Poona Horse marks Bicentenary

Bicentenary celebrations of the Indian Army’s highly decorated 17th (Poona Horse) Regiment was marked at Meerut on 12 February 2017. A Poona Horse stamp of Rs 5 was released along with a regimental history book. The highlight was a mounted parade by the regiments T-90 main battle tanks, 32 of them moving in synchronised manner. The Regiment, which earned two Param Vir Chakras in the 1965 and 1971 conflicts, is composed of Rajputs Jats and Sikhs in various squadrons.