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| 8th Indian Infantry Division 8th Mountain Division | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1940–1946 1963–present |
| Country |  British India India |
| Allegiance | India |
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| Type | Mountain Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Khumbathang[1] |
| Nickname(s) | The Clovers |
| Engagements | |
| Battle honours | North Africa Italy |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General Sachin Malik |
| Notable commanders | Lt General Dudley Russell General K. V. Krishna Rao General Ved Prakash Malik General Dalbir Singh Suhag General Manoj Pande |
The 8th Mountain Division is a division of the present-day Indian Army that specialises in mountain warfare.
It was initially raised as the 8th Indian Infantry Division, an infantry division, in Meerut on 25 October 1940 under Major-General Charles Harvey, a British Indian Army officer, as part of the Indian Army during World War II. It served in the Middle East in the garrisoning of Iraq and then the invasion of Persia to secure the oil fields of the area for the Allies. A brigade was detached to the Western Desert to reinforce the British Eighth Army as it withdrew before the Axis forces. Following training in the Near East, the division entered the Italian Campaign landing at Taranto on mainland Italy.
The division was disbanded at the end of World War II in 1946, but re-formed again in 1963 as a specialist mountain division of the Indian Army.[2]
- ^ "The Kargil victors: 8 Mountain division, 'Forever in Operations'". 21 July 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Warriors of the East". 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.