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title: "Amazing Facts About The Indian Army"  
description: "We owe so much to the Indian Army. They are the reason we sleep peacefully at night, a perfect example of bravery. But there's still so much we don't know about"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-09-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1169/amazing-facts-about-the-indian-army  
category: "indian army"  
tags: ["Army", "weapons", "fighter Jet", "Navy", "Air force", "missile", "defence", "armed forces", "defence force", "Indian army", "Indian Navy", "Indian aur force"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Amazing Facts About The Indian Army

![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/06d2e204-d1ff-4174-aeb7-915cde3ce7a8.jpeg) ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/40480a19-99e9-4568-923f-118117fb3579.jpeg) The Indian Army was formed in 1776, under the government of the East India Company in Kolkata ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/aee79c51-3330-439e-ad15-41b7ca9b03ac.jpeg) The Indian Army has about 53 cantonments and 9 army bases, spread across India. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/24894cc1-f492-4f07-a239-1c7d518a9be9.jpeg) The Siachen Glacier, 5000 metres above sea level, is the highest battlefield in the world. And the Indian Army controls it. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/48e34cf8-d3b0-4587-87c9-2f23ad9b7edb.jpeg) The Indian Army is the biggest voluntary army in the world. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/c18ac30f-d81f-43b0-8c23-224890684be8.jpeg) The Military Engineering Services (MES) is one of the biggest construction agencies in India. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/2bf6fc31-5745-4665-92df-756393a438d3.jpeg) The Indian Army has a cavalry regiment. There are only 3 such regiments in the world. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/ced7e9b3-4a37-4c32-8e29-037297b1943a.jpeg) Assam rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in India, was formed in 1835. ![Amazing Facts About The Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c2cc8ba-5eb0-4039-9179-5009c95d50c9/images/c18ac30f-d81f-43b0-8c23-224890684be8.jpeg) The Indian Army is one of the biggest troop contributors to the United Nations peace making operations.

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