Question

When did C. Rajagopalachari inaugurate the territorial army?
A. \[09\] October $1949$
B. $15$ august $1949$
C. $02$ December $1949$
D. $01$ July $1949$

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian Territorial Army (TA) is the second line of defense after the regular Indian Army. not a profession, job or source of work. This is only for people who are already working in basic civilian professions. Indeed, profitable employment or self-employment among the civilian population is a prerequisite for joining the Territorial Army.

Complete answer:
The Indian Defense Forces (IDF), which included Europeans and Indians in separate divisions, was established by the British on \[9\] October $1917$ . They were formed to free regular troops from garrison duty during the First World War. It is divided into parts of England and India. Like the Indian army at the time, the units in this part of India consisted mainly of British officers and other Indian ranks. All units in this part of the UK are British.

The modern Territorial Army was inaugurated by India's first Governor General C. Rajagopalachari on \[9\] October $1949$ , after the independence Territorial Army Act was passed in \[1948\] . The Prime Minister's Territorial Army annual parade takes place on $9$ October.

The Territorial Army originally had various types of units such as tank regiments, infantry battalions, air defense, medical regiments, field engineering companies, signaling regiments, electrical and mechanical engineers (EME), coastal batteries, GT Coy of the Army Service Corps, ASC Compo Pl, and the AMC field ambulance.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The troops of the Territorial Army participated in various adventure activities that were identified in May \[1998\] by the Jt-Indo-British TA mountaineering expedition as climbing Teng Chan Khang Peak ( \[6010\] meter) in West Sikkim. Many industrialists, politicians and celebrities are members of TA. The force also had the honor of appointing eleven officers in Hony ADC for President of India over the years.