Ahir Regiment agitation

The Ahir Regiment, also known as the Yadav Regiment, is a proposed infantry regiment of the Indian Army that has been requested by the Yadava community.

History

Prime Minster and Defence Minister Role
Yogendra Singh Yadav is a hero of the Battle of Tiger Hill, and for his bravery he received the highest military medal Param Vir Chakra from the Indian government. Now, he is the president of the Ahir Regiment Mission and is leading the protest, meeting the Prime minister and Defence Minister of India several times for the formation in honor to the Ahir Dham battle in 1962.

State Wise demand
 Haryana The Ahir marched on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway.Arvind Kumar Sharma is a Member of Parliament from Rohtak, Haryana has requested to government in Lok Sabha to form the regiment. Rao Inderjit Singh is the Minister of State Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the Government of India and member of Parliament from Gurgaon, Haryana has been given full support to the demand for the creation of an Ahir Regiment in the Indian Army

 Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh wrote letter to Prime minister of India to create Ahir Regiment in Indian Army before 2024 general elections.Vivek Tankha member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India from Madhya Pradesh has written letter to government to form the regiment.
 Uttar Pradesh Dinesh Lal Yadav member of parliament Lok Sabha has requested government to form Ahir Regiment in Indian Army Samajwadi Party president and former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav had promised during 2019 Indian general election to form regiment if comes in powers.
 Bihar Manoj Jha is a member of Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India from Bihar has raised  related to Ahir regiment to government in Lok Sabha to form the regiment due to historical army background of the community.
 Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot is the current chief ministers of Rajasthan has written to government to form Ahir Regiment in Indian Army. Hanuman Beniwal is a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Nagaur, Rajasthan has written a letter to Rajnath Singh Defence Minister of India to create a new Infantry in Indian Army to Yadav community like caste based Jat Regiment, Rajput Regiment.

Battle Slogan
  
After the victory in the Ahir Dham war in China in 1962, Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo was first performed by Lata Mangeshkar on Republic Day (26 January 1963) at the National Stadium in New Delhi in the presence of President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Gallantry awards

The Kumaon Regiment recruits most of its soldiers from Ahir and Yadav. 11 Kumaon and 13 Kumaon are both pure Ahir battalions.

Param Vir Chakra
Yogendra Singh Yadav is a hero of the Battle of Tiger Hill and for his bravery he received the highest military medal at the age of 19. 
Ashok Chakra
 Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashoka Chakra.
 Commando Suresh Chand Yadav, Ashoka Chakra, Operation Vajra Shakti.
 Sujjan Singh (soldier), Ashoka Chakra.
Maha Vir Chakra
 Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, was an Indian Navy officer in the Operation Trident, when the Indian Navy attacked Karachi of Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
 Petty officer Chiman Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, fought in the Operation Cactus Lily during the Indo-Pakistan War.
 Brigadier Rai Singh Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra, hero of Nathu La and Cho La clashes.
Vir Chakra
 Parachute Commando Kaushal Yadav, Vir Chakra.
Lt. Gen. J.B.S.Yadava, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff

Related work
The Battle Of Rezang La, written by Kulpreet Yadav, is a war book about the Sino-Indian war.

See also
Kumaon Regiment
List of Regiments of the Indian Army

References

Regiments of the Indian Army
Regiments
Sino-Indian War
1962 in India