9 Parachute Field Regiment was raised on the 1st of April 1943 at Kumbergaon near Pune as 9 Field Regiment of the Royal Indian Army and was converted as Ist Parachute Field Regiment of the Indian Sub-continent in November 1945.
Between 1946 and 1948 this unit was Aone of the active regiments, which looked after the internal security duties at Quetta, Karachi and Satara. This unit has also had the distinction of being a part of ‘Operation Polo’ in 1948 and ‘Operation Vijay’ in 1961, the culmination of which was capture of Daman.
Amongst the rare distinctions to, its credit, this unit boasts of having 56 of its officers becoming Flag Officers: One para Commanding Officer rose to the rank of the Vice Chief of the British Army and one of its officers was the Chief of the Army Staff.
Beginning as the first unit in the Indian Sub-continent, to be a Parachute Field Regiment in 1945, the unit has now taken part in all army operations since Ist April 1943. It has been a golden innings for the last 50 years and the 9 Parachute Field Regiment dedicates itself to the defence of its country and security of her countrymen.
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