A new reserve battalion - Maharana India Reserve Battalion - named after Maharana Pratap

Q.  A new reserve battalion will be raised and it will be named after
- Published on 08 Jun 16

a. Maharana Pratap
b. Shivaji Maharaj
c. Tipu Sultan
d. Ashoka

ANSWER: Maharana Pratap
 
  • Union Home Minister announced that a new reserve battalion will be raised and it will be named after Maharana Pratap. It will be called Maharana India Reserve Battalion.
  • The move comes in the wake of the Cabinet in January this year approving a proposal for raising 17 Indian Reserve Battalions for Jammu and Kashmir and Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states.
  • It had included five battalions in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Chhattisgarh, three each in Jharkhand and Odisha and two in Maharashtra.
  • The government had introduced the scheme of Indian Reserve Battalions in 1971 and so far, 153 battalions have been sanctioned to various states.

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