Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Thambis as the troops of the Madras regiment are popularly known with their hallmark head gear, 'Black Pom Pom'. Madras Regiment is the oldest Infantry regiment of Indian Army and finds its origin dated in the year 1750. India News | Madras Regiment, India's Oldest Infantry, Marches Through Kartavya Path.
IT was the end of 1984, a tumultuous year for Punjab and Sikhs. I, as a youngster fighting insurgency in Nagaland, was awaiting the move of the unit to a peace station when I received a message of a different kind. I had been posted to a new raising at a place I had not heard much of. I joined the u
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