The Assam Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment consists of 25 battalions: 15 regular battalions, 3 Rashtriya Rifles battalions, 5 Territorial Army battalions & 2 Arunachal Scouts battalions. It recruits exclusively from all the eight Northeastern states of India.
An Assam Regiment soldier on guard at India Gate, New Delhi.
An Assam Regiment contingent in a Delhi Republic Day parade.
Soldiers of the Assam Regiment.
An Indian Army Personnel from Assam Regiment during Yudh Abhyas exercise in 2019
The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U-Go offensive into India in 1944 during the Second World War. The battle took place in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima, now the capital city of Nagaland in Northeast India. From 3 to 16 April, the Japanese attempted to capture Kohima ridge, a feature which dominated the road by which the besieged British and Indian troops of IV Corps at Imphal were supplied. By mid-April, the small British and British Indian force at Kohima was relieved.
View of the Garrison Hill battlefield, the key to the British defences at Kohima
Imphal and Kohima campaign
Kohima Ridge
Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army inspect captured Japanese ordnance during the Kohima battle, April 1944
