28 AD Regiment (India)
28 Air Defence Regiment is part of the Corps of Army Air Defence of the Indian Army. Formation. The Regiment was raised as 28 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment on 14 May 1956 at Ibrahim Bagh Lines, overlooking the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Gurpratap Singh. The regiment was raised from troops from 16th Battalion, The Madras Regiment (Travancore), which itself traces its origins to the 2nd Travancore Nayar Infantry. The battalion was raised on 28 January 1819 in the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore. In August 1965, the regiment was re -designated as 28 Air Defence Regiment. Class composition. Most of the troops are from the four southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Affiliation. The regiment was affiliated with the Madras Regiment in November 2018 at an official ceremony held at the Madras Regiment Centre at Wellington.