“DODA GUNFIGHT FOLLOWS KATHUA AMBUSH, FIVE GARHWAL RIFLES SOLDIERS KILLED”
Why in the news?
- Security forces in Doda, J&K, are engaged in a gunfight with 2-3 terrorists after a cordon-and-search operation.
- Army, police, and CRPF launched a search operation for militants involved in an attack on an Army convoy.
Source:worldatlas
About Garhwal Rifles:
- Originally raised in 1887 as the 39th (Garhwal) Regiment of the Bengal Army.
- Became part of the British Indian Army and later incorporated into the Indian Army post-independence.
- Regimental Centre: Lansdowne, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
- Battle Honors (Post-Independence): Tithwal, Jammu and Kashmir, Nuranang, Buttur Dograndi, Punjab, Gadra Road, Rajasthan, Hilli, East Pakistan, Operation Pawan, Batalik, Dras, Kargil.
- Units: 21 regular battalions, 2 Territorial Army battalions, 3 Rashtriya Rifles battalions, 1 mechanised infantry battalion.
About Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF):
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