Indian II Corps in the
East Bengal Campaign, 1971
v.1.0 May 12, 2002
Ravi Rikhye
With thanks to Mr. Jagan Pillarisetti for a copy of the Official History of the 1971 War. This has not been published to date. The Times of India put a leaked copy on its website for some time in 2000.
Eastern Command [Lt.-Gen. J.S. Aurora]
II Corps [Lt.-Gen. T.N. Raina] OC 114th Infantry Brigade in 1962, later Chief of Army Staff.
4th Mountain Division [Maj.-Gen. M.S. Brar]
4th Mountain Artillery Brigade [Brig. Baljeet Singh]
- 22nd Mountain Regiment (76mm)
- 7th Field Regiment [25-pounder]
- Battery, 78th Medium Regiment (130mm)
- 181st Light Regiment (120mm mortar)
- 194th Mountain Regiment (76mm)
63rd Engineer Regiment
7th Mountain Brigade [Brig. Zail Singh]
- 5th Jat
- 22nd Rajput
- Naga
41st Mountain Brigade [Brig. A.H.E. Michigan]
- 5/1st Gorkha Rifles
- 5th Guards
- 9th Dogra
62nd Mountain Brigade [Brig. Rajender Nath]
- 4th Sikh Light Infantry
- 5th Marattha Light Infantry
- 2/9th Gorkha Rifles
- A/45th Light Cavalry (PT-76)
9th Infantry Division [Maj.-Gen. Dalbir Singh]
9th Artillery Brigade [Brig. ??]
- 6th Field Regiment (25 pounder)
- 14th Field Regiment (25 pounder)
- 67th Light Regiment (120mm mortar)
- Battery, 78th Medium Regiment (130mm)
- 264th SBRL Increment (Grad P rocket launcher)
- 201st Division Locating Battery
45th Light Cavalry (minus A Squadron) (PT-76)
Squadron 63rd Cavalry (T-55)
102nd Engineer Regiment
32nd Infantry Brigade [Brig. K.K. Tewari]
- 7th Punjab (APC)
- 8th Madras
- 13th Dogra
42nd Infantry Brigade [Brig. J.S. Gharaya] from December 8th Brig. K.L. Kochar
- 2nd Sikh Light Infantry
- 14th Punjab
- 19th Marattha Light Infantry
350th Infantry Brigade [Brig. H.S. Sandhu]
- 1st Jammu & Kashmir Rifles
- 4th Sikh
- 26th Madras
50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade (-) [Brig. M. Thomas] (under command from 6th – 10th December, after which the Brigade shifted to the Western theatre)
- 2nd Parachute
- 7th Parachute [Lt. Col. R.P. Singh, KIA]