Maj Dinesh Raghu Raman, 34 Rashtriya Rifles, PU 19 Jat, Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, 34 Rashtriya Rifles Others The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar – 2010 (Organisation Category) was awarded to 21st Battalion, the Jat Regiment. The launch of the 'Maujiram helpline' by the Jat Regiment Centre in June 2013. Battles fought The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting in North Africa, Ethiopia, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and Java-Sumatra. A large number of gallantry awards including a Victoria Cross and two George Crosses were won. Gates of Somnath temple After the Battle of Kabul (1842), Governor General Lord Ellenborough had ordered Major General William Nott, who was commanding British-Indian forces, to recover a set of ornate gates known as the Somnath Gates, which had been looted from India by the Afghans and hung at the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II. A whole sepoy regiment, the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry—which later became the 6th Jat Light Infantry after the Indian Rebellion of 1857—was tasked with carrying the gates back to India. WW1 WW2 1947 Indo-Pakistani War 1962 Sino-Indian War 1965 India-Pakistan War Battle of Dograi In 1965 India-Pakistan War, 3 soldiers from Jat regiment under Lt Col (now Brig Retd) Desmond Hayde on 1 September and then again on 21–22 September, crossed the Ichhogil Canal and in the Battle of Dograi captured Dograi right up to Batapore-Attocke Awan, advancing towards Lahore. 1971 India-Pakistan War Battle of Beriwala Bridge Kargil War In the 1999 Kargil War, five of the regiment's battalions took part. The regiment has also contributed battalions to UN missions in Korea and Congo. It was also involved in counter-insurgency operations that have kept the Indian Army busy ever since independence. See also Dev Samhita 20th Lancers 9th Jat Regiment References Further reading War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Hailes details the military history of the Jat Regiment and of the Jat people between 1893 and 1937. External links 6th Jat Light Infantry Jat Regiment on Bharat-Rakshak J British Indian Army infantry regiments Military units and formations established in 1795