About Territorial Army India

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The origin of the Territorial Army can be traced back to 1857 when it was raised as “Volunteers” who were recruited only from the Europeans & Anglo-Indians. Later on this name was changed to Indian Defence Forces. On 01 October 1920, the Indian Territorial Army Force Bill was passed resulting in the reorganization of the Territorial Army into two separate wings, namely, the Auxiliary Force & the Indian Territorial Force.

While the former was meant only for the Europeans and Anglo-Indians, all other Indian citizens could join the latter. After the attainment of Independence in 1947, a need was felt to have a sizeable reserve force of trained citizens to support the regular army in times of need. The Territorial Army Act 1948 was passed by the Indian Parliament resulting in the constitution of the present Territorial Army.

Raising

The Territorial Army was raised by Shri C Rajagopalachari, the first Governor General of free India on 09 Oct 1949.

Field of Activity

India’s Territorial Army is active in numerous fields of activity. It has following types of units.

Infantry Battalions including Home & Hearth.
Ecological Task Forces.
Railway Engineer Units.
Oil Sector Units.
General Hospitals.

Territorial Army Infantry

The Infantry Territorial Army Battalion relieves Regular Army of static duties & Aid to Civil Authorities dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services.

Territorial Army Ecological Warriors

The Ecological Task Forces of Territorial Army are located at Dehradun, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Samba (J&K), Sri Mohangarh (Rajasthan), Kufri (HP), Delhi and Tezpur, Rangia (Assam). They are making significant contribution in checking ecological degradation and environment protection in the assigned project areas. These units have won many prestigious national level awards including Guinness book of world records, for planting maximum number of trees in a day.

Territorial Army Railway

The units of Railway Engineer (TA) are deployed during war and peace to keep the rail communications going in designated areas. These units have also been embodied in the past to help the Railways during the Railway strike and during Flood Relief Operations. Entry to these units is open to Indian Railway employees only.

Territorial Army Oil Sector

Territorial Army Oil Sector units help in extraction, refining and distribution of oil during national emergencies. The officers & men of these units come from ONGC, IOC, BPCL & HPCL.

Territorial Army General Hospital

Territorial Army has seven General Hospitals which are located at Rohtak, Patiala, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Allahabad and Kolkata. They provide a capacity of 2500 beds to manage the overflow of casualties from Military Hospitals during war. Doctors, Nurses and Para-Medical staff come from the civil hospitals on which the General Hospital (TA) is based.

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