Jat is Powerful, Victory Be to God!). Recruitment Soldiers of the Jat Regiment are recruited 89% from the Jat community and rest from other castes of North Officers may be from any part of country. Regimental battalions The Jat regiment has 21 regular battalions, 4 Rastriya Rifles battalions and 2 territorial army battalions, as of August 2020. Gallantry awards Battle honours Pre-1947 Nagpur & Afghanistan, 1839 Ghuznee (Ghazni, Ali Masjid & Kandahar), 1842 Cabool (Kabul), 1842 Maharajpore, Sobraon, Mooltan, Goojrat (Gujarat), Punjab & China, 1858–59 Kandahar 1880 Burma 1885–87 Afghanistan 1879–80 China 1900 La Bassée 1914 Festubert 1914–15 Shaiba, Ctesiphon, Khan al Baghdadi & Kut al Amara, 1915 Neuve-Chapelle, France & Flanders, 1914–15 Kut al Amara 1916 Mesopotamia 1914–18 North-West Frontier Province 1914–15 & 1917 Afghanistan 1919 Razabil & Burma, 1942–45 Jitra, Kanglatongbi & Malaya, 1941–42 Ninshigum, the Muars & North Africa, 1940–43 Post-1947 Zoji La & Rajauri, 1947 Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48 Phillora & Dograi 1965 Jammu and Kashmir & East Pakistan 1971 Unit citations When a unit is decorated for counter-insurgency operations, unit citations are given instead of battle or theatre honours. 4th battalion, Nagaland 1995 7th battalion, J&K 1997, J&K 2003 & Operation Rhino 2016 11th battalion, Operation Rakshak 2011 34th battalion Rashtriya Rifles, J&K 1997 17th battalion, Operation Vijay 1999 16th battalion, Operation Rakshak 2005 & 2011 21st battalion, Operation Rhino 2009 22nd Battalion (JAGUARS), Operation Rakshak 2018 Victoria Cross Risaldar Badlu Singh, 14th Murray's Jat Lancers attached to 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse), Palestine 1918. Havildar Abdul Hafiz, 9th Jat Regiment, Imphal 1944. Maha Vir Chakra Brig. (later Lt. Gen.) Joginder Singh Bakshi, 16 Jat, 1971 Lt. Col. (later Brig.) Desmond Hayde, 3 Jat, Dograi 1965 Maj. Asaram Tyagi, 3 Jat, 1965 Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999 Capt. Kapil Singh Thapa, 3 Jat, 1965 Vir Chakra Brig. Umesh Singh Bawa, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999 Lt. Col Raj Kumar Suri, 4 Jat, 1971 war Maj. Harish Chandra Sharma, 4 Jat 1971 war Maj. Narain Singh, 4 Jat 1971 war Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999 Havildar Kumar Singh Sogarwal, 17 Jat, Kargil 1999 Havildar Shish Ram Gill, 8 Jat, Kargil 1999 Sep Dharajit Singh Chahar, 4 Jat, 1988 Sub (later Capt.) Pahlad Singh, 2 Jat, 1971 war Sub Brijendra Singh, 4 Jat, 1971 war Ashok Chakra Maj Sudhir Kumar Walia, 4 Jat (parent unit), 9 Para (Special Forces) Col Jojan Thomas, 45 Rashtriya Rifles