon and 13 Kumaon are both pure Ahir battalions.[20]

Param Vir Chakra
Ashok Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Vir Chakra
Lt. Gen. J.B.S.Yadava, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff[21]

The Battle Of Rezang La, written by Kulpreet Yadav, is a war book about the Sino-Indian war.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Why Yadavs are agitating for an Ahir regiment in Indian Army". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Yadavs Demand Ahir Regiment In Army, Stage 'Indefinite' Protest At Delhi-Gurugram Expressway". www.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "rallies in Gwalior, Indore and Sehore, had around 10,000 people participating and was addressed by Param Vir Chakra Yogendra Yadav".
  4. ↑ "मध्य प्रदेश से अहीर रेजीमेंट के लिए अरुण यादव ने नारा किया बुलंद". www.etvbharat.com. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Why Is Haryana's Ahir Community Demanding a Separate Regiment in the Army?". www.thequint.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "सांसद अरविंद शर्मा ने एक बार फिर से उठाई अहीर रेजिमेंट बनाने की मांग". haryana.punjabkesari.in. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Eyeing Yadav votes in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot announces Shri Krishna Board, backs call for Ahir regiment in Army". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "'अगर सेना में बनी अहीर रेजीमेंट तो कांप जाएगी चीन की रूह'- लोकसभा में बोले दिनेश लाल यादव". hindi.news18.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "अहीर रेजिमेंट की मांग को लेकर भोपाल में हजारों की संख्या में जमा हुए यादव समाज ने किया शक्ति प्रदर्शन". hindi.oneindia.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "MP Budget 2023: सेना में अहीर रेजिमेंट बनाने की मांग ने पकड़ा जोर, कांग्रेस विधायक के समर्थन में आए सांसद". www.abplive.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "कमलनाथ ने पीएम मोदी को लिखा खत, MP में चुनाव से पहले की ये बड़ी मांग". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Fully support creation of Ahir Regiment in Army: Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Can Ahir Have a seprate caste-based Regiment in Indian Army". www.jagran.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav released sp manifesto demands Ahir Regiment in Indian Army". www.jansatta.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Samajwadi Party manifesto in 2019 general elections". inshorts.com.
  16. ↑ "Manoj Jha of the RJD had also raised this issue in Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "अहीर रेजिमेंट की स्थापना के लिए होगा अांदाेलन". www.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "सांसद बेनीवाल ने अहीर रेजिमेंट के गठन की मांग को लेकर PM मोदी व रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह को लिखा पत्र". politalks.news. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Patriotic song 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' turns 50". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  20. ↑ "The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". indianarmy.nic.in. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  21. ↑ "Chaki, Yadav take over as deputy chiefs of Army staff". The Times of India. 2002-09-01. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  22. ↑ Yadav, Kulpreet (20 September 2021). The Battle Of Rezang La was written by Kulpreet Yadav. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789354922251.
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