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Welcome to the Indian military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military history of India. This includes ancient India, medieval India, early modern India (including the period of British rule), and modern post-independence India. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Indian-task-force=yes or Indian=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Indian military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. User talk:Aaa232355 (ancient and modern Indian military history)
2. User talk:Adamgerber80 (modern Indian military history)
3. User talk:AnadiDoD (ancient, mordern Indian military history)
4. User talk:AshLin (military history, primarily army-related)
5. User talk:Aumnamahashiva (military history, Indian military history from the First World War to the present, army and navy officers)
6. User talk:DBigXray (Indian military history, Indian Army topics, Terrorism)
7. User talk:DiplomatTesterMan
8. User talk:Field Marshal Aryan (Interesting in everything from the structure, ranks, and operation to the technology and equipment used)
9. User talk:FlyingBlueDream (Personnel and Miltary Awards and Decorations of India)
10. User talk:Gazoth (modern Indian military equipment)
11. User talk:Kautilya3 (interested in history generally, including conflicts)
12. User talk:KCVelaga
13. User talk:Lorstaking
14. User talk:Mahensingha
15. User talk:Mallikarjunasj
16. User talk:Ninney
17. User talk:Rohan nog
18. User talk:Sarvatra
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22. User talk:Sudhanshu Nimbalkar
23. User talk:sumalsn
24. User talk:Vaibhavafro (Indian nuclear weapons programme, Indian Military)
25. User talk:zwerubae (Indian Military History, General & Flag Officers)
26. User talk:Leoneix (Different organisations of Ministry of Defence of India)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay INS Vikrant (1961) Former featured articles Kargil War Siege of Malakand World War I Featured lists List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross List of Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipients List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army A-Class articles 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry Siege of Arrah Sam Manekshaw Moro River campaign Param Vir Chakra Good articles 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade Arihant-class submarine Siege of Arrah Battle of Assaye Bobbili Fort British cavalry during the First World War Cornwallis in India Battle of Elephant Point Field marshal (India) SS Fort Stikine Abdul Hamid (soldier) Hindu–German Conspiracy Indian Army during World War I Indian Military Academy Battle of the Indus Kolkata-class destroyer Alexander Lindsay (East India Company officer) Peter Lumsden Ravish Malhotra Sam Manekshaw Moro River campaign Subroto Mukerjee 2008 Mumbai attacks Russian submarine Nerpa (K-152) Niedermayer–Hentig Expedition Operation Trident (1971) Param Vir Chakra Operation Python Rama Raghoba Rane Gurbachan Singh Salaria Battle of San Marino INS Saryu (P54) Somnath Sharma Shivalik-class frigate INS Shivalik Arjan Singh Jadunath Singh Piru Singh Shaitan Singh Ardeshir Tarapore Telangana Rebellion Siege of Trichinopoly (1743) Vizianagaram Fort George Washington World War II Former good articles 1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown Operation Gibraltar 1915 Singapore Mutiny Bhagat Singh Did you know? articles 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) 125th Napier's Rifles 2022 Yangtse clash M. P. T. Acharya Battle of Ali Masjid Ambela campaign Annie Larsen affair INS Arighat Avrodh: The Siege Within Badluram ka Badan Kirori Singh Bainsla Bangalore Fort Battle of Bilin River Battle of Chaul Battle of Garibpur Siege of Bednore Bleed India with a Thousand Cuts Bobbili Fort Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882) British cavalry during the First World War Cadex 2009 Central Economic Intelligence Bureau Central Police Canteen Ram Nath Chawla INS Chennai (D65) Chief of Defence Staff (India) Chitradurga Fort Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict Chola Navy Battle of Colachel Colonial Defence Committee Cornwallis in India Naren Chandra Das Director General of the Indian Coast Guard MV Domala Duhamel plan Execution of George Flaxman Exercise TROPEX Farkhor Air Base Field marshal (India) First lieutenant Robert Fletcher (East India Company officer) SS Fort Stikine Fort Vasai Satishkumar Namdeo Ghormade Operation Gibraltar Gingee Fort Frank Goadby John James Hood Gordon Gulbarga Fort Gwalior Fort Douglas Hamilton Battle of Hill 170 Hindustan Zindabad Imphal War Cemetery Indian Army during World War II Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Indian Military Academy The Indian War of Independence (book) Battle of the Indus Jaigarh Fort HMIS Jamnagar Priya Jhingan Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka Fort Kh-31 Ghulam Jilani Khan Malik Umar Hayat Khan Khrulev plan INS Kiltan (P30) Battle of Kissoué Kohima War Cemetery R. Hari Kumar 1991 Kunan Poshpora incident Alexander Lindsay (East India Company officer) John Hunter Littler Peter Lumsden Mitali Madhumita Ravish Malhotra Sam Manekshaw SS Mantola (1916) Mazagon Fort Military history of Bangladesh Mirjan Fort Mohan Narayan Rao Samant Monghyr Mutiny Medal Monghyr Mutiny François Henri Mouton Subroto Mukerjee Munger Fort National Police Memorial (India) Nazir Ahmad Wani HMS Nigeria (60) No. 106 Squadron IAF Onkar Singh Kalkat Operation Poomalai Operation Trident (1971) Param Vir Chakra Poonch Airport Operation Python Vijayalakshmi Ramanan Rama Raghoba Rane Ranikot Fort Charles Reid (Indian Army officer) Indra Lal Roy MV Rubymar Gurbachan Singh Salaria Battle of San Marino Savadatti Fort Gunjan Saxena Kalyani Sen Somnath Sharma Siege of Cannanore (1507) Siege of Diu (1538) Siege of Negapatam Siege of Seringapatam (1792) 1915 Singapore Mutiny Jadunath Singh Piru Singh Shaitan Singh Siri Fort Sitabuldi Fort Battle of the Sittang Bend Battle of Sittang Bridge Dewan Rabindranath Soni Special Group (India) Ardeshir Tarapore Taukkyan Roadblock Siege of Trichinopoly (1743) Harry Tuzo Twin Pimples raid Mukund Varadarajan INS Vikrant (1961) Vizianagaram Fort Pritilata Waddedar Michael White (British Army officer) Yogendra Singh Yadav Desmond Young (British Army officer) Good article nominees Khalji Revolution Sam Bahadur (film) In the News articles Agni-V INS Arihant Chief of Defence Staff (India) 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes Naren Chandra Das Prem Nath Hoon 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash Kulbhushan Jadhav Narendra Kumar (mountaineer) Line of Actual Control 2023–2024 Manipur violence 2008 Mumbai attacks Russian submarine Nerpa (K-152) 2010 Pune bombing Vijayalakshmi Ramanan Laxminarayan Ramdas Bipin Rawat M. R. Schunker INS Sindhurakshak (S63) Arjan Singh Jaswant Singh Main page featured articles Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Kargil War Siege of Malakand INS Vikrant (1961) World War I

Indian military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 2 FL 3 A 5 AL 1 GA 41     B 258 BL 1 C 1,110 CL 16 Start 1,466 List 31 Stub 493     Total 3,375 Total 52 Other pages Category 432 Disambig 11 Draft 9 File 34 Portal 1 Project 0 Redirect 113 SIA 8 Template 74 User 0 Total 682 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 15,812 Ω 4.614 category

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Popular pages

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Indian Air Force • Indian Army Corps of Engineers

Requested articles

No. 33 Signal Unit, IAF • 92 Base Hospital Srinagar • No. 200 Squadron IAF • Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi • Army Dental Corps (India) • Defence Production Secretary • Gaurav Padak • Human rights violations in Gilgit-Baltistan • Invasion and annexation of Kingdom of Sikkim • INS Abhimanyu • Units on this list of IAAC regiments

Expansion needed

Commandant of the Indian Military Academy

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1st Armoured Division (India) • Orders, decorations, and medals of India

Merging needed

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Citations needed

1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) • 3rd Gorkha Rifles • 4th Gorkha Rifles • 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) • 8th Gorkha Rifles • 9th Gorkha Rifles • 11th Gorkha Rifles • Assam Rifles • Indian Army • Indian Air Force • Parachute Regiment (India)

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Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 20 Apr 2024 – Arab-Chalukya conflict (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ImperialAficionado (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 20 Mar 2024 – Battle of Haidru (1828) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Suthasianhistorian8 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Shadow311 (t · c) on 17 Apr 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 13 Apr 2024 – Category:Battles involving Bengal (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 29 Mar 2024 – Sam Bahadur (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Twinkle1990 (t · c); start discussion
• 23 Jan 2024 – Khalji Revolution (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Noorullah21 (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 03 Apr 2024 – Chola Empire (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by SKAG123 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 25 Mar 2024 – Battle of Pandu (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Rahim231 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 17 Apr 2024 – Maratha Empire (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Maratha Confederacy by PadFoot2008 (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Apr 2024 – Bahmani-Vijayanagara War (1375 - 1378) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mujahid Shah's Vijayanagara campaigns by ImperialAficionado (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 24 Apr 2024 – Operation Talwar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kargil War by User4edits (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Mar 2024 – Extended Range Air Defence System (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to [[(Project Kusha)]] by N Jeevan (t · c); see [[Talk:(Project Kusha)|discussion]]
• 16 Apr 2024 – Multan Regiment (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) by Turtlecrown (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles for creation

• 09 Apr 2024 – Draft:Battle of Umbarkhind (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sudsahab (t · c)
• 01 Mar 2024 – Draft:Delhi Sultanate–Mewar conflicts (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mohammad Umar Ali (t · c)

Resources

• Indian Army website
• Indian Navy website
• Indian Air Force website
• Bharat-Rakshak
• Gazette of India:
  • Part 1-Section 4: Provides details of promotions and appointments of commissioned and junior commissioned officers from July 1949-1951, 1953 and from 1955-present; digitised records may be missing for some months and years.
  • Extraordinary Gazettes: award citations