Mahar Regiment

Mahar Regiment
Mahar Regiment
	Mahar Regiment Insignia
Active	1815 – present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	22 battalions
Regimental Centre	Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Motto(s)	Yash Sidhi; Success & Attainment
War cry	Bolo Hindustan Ki Jay; Say Victory to India
Decorations	1 Param Vir Chakra; 1 Ashok Chakra; 9 PVSM; 4 Maha Vir Chakra; 4 Kirti Chakra; 1 Padma Shri; 3 UYSM; 16 AVSM; 32 Vir Chakra; 39 Shaurya Chakra; 4 Yudh Seva Medal; 221 Sena Medal; 49 Vishisht Seva Medal; 107 M-in-D (Mentioned in dispatches); 2 Jeevan Raksha Padak;
Commanders
Current; commander	Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, SM
Notable; commanders	General K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM ; General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, PVSM
Insignia
Regimental Insignia	A pair of crossed Vickers medium machine guns, mounted on a tripod with a dagger. The dagger was initially the Pillar of Koregaon, where the combined British and Mahar troops defeated the overwhelming Maratha Army. The pillar was subsequently removed and was replaced with a dagger.

The Mahar Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Although it was originally intended to be a regiment consisting of troops from the Mahar community of Maharashtra, today the Mahar Regiment is composed of different communities from mainly states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.