Indian Army cap badges

Officers and soldiers of the Indian Army wear cap badges (metallic or embroidered badges) on their beret or peaked caps. The design is based on the regimental insignia or coat of arms.

The infantry and the armoured corp regiments wear the unit insignia of their individual regiments.^[1][2][3][4] Individual regiments or units in other combat arms and the service arms wear the insignia of their corps or arm.^[5]

Officers of the rank of Brigadier and above wear embroidered badges having the Ashoka emblem with crossed baton and sword.

Infantry Regiments

• 
  1st Gorkha Rifles^[6]
• 
  4th Gorkha Rifles^[6]
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  8th Gorkha Rifles^[6]
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  9th Gorkha Rifles^[7]
• 
  11th Gorkha Rifles^[8]
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  Assam Regiment^[9]
• 
  Brigade of the Guards^[6]
• 
  The Grenadiers^[6]
• 
  Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry^[6]
• 
  Jat Regiment^[6]
• 
  Kumaon Regiment^[10]
• 
  Ladakh Scouts^[6]
• 
  Madras Regiment^[11]
• 
  Mahar Regiment^[6]
• 
  Maratha Light Infantry^[6]
• 
  Mechanised Infantry Regiment^[6]
• 
  Naga Regiment^[10]
• 
  Parachute Regiment^[6]
• 
  Punjab Regiment^[6]
• 
  Rajputana Rifles
• 
  Sikh Light Infantry^[6]

Armoured Corps

• 
  Armoured Corps^{[nb 1][12]}
• 
  9 Horse (Deccan Horse)
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  17 Horse (Poona Horse)^[13]
• 
  45 Cavalry
• 
  61 Cavalry^[14]
• 
  62 Cavalry^[15]
• 
  64 Cavalry^[14]
• 
  66 Armoured Regiment^[14]
• 
  67 Armoured Regiment^[14]
• 
  70 Armoured Regiment^[14]
• 
  81 Armoured Regiment^[14]

Other Corps

• 
  Army Air Defence^[16]
• 
  Army Aviation Corps^[17]
• 
  Army Dental Corps^[18]
• 
  Army Education Corps
• 
  Army Medical Corps^[19]
• 
  Army Postal Service
• 
  Corps of Engineers^[20]
• 
  Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers
• 
  Corps of Military Police^[21]
• 
  Defence Security Corps
• 
  Directorate of Military Intelligence
• 
  Regiment of Artillery^[22]
• 
  Rashtriya Rifles^[19]
• 
  Remount and Veterinary Corps^[19]

Related organisations

• 
  Assam Rifles^[23]
• 
  Territorial Army^[19]

Notes

1. This badge is the generic badge used by the Indian Armoured Corps, and usually worn by soldiers (sowars) before they are assigned to individual units.