The Assam Regiment has been adjudged as the Best Marching Contingent among the three Services in the Republic Day Parade held on January 26, 2016.
The contingent, comprising 149 soldiers from the seven North-east states, was led by Lieutenant Aditya Bisht. This comes in the beginning of the Platinum Jubilee year of the Assam Regiment.
The Assam Regiment was raised on June 15, 1941, and draws troops from the seven North-east states. The Regiments Insignia and Unihorned Rhinoceros reflect aggressiveness, determination and martial qualities. Raised through the Japanese invasion during the Second World War in 1941, this Regiment has won six Battle Honours and Theatre Honour ‘Burma’ in the first three years of its raising. The Fifth Battalion of the Regiment has been awarded Battle Honour in Chhamb Sector during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.