9 Parachute Field Regiment was raised on 1 April 1943 at Kumbergaon, Pune, by Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Eden as 9 Field Regiment of the Royal Indian Artillery, British Indian Army.

The unit briefly formed part of the 2nd Indian Airborne Division (previously 44th Indian Airborne Division), while located in Quetta, prior to independence.

Between 1946 and 1948, it was involved in internal security duties at Quetta, Karachi and Satara.

[2] The first Indian Commanding Officer post independence, in 1947, was Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) FSB Mehta, an Army Aviator.

The regiment along with 17 (Parachute) Field Regiment alternatively form part of the 50th Parachute Brigade, while the other serves out its field tenure on rotation.