MECHANISED INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL

The Mechanised Infantry Regiment War Memorial located at MIC&S, Ahmednagar adjacent to the Quarter Guard and Akhaura Drill Square was established in the year 2005 to honour and pay homage to the Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment, who have made supreme sacrifice in safe guarding the honour and dignity of our motherland. It symbolizes gratitude and respect of all personnel of Mechanised Infantry and the citizens of this nation towards the personnel who have laid their lives in service of the country. The War Memorial was dedicated to the Nation on 08 Dec 2005 by Gen JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,ADC, Chief of the Army Staff. The conceptual design symbolises Unity in Diversity, which is the basic foundation of our Nation and also of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment. A plaque with an inscription from the Mahabharat Shantiparva, 99 : 43 is mounted on the Central Podium at the front entrance.

“Do Not Lament The Death of a Warrior

Killed in Battlefield

As Those Who Sacrifice Their Lives in War

are Honoured in Heaven”

The Spirit of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment portrays a futuristic youth with vitality, and dynamism of a neoteric Regiment.  The winged figure armed with multiple weapons, charging over the ripple of waves depicts three dimensional mobility and aggressiveness.  The body armour signifies protection.