Talk:Kumaon Regiment

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Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 13:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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Notable Engagements
There should be a section for the 1947 battle of Kashmir. --Patbahn (talk) 23:28, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Revert of recent edits
, I think the recent changes by were constructive and did not change anything per our references. The changes were basic rewording of the existing content and did not warrant a revert(or at least a full revert). The same IP editor has also edited other Indian Army regimental pages and these edits look fine to me. Can you please explain your objections to these edits? Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 18:23, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Beginning from lead section, the source nowhere says that It (Regiment) recruits Ahirs from North India exclusively, hence the specific area finds no place in the lead. Secondly, regarding "Colonels of the Regiment" section, the whole section is unsourced/uncited and in this case how can we amend the facts. Which source warrants the modification is certainly needed. The edits made by said i.p. are certainly baseless. I hope you can understand the reason of revert. Thanks and regards.--MahenSingha (Talk)  20:25, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
 * , Fair enough. Thanks for the clarification. Adamgerber80 (talk) 22:20, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

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Battle of Walong
This section's content is entirely unsourced, but I'm not exactly willing to simply remove the section, as there are a few sources that can be used, such as []. These may be POV, but it's better than not having a source at all. If someone else were to rewrite the description per these sources, it would be a great help. Solamian (talk) 19:06, 9 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mr. Solamian. I have now added all the relevant sources particularly the DO number of the Letter from the commander. I also took the opportunity to update the developments subsequent to 1986. 116.87.142.125 (talk) 05:25, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

The section Ethnicity of troops needs to be removed because of it’s disputed status
Hi, I’ve been going through the article and thought to mention here that the section “Ethnicity of Troops” was very poorly sourced and, upon opening the references, none of them clearly gave any statistics for the same. Also, additionally, the Indian Army says that it’s totally against this caste proportion, and has also dropped naming new regiments after castes. So, I guess, as far as some ground strong references are not added, we can agree to remove that section from here. Shresthsingh71 (talk) 13:55, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

I saw that no discussion has been initiated formally by user WhiteRaven, and continuous reverting has been done. Additionally, I saw his edit history, he has in some way or the other involved in pages related to Kumaoni people, Kumaon region, Garhwal or Kumaoni language etc. I guess somewhere related to the ethnic group of Kumaon. The same has been exhibited since a long time here on this page. A section of ethnicity that has been poorly souced is being glorified to show the article in respect of a particular group or ethnicity, to demonstrate the valour in the name of one community, while in fact the regiment continues to get it troops from different parts of India. Shresthsingh71 (talk) 14:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

i think you didn't read the source cited in the article. a citation from the official government controlled websites can't be categorized as poor source, secondly where did i glorified a particular community? the paragraph clearly mentions it gets the recruitment from multiple regions(from hills of uttarakhand as well from the different regions of plains) moreover the quantity is as well mentioned in the source.WhiteRaven335 (talk) 15:24, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Let me add what I said to you on your talk page. Yes, I see. Thanks for the complement. I hope you recognise similar IP addressed in all the Wikipedians who edit pages supposedly related to your community. I get that, but rest assured, I am not like you or the one you familiarise with. Well, thanks for replying on the talk page after a very long time, or rather first time to be more specific. Let’s come to the topic. I read the sources, the first one is the indian army website reference, that opens a blank page and that has nothing related to the proportions mentioned here. Reference No. 2 is that of Indian army website main page, or the lead section. Nothing related to Kumaon regiment given on that page, to be specific about this topic. Third reference is the only reference that I found out to be relevant, a book by Gautam Sharma, but that also includes something that you would not or haven’t liked to present here, and of which you’ve only presented partial fact. You ask me to read, ironically I think you should go and take a look at Page nos: 266, 267,270, 275, 280. It is mentioned “Kumaonis form sizeable composition in Kumaon regiment along with Ahirs” You removed “Ahir” from the preexistant sentence and also added Brahman and Kshatriya to the kumaons. At the same time, the 75 percent Kumaon proportion is mentioned that it says is was in 1935, which here says 80, that too in 2020. Meanwhile no recent percentage is either mentioned in the book, nor is any information released by the Army regarding the same. See friend, you may do anything you want to glorify your community, but that doesn’t work here on Wikipedia, you need to do that somewhere else. Refrain from unnecessary reverting. Help Wikipedia stay neutral. Thanks! Shresthsingh71 (talk) 16:42, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Revert edits where information is getting deleted
credible sources and references provided. 223.233.65.21 (talk) 04:23, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Content with credible independent, various news sources are being removed as "Vandalism". Preservation of information is necessary to enrich wikipedia article. No court order exists and no defamation is caused with factual truthful content. 223.233.79.240 (talk) 21:10, 5 March 2024 (UTC)