115th Indian Infantry Brigade
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The 115th Indian Infantry Brigade is an Infantry formation of the Indian Army
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It was initially formed during World War II, in September 1943, as a training brigade of the 39th Indian Infantry Division.
It's composition included the 14th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, the 38th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, the 56th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, and the 710th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion.
In the late 1980s the brigade took part in the Indian Peace Keeping Force
in Sri Lanka
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As of 2001, the brigade, as part of the reformed 36th Division, a Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), was located at Dhana
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Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
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It was initially formed during World War II, in September 1943, as a training brigade of the 39th Indian Infantry Division.
It's composition included the 14th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, the 38th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, the 56th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion, and the 710th Gurkha Rifles Training Battalion.
In the late 1980s the brigade took part in the Indian Peace Keeping Force
Indian Peace Keeping Force
Indian Peace Keeping Force was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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As of 2001, the brigade, as part of the reformed 36th Division, a Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID), was located at Dhana
Dhana
Dhana is a census town in Sagar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Dhana had a population of 10,295. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Dhana has an average literacy rate of 96%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy...
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