7th Indian Infantry Division The 7th Indian Infantry Division was a war - formed infantry division , part of the Indian Army during World War II . History . The division was created on 1 October 1940 at Attock . Its formation sign was an arrow , pointing bottom left to top right , in yellow on a black background . The division was sometimes known as the " Golden Arrow " division from this sign . When first formed , the division consisted of the 13th , 14th and 16th Indian Infantry Brigades , but within eighteen months , both the 13th Brigade and 16th Brigade were removed and were dispatched to Burma , where both fought during the Japanese conquest of Burma . The 14th Brigade was renumbered the 114th Brigade and remained with the division . During 1942 , the 33rd and 89th Brigades were added to the division . The division trained for operations in the deserts in the Middle East but by the end of the year , the North African Campaign was clearly at an end . In early 1943 , the division was reassigned to the Burma Campaign . Major General Frank Messervy was appointed to command . After extensive retraining and preparation , 7th Division took part in an offensive in Arakan , the coastal province of Burma . Starting in December 1943 , the division advanced down the Kalapanzin River valley as part of XV Corps . In February 1944 , Japanese troops infiltrated through the division ' s front and overran the divisional HQ . Units of the division took part in the subsequent Battle of the Admin Box , in which the Japanese failed to capture positions supplied by parachute drops and were forced to retreat . During March , the Japanese launched a major offensive ( codenamed Operation U - Go ) into Manipur . Having been withdrawn from the Arakan battles , the division proceeded by road and rail to Dimapur , where it came under command of XXXIII Corps and took part in the Battle of Kohima . 161st Indian Brigade , part of the 5th Indian Division came under command , while 89th Brigade was flown to Imphal , to replace 161st Brigade in 5th Division . During early May , 33rd Brigade completed the recapture of Kohima Ridge , while the main body of the division recaptured Naga Village to the north of the ridge . During the later part of the month and early June , the division advanced through heavy monsoon rains along rough tracks to the east of the main road from Kohima to Imphal , and cleared Japanese stragglers from Ukhrul . From July to October , the division regrouped near Kohima , and 89th Brigade rejoined . Late in 1944 , Major General Messervy was promoted to command IV Corps and was replaced in command of the division by Major General Geoffrey Charles Evans . Now commanded by IV Corps , the division advanced down the Gangaw Valley west of the Chindwin River , with the 28th East Africa Brigade under command , screened until Pauk was reached by the lightly equipped Lushai Brigade . During late February 1945 , the division captured vital bridgeheads across the Irrawaddy River near Pakokku . During March , as part of the decisive Battle of Central Burma , the division was involved in several battles at Myingyan and Yenangyaung . During April , the division once again came under command of XXXIII Corps and advanced down the west bank of the Irrawaddy . After Rangoon , the capital , was captured in early May , the division was directly commanded by the new headquarters of Twelfth Army and resisted Japanese diversionary attacks across the Sittang River during the monsoon . After the war ended , the division moved to Thailand , where it disarmed the Japanese occupying army , and liberated and repatriated Allied prisoners of war . Following the Partition of India in 1947 the Division became the 7th Infantry Division of the Pakistan Army . Assigned brigades . All theses brigades were assigned or attached to the division at some time during World War II .