4193) "114 Armoured Regiment - The Bombay Sappers: Golden Jubilee Celebrations (13.10.1973-13.10.2023): A Special Cover (SC) issued by the Army Post Office (APO): Date/Year of Special Cover issue: 13.10.2024:
REGIMENTS UNDER CORPS OF ENGINEERS:
The Corps consists of three groups of combat engineers,
namely the Madras Sappers, the Bengal Sappers and the Bombay Sappers.
Motto: “Agrasar Tatha Akramak"
Headquarters: New Delhi, India
Active From: 1777.
- The Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army has a long history dating back to the mid-18th century.
- The earliest existing subunit of the Corps (18 Field Company) dates back to 1777 while the Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior most group of the Corps, the Madras Sappers were raised.
- A group is roughly analogous to a regiment of Indian infantry, each group consisting of a number of engineer regiments.
- The engineer regiment is the basic combat engineer unit, analogous to an infantry battalion. Besides the combat engineers, the Corps mans and operates major engineering organisations such as the Military Engineer Services, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the Married Accommodation Project and the Survey of India.
- College of Military
Engineering, Pune (CME) is the premier technical and tactical training
institution of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers.
The Special Cover (SC) is titled "114 Armoured Engineer Regiment" and bears the legend - "GOLDEN JUBILEE 13 OCTOBER 1973 - 13. OCTOBER 2023". below the logo of "THE BOMBAY SAPPERS".
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