![]() ![]() Therefore, from marching women officers in the Republic Day contingent or using them as aides in investiture ceremonies, the focus has now changed to posting them on Siachen Glacier, sending them on UN assignments and giving them assignments of command in field areas like Ladakh.Īpart from expanded roles for women officers in the Army, the experiment of inducting women Other Ranks (ORs) in the Corps of Military Police is also likely to yield to the induction of women ORs in other arms and services too in select roles. It is also heartening to see that the Army brass is also going beyond the symbolism of women officers and now posting them in environments where their male counterparts have been routinely posted. Sikhs in Punjab provoked widespread mutinies among Sikh regiments. It was raised in March 1887 specifically for service along the unruly north west frontier with the intent of checking tribal agitation. 25X1 Sikh extremism threatens US interests in India, in part because the extremists. The induction of women cadets in the NDA is an important step in that direction and will set the bar for future physical standards of women officers in demanding roles like combat arms. A regiment to combat ‘tribal agitation’ The regiment sent to the Samana was the 36th (Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry. This will gradually lead to women officers being inducted into a fighting arm like Armoured Corps and then, physical standards permitting, into mechanised infantry and infantry itself. The Chief of Army Staff’s recent comment that a proposal to induct women officers in the Regiment of Artillery has been made before the government is a welcome step. The prestigious Defence Services Staff College has recently granted admission to the first few women officers. Many career courses crucial for rising higher in rank were not available to women officers. Born 12 April 1919, Kheri village, Bhiwani tehsil, Haryana, son of Jorawar Singh, he was 25 years old, and. However, career progression remained limited due to the Short Service Commission that was available to the women Army officers and the lack of a grant of permanent commission. Ram Sarup Singh VC (12 April 1912 - 25 October 1944) was an Indian Sikh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The initial induction of women officers in the JAG branch and Army Education Corps and other services gradually increased to include support arms like Signals, Engineers, Army Air Defence, Military Intelligence and Army Aviation Corps. The opening up of the National Defence Academy (NDA) to women Cadets has also come only as a result of judicial intervention. The higher judiciary led by Delhi High Court and Supreme Court awarded them the relief they sought. (Author was employed in Ranjit Singhs army for about eight years.) London, 1845. Judicial intervention was available to them, whether it be the grant of permanent commission or the promotion to the rank of colonel. It is a fact that women officers over the years have had to get help from the courts to protect and progress their careers. Also Read | Military Digest | When Nehru objected to Sikh, Dogra troops in Kashmir
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