Malik (later Lt Gen) at Ahmednagar as an all India mixed-class regiment and was equipped with T-55 tanks.

[3] The regiment was involved in Operation Blue Star from 6 August to 9 September 1984.

It was amended in 1990 and the Lion Capital was replaced with the "mailed fist" or gauntlet.

A scroll was added at the base with the regimental motto inscribed in Devanagari script on it.

[3] The motto of the regiment is 'निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं' (Nischay Kar Apni Jeet Karoon) which translates to And with determination, I will be Victorious.