73RD RAISING DAY OF TERRITORIAL ARMY
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Context: The 73rd Raising Day of Territorial Army was celebrated across the country to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949.
Details:
- The Territorial Army has a number of Infantry and Engineer units affiliated to various regiments of the Indian Army, apart from ‘Home and Hearth’ battalions based on the concept of ‘Sons of Soil’.
- The Territorial Army also has 10 Ecological Battalions working for restoration of environment in the country by carrying out afforestation in rugged and inhospitable terrain, reviving wetlands, restoring water bodies and contributing to Clean Ganga project.
- Territorial Army Battalions also perform specialist tasks as part of Indian Railways and Oil Sector Public Sector Undertakings PSUs.
- The Territorial Army (TA) was raised by the Britishers in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act of 1920 and it was org into two wings namely - 'The Auxiliary Force' for Europeans & Anglo-Indians and 'The Indian Territorial Force' for Indian Volunteers.
- After Independence Territorial Army Act was passed in 1948 and the Territorial Army was formally inaugurated by the first Indian Governor General Shri C Rajagopalachari on 09 Oct 1949.
- The Territorial Army is part of Regular Army and its present role is to relieve the Regular Army from static duties and assist civil administration in dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services in situations where life of the communities is affected or the Security of the Country is threatened and to provide units for Regulars Army as and when required.
- Any citizen between the age of 18-42 can be a part of the service.
- The pensionable age for a soldier below officer’s rank in the TA is the same as that of a regular soldier — 15 years.
- The motto of the Territorial Army of India is ‘Savdhani Va Shoorta’ (Vigilance and Valour).
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