Bengal Sappers
| Bengal Engineer Group | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1803 – present |
| Country | India |
| Branch | Corps of Engineers |
| Role | Support |
| Regimental Centre | Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
| Motto(s) | God's Own |
| Anniversaries | 7 November |
| Decorations | 11 Victoria Cross 116 Indian Order of Merit 1 Padma Bhushan 17 Shaurya Chakra 93 Sena Medals 11 Arjun Award |
| Battle honours | 80 11 Theatre honours |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Brig SK Kataria |
| Ceremonial chief | Lt Gen Sanjiv Talwar, AVSM Engineer-in-Chief |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
Lt Gen Suresh Sharma, AVSM Director General Border Roads |
| Notable commanders |
Lt Gen JS Dhillon, Padma Bhushan, PVSM Lt Gen K N Dubey, PVSM |
The Bengal Engineer Group (BEG) or the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers as they are informally known, are remnants of British Indian Army's Bengal Army of the Bengal Presidency in British India; now a regiment of the Corps of Engineers in the Indian Army. The Bengal Sappers have their regimental centre at Roorkee Cantonment in Roorkee city, Uttarakhand. The Bengal Sappers are one of the few remaining regiments of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency Army and survived the Rebellion of 1857 due to their sterling work in the recapture of Delhi and other operations in 1857–58. The troops of the Bengal Sappers have been a familiar sight for over 200 years in the battlefields of British India with their never-say-die attitude of Chak De and brandishing their favourite tool the hamber.
Over the years the Bengal Sappers have won many battle and theatre honours, 11 Victoria Cross, 116 Indian Order of Merit, 17 Shaurya Chakra, 93 Sena Medals and 11 Arjun Awards, the highest number of won by any single organization in the country. Lt Gen Joginder Singh Dhillon, commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, who commanded the First Republic Day Parade in Delhi, became the first Army Officer to be awarded the Padma Bhushan on 24 November 1965. Among the three Sappers of Indian Army, Bengal Sappers was the first Engineer Group to receive the 'President Colours' in recognition of its service to the nation, on 12 January 1989, by R Venkataraman, the then President of India, who presented the Regimental Colours to Bengal Engineer Group at Roorkee.
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