Territorial Army Group Headquarters

Southern Command	Pune
Eastern Command	Kolkata
Western Command	Chandimandir
Central Command	Lucknow
Northern Command	c/o 56 APO

The Territorial Army was raised by the Britishers in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act of 1920 and it was org into two wings namely - 'The Auxiliary Force' for Europeans & Anglo-Indians, and 'The Indian Territorial Force' for Indian Volunteers. After Independence Territorial Army Act was passed in 1948 and the Territorial Army was formally inaugurated by the first Indian Governor General Shri C Rajagopalachari on 09 Oct 1949. This date is being celebrated as Prime Minister's TA Day Parade every year.

The Territorial Army initially had various types of units such as Armed Regt (TA), Infantry Battalion (TA), Air Defence (TA), Med Regt (TA), Engineers Field Park Coy (TA), Signal Regiment (TA), EME Workshop (TA), Coast Battery (TA), ASC GT Coy (TA), ASC Compo Pl (TA), AMC Field Ambulance (TA), by 1972 these units have either been disbanded or converted to Regular Army except Inf Bn (TA).

The Territorial Army is part of Regular Army and its present role is to relieve the Regular Army from static duties and assist civil administration in dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services in situations where life of the communities is affected or the Security of the Country is threatened and to provide units for Regulars Army as and when required.

The TA units were actively involved in 1962, 1965 and 1971 operations. The "Terriers" have also taken part in OP-PAWAN in Srilanka, OP RAKSHAK in Punjab & J&K, OP RHINO and OP BAJRANG in North East in a most active manner. Departmental units came to the aid of the civil authorities during Industrial unrest and natural calamities, most famous being earthquake in Latoor (Maharastra), Uttarkashi in Garhwal Himalaya and the Super Cyclone in Orissa. The Ecological units have arrested man made environmental degradation by planting 2.5 crore trees over 20,000 hectare of land in Mussoori Hills & Pithoragarh (UP), Bikaner & Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) and ravines of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh.

Non Department Units

• 101 Inf Bn (TA) Maratha
• Light Infantry Pune
• 102 Inf Bn (TA) Punjab Kalka
• 103 Inf Bn (TA) Sikh Light
• Infantry Ludhiana
• 105 Inf Bn (TA) Raj Rif Delhi Cantt
• 106 Inf Bn (TA) Para Banglore
• 107 Inf Bn (TA) 11 GR Darjeeling
• 108 Inf Bn (TA) Mahar Saugor
• 109 Inf Bn (TA) Maratha Li Kolhapur
• 110 Inf Bn (TA) Madras Coimbatore
• 111 Inf Bn (TA) Kumaon Allahabad
• 112 Inf Bn (TA) Dogra Jalandhar
• 113 Inf Bn (TA) Rajput Calcutta
• 114 Inf Bn (TA) Jat Fatehgarh
• 115 Inf Bn (TA) Mahar Belgaum
• 116 Inf Bn (TA) Para Deolali
• 117 Inf Bn (TA) Guards Tiruchi
• 118 Inf Bn (TA) Grenadiers Nagpur
• 119 Inf Bn (TA) Assam Shillong
• 120 Inf Bn (TA) Bihar Bhubaneswar
• 121 Inf Bn (TA) Garh Rif Calcutta
• 122 Inf Bn (TA) Madras Cannanore
• 123 Inf Bn (TA) Grenadiers Jaipur
• 124 Inf Bn (TA) Sikh New Delhi
• 125 Inf Bn (TA) Guards Secunderabad
• 126 Inf Bn (TA) J&K Rif c/o 56 APO
• 127 Inf Bn (TA) Garh Rif Eco Dehradun
• 128 Inf Bn (TA) Raj Rif Eco Bikaner
• 129 Inf Bn (TA) Jak Li Eco c/o 56 APO
• 130 Inf Bn (TA) Kumaon Eco Pithoragarh
• 131 Inf Bn (TA) Rajput Eco Gwalior

Departmental Units

• 968 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Ludhiana
• 969 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Jamalpur
• 970 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Jhansi
• 971 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Delhi
• 972 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Muzaffarpur
• 1031 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Kota
• 1032 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Adra
• 1034 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Banglore
• 1101 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Chandigarh
• 1103 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Kota
• 1105 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Secunderabad
• 1051 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Ludhiana
• 1052 Rly Engr Regt (TA) Adra
• GH (TA) Calcutta
• GH (TA) Allahabad
• GH (TA) Jaipur
• GH (TA) Patiala
• GH (TA) Gauhati
• GH (TA) Ahmadabad
• GH (TA) Rothak
• 414 ASC Bn Mktg (TA) Kamptee
• 811 Engr Regt ONGC (TA) Baroda
• 801 Engr Regt R&P (TA) Agra
• 777 Sig Regt Telecom (TA) Mhow