Prez to present Colours to T-90 armoured regiments

Jhansi, Oct 18 (PTI) For the first time five T-90
armoured regiments of the Indian Army will Tuesday receive the
presidential standards -- a rare honour.
The colours to these units would be presented by
India's President Pratibha Patil, who is the supreme commander
of the armed forces, at a parade at the Babina military
station near here.
The five units under the 'White Tiger' armoured division
receiving the rare honour are 83, 12, 13, 15 and 19 Armoured
Regiments in presence of India's Army chief General V K Singh
and a host of other senior military officials.
Later in the day, the T-90 Division will present a
mounted parade for the President to review.
"This would be a historical occasion as it is for the
first time that five Armoured Regiments of an Armoured
Division are presented the Colours together," an Army official
said.
The presentation of Colours is a centuries old martial
legacy and considered as recognition of the service rendered
by the regiments to the nation.