Indian Military Pictures

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^ Sri Lankan army chief General Lionel Balagalle presents a certificate to Indian Army Major Rita Prasad at the Sri Lankan army headquarters in Colombo. India's humanitarian efforts at alleviating the suffering of the flood-hit in Sri Lanka came in for a lot of praise

^ Lt Gen MC Bhandari, Director General NCC presenting a memento to Defence Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee at NCC camp in New Delhi

^ MBT Arjun tanks being rolled out from Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF)

 

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^ Border Security Force Commandos keeping vigil at the Rajpath near India Gate in New Delhi

^ Lt Gen JBS Yadava, Deputy Chief of the Army Staff with the expedition team which left from Delhi to scale Mt Kamet

^ A peacekeeper from 15 Sikh Light Infantry with his kids on returning home from the peacekeeping mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea

 

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^ Rear Admiral Rajender Singh laying wreath at the Stupa of Remembrance, Sainik School, Kazhakootam

^ Red Horns Division deployed in Changsari organised an equipment display and a motivation lecture for the children of South Point School, Guwahati

^ An investiture ceremony was held at Sainik School, Imphal. Brig RK Sharma, Commander, 59 Mountain Brigade was the chief guest on the occasion

 

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^ Indian Quick Reaction Team (QRT) of 10 Garhwal Rifles taking a position in a forward post in a UN Peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

^ Joint Indo-Nepalese Mountaineering Expedition scaled Saser Kangri-1 Peak in Karakoram ranges. Saser Kangri-1, at 25170 ft, is the highest summit of the Saser Massif in Eastern Karakoram, deep in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh. It is considered one of the most technically difficult and formidable peaks in the world.

Although it was climbed from the east by an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team in 1973; the Western Ridge route thwarted many attempts by legendary mountaineers before it was climbed by a joint Indo-British Army team in 1987. Several attempts were made since then to repeat the feat but none succeeded.

^ Kashmir state police stand guard outside the main venue for Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar

 

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Pics from training of female National Cadet Corps cadets attached to 9th Battalion of Rajputana Rifles

^ Battle obstacle course

^ Handling of weapon

^ Cadets firing INSAS rifle

 

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^ Lt Gen Yash Malhotra presenting the Commandant's Banner to Alpha Platoon at a passing-out parade of the Cadets Training Wing (CTW.) Cadets Training Wing, which came into existence in 2000, trains the young officers of the Army and prepares them to lead their troops into the most adverse battle situations

^ Brig WJB Sturgeon, Commandant, 58 GTC, presenting a khukri to the best recruit. 164 young recruits of the Gorkha Regiment were attested as soldiers at an impressive attestation parade held at the Harish Parade Ground of 58 Gorkha Training Centre (GTC), Shillong

^ Indian soldiers hold rifles as a mark of respect during a wreath laying ceremony for their slain colleagues in a garrison in Srinagar May 29, 2005.

 

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Some pics from the Passing Out Parade of the 78th Short Service Commission of Gentlemen cadets and the 24th course for lady cadets at the Officers Training Academy in Cennai:

 

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^ An Army jawan keeps a strict vigil against militants in Rajwar forests of Kupwara district in north Kashmir

^ Young Civil Defense Cadets march during an Independence Day celebration in Kolkata

^ Paratroopers display their training at Officers Training Academy in Chennai

 

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^ Indian Army personnel rescue flood victims in Dharamtul village of Assam

^ A soldier from India's Sikh regiment stands guard during a speech by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from the ramparts of Red Fort in New Delhi

^ A Central Reserve Police Force jawan taking position while a fire fighter trying to douse the fire in Income Tax Office in Srinagar which was stormed by freedom fighters.

 

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^ Personnel of the Electronics and Mechanical Engineers watch the proceedings of the Colour presentation of their unit at a ceremonial parade in Secunderabad

^ Annual Training camp of National Cadet Corps at Allahabad

^ 404 young Rhinos belonging to 270 and 271 batches of Assam Regimental Centre were attested as soldiers at an attestation parade at the Parson Parade Ground

 

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^ Soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand gunfight with freedom fighters at a hillock at Sulaiman Teng in Dalgate vicinity of Srinagar

^ Army personnel displaying the weapons recovered from the freedom fighters after an encounter at Akhnoor

^ Members of the Indian Women Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Everest undergoing training in Siachen Glacier, recently. The expedition will be flagged off on March 10.

 

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^ Lieutenant Colonel R Mandal, contingent commander of the 10 Garhwal Rifles, receives a goodbye hug from his daughters as his wife looks on, at Palam Airport in New Delhi before his deployment to a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo

^ Rashtriya Rifles Commandos (main Indian paramilitary CI unit) stand by guns and amunitions seized from freedom fighters at the Rashtriya rifles camp in Lolab Kupwara, Kashmir. It's a rare pic because RR commandos are rarely seen in public as many of tasked with deep infiltration of terrorist units, and for this press conferance, many had their faces covered.

 

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^ The last step at leaving the Officers Training Academy is also the first step as a commissioned officer into the Indian Army

^ Commanders of three Jammu and Kashmir light infantry (Jakli) battalions with presidential colours presented to them by then Chief of army staff General N C Vij at a function in Srinagar

 

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OK, now for photos from

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Indian Navy & Coast Guard

^ Lt Gen Pattabhiraman handing over the “Bombay Sappers†banner to Rear Admiral SK Damle during the affiliation ceremony. INS Magar, a landing ship of the Eastern Fleet and Bombay Engineers Group (BEG), popularly known as Bombay Sappers, were affiliated at a simple ceremony held onboard INS Magar at Naval Dockyard

^ A Sea Harrier fighter aircraft taking off from INS Viraat during Family Day. Again, note the painst scheme.

^ Lt Abhishek Bhattacharya, adjudged best all-round trainee of the 61st Observer Course, Naval Air station INS Garuda, receiving Uttar Pradesh Trophy from Cmde Thayi Hari

 

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^ A US naval helicopter landing on INS Mysore during an Indo-US naval exercise

^ Indian Coast Guard personnel with tsunami relief materials in Maldives

^ Vice Admiral Raman Puri reviewing the parade of 68th Naval Academy Cadets Course was held at the Naval Base INS Mandovi, Goa

 

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^ Indian Coast Guard ships

^ The launching of India’s second stealth warship, INS Satpura, being built indigenously at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL). INS Satpura is the second of the Shivalik class stealth frigates.

 

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^ Commanding Officer of INS Mysore (left) and Commanding Officer of US Naval Ship onboard INS Mysore at Goa

^ Eleven officers and 66 Sailors successfully completed the Basic Submarine Course at Submarine School near Naval Base, Visakhapatnam

 

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^ INS Tabar during visit to Brazil

^ Indian navy soldiers march as Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China, Liang Guanglie (not in picture) visits a naval base in Bombay

^ The finals of the Navy Queen contest was held at the Western Naval Command Officers Mess in Colaba. Miss Sonia Suri was crowned the Navy Queen 2004. Here is Navy Queen 2004 Sonia Suri (centre) with the first runner-up Zaver Shroff (left) and the second runner-up Daljit Kaur

 

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And now for pics from...

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Indian Air Force

^ Air Cmde MS Ahluwalia reviewing the combined passing-out parade of parade of 1233 air cubs including 21 Airmen from Sri Lankan Air Force and two Airmen from Mauritius Air Force at Air Force station, Tambaram

^ Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C6 all set for launch

^ Lt Gen Bhupender Singh Thakur, Vice Chief of Army Staff, was on a two-day visit to Gajraj Corps at Air Force station, Tezpur

 

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^ IAF helicopters delivering food packets at a flood-hit village in North Bihar

^ Air Marshal PK Mehra alongwith award-winning officers at Basic Flying Training School (BFTS)

^ Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, Chief of the Air Staff presenting the Sword of Honour to Flg Offr UP Singh at the parade. Air Force Academy (AFA), Hyderabad conducted the Combined Graduation Parade of flight cadets trained here and at Yelhanka, Begumpet and Bidar.