Indian Army was formed in the 1776. Earlier it was East Indian Army during the reign of East India Company in Kolkata.
Indian Army has the largest number of volunteers in the world. Most of the people wants to be in Indian Army. In the constitution, Indian Army has an option for the military conscription but never needed to implement it.
Indian Army is the third largest Army in the world. It ranks third after the USA and China which hold 1st and 2nd position respectively.
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Indian Army is one of those three cavalry regiments in the whole world.
Indian Army is the biggest contributor in the United Nations peace keeping programs.
Indian Army is best in having the warfare in the Jungle and High Altitude areas as compared to the UK, USA or Russian Army. There are other countries who send their trops for the training with the Indian Army.
Indian Army has never initiated any military attack ever in any warfare.
Indian Army is one of the most non-partial recruiter in the world. All the recruitments are done on the basis of religion, caste or creed. Soldiers are always recruited based on their fitness and merits.
The 61st Cavalry Regiment of the Indian Army is believed to the largest non-ceremonial horse-mounted cavalry unit remaining in the world.
Indian Army has built the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the ladakh valley between Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built in August 1982.
It includes more than 1,325,000 active troops and 960,000 reserve troops and 40,000 regularly reporting for duty.
Indian Defence research has built BrahMos(Brahmaputra + Moscow, hence BrahMos) in joint efforts with Russia. It is the fastest hypersonic missile in the world which travels at the speed of Mach-7 which is 7 times the speed of sound in air.
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