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History
68 Medium Regiment was raised on 22 January 1963 at Jalandhar. The Regiment as raised as a Field Regiment comprising of Headquarter, 192, 193 & 194 Field Battery under the command of Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) PC Reddy, PVSM with south indian castebclass composition.

In it's illustrious existence of more than 50 years, the Regiment has served in all types of terrain and has participated in Major Operations carried out by India. The Regiment has been bestowed with the Honour title 'PARBAT ALI' for it's unstained and accurate fire support during the capture of the feature of  'PARBAT ALI' on 13 December 1971.

The Regiment has a unique Honour of having been home to two Chief of the army staff  General S Padmanabhan, PVSM, VSM (March 1964 - May 1965) and General SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (January 1968 - January 1969) in addition, the Regiment has till date produced two Lieutenant Generals, ten Major  Generals and six Brigadiers who have made their alma mater proud.

Operations

 * Operation Cactus Lily
 * Operation Pawan
 * Operation Rakshak
 * Operation Parakram
 * Operation Rhino
 * Operation Snow Leopard
 * Operation Meghdoot

Gallantry Awards

 * Major GS Atariwala - Sena Medal
 * Naik TK Sudhakaran - Sena Medal
 * Naik D Raghavan   - Sena Medal
 * Captain P Krishna Kumar - Mention-in-Despatches
 * Captain Joginder Singh - Mention-in-Despatches
 * Naik N Vijayan - Mention-in-Despatches
 * Lance Naik Shyamsundar Rao - Mention-in-Despatches
 * Lance Naik VV Rao - Mention-in-Despatches

Achievement in Sports

 * Honoury Captain Dennis Swamy - He was an eight time National Boxing Champion between 1961 and 1971. He was conferred with Arjuna Award in 1968.


 * Honoury Captain R Pandiyan - He won 09 Gold, 05 Silver and 08 Bronze Medals while presenting India in various International Pistol Shooting Championships.