In one of the battle, the Turks had invaded both the flanks of the 3rd Rajput, during which Jemadar Sital Baksh was severely wounded.

Sepoy Jhandu Singh rushed to his rescue and was awarded a posthumous Indian Order of Merit and Médaille militaire.

The battalion's Bren guns were deployed for air defence and on one occasion are believed to have brought down an Italian aircraft.

[12] The 4th battalion was also involved in the Western Desert campaign at Sidi Barrani and El Alamein and on its return to India was posted to the Kohima front.

The battalion along with the British garrison was forced to surrender and the men became prisoners of war and had to undergo great hardships.

Its original task was to protect Ramban and Jammu, but it quickly came under the 50th Parachute Brigade for its relief of Jhangar and Kotli.

In February 1948, a strong patrol was dispatched to the area east of Naushera, where it encountered and was surrounded by an enemy force of around 1,000 men.

Mohammad Usman, the 50th Parachute Brigade commander, closely watched the situation and drew up defensive plans in which the Rajputs were holding tactical ground around Naushera.

Jadunath Singh rushed out of his defensive position throwing hand grenades and firing his Sten gun, taking the enemy by surprise and forcing them to withdraw to regroup.

The enemy attacked again and Jadunath Singh charged out for the third time, firing his Sten gun and hurling grenades.

Rikh, were at Walong in early 1962 and were moved to the banks of the Namka Chu river by 10 October as a part of 7 Infantry Brigade.

The battalion was deployed in a trackless wilderness, where no mules could go and no civilian population lived which could help logistically.

A massive assault came on the Rajput front and in the fierce fighting that ensured, the battalion repulsed a number of determined attacks.

Dasrath Singh's platoon was reduced to seven men and had exhausted its ammunition in repulsing three Chinese attacks.

Pant himself was wounded in the stomach and legs, yet he continued to lead and inspire his men, exhorting them to fight till the end to the last man.

Not a single man from B, C or D Coys was awarded any gallantry medal as there was no one left to write the citations because there was no officer or JCO who was not killed or seriously wounded and taken POW.

Rikh was released from the POW camp, he wrote up the citations but the Indian government and Ministry of Defence made excuses and did not pay any attention to them.

This led to total chaos during the retreat as the Chinese had bypassed many positions and ambushed parties of the soldiers withdrawing in a number of places.

After the Rann of Kutch affair, Pakistan switched its attempts towards Kargil and in May 1965 it attacked one of the Indian posts there.

4 Rajput as a part of 121 Infantry Brigade were ordered to capture Point 13620 and Black Rock (15000) also known as Kargil heights to remove any threat to the Srinagar-Leh highway.

Both posts consisted of three parts and each of these features was held by a platoon plus of the enemy in addition to a section of 3" mortars and MMGs on Point 13620.

In August, 4 Rajput were moved to the Hajipir area and Bisali feature was captured by them on the night of 4/5 September.

After the infiltrator menace had died down, 6 Rajput moved to the Akhnoor area and came under 191 Infantry Brigade, which in turn was directly under HQ 15 corps.

Nanak Singh, who was in charge of an LMG position as to where his range card was, and how could he fire properly without knowing his primary and secondary arcs.

Nanak Singh faced the Brigadier and said, "Sahib, jab golian chal rahi theen to dikhai nahin diye.

21 Rajput spearheaded the move to Saidpur and fought in the battle of Panchagarh and Khansama during which there was fierce hand-to-hand fighting.

They then attacked Ashuganj, which was cleared after a tough fight and moved on to Narsingdi and entered Dacca (Morden day dhaka) on 16 December.

9 Rajput operated in the Ratnu Chak area and carried out a number of raids, they also captured a couple of enemy posts.

After the Kargil War the battalion moved to Ethiopia and Eritrea as a part of a United Nations Mission (UNMEE).

It is in a form of a chattri, with its dome resting on six pillars, each representing a battalion at that time and bearing its crest.