The Nubra Guards was an Indian

paramilitary A paramilitary is a military that is not a part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the term "paramilitary" as far back as 1934. Overview Though a paramilitary is, by definiti ...

force formed during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 to provide security in the Nubra Tehsil, in particular the

Nubra Nubra, also called Dumra, is a historical region of Ladakh, India that is currently administered as a subdivision and a tehsil in the Leh district. Its inhabited areas form a tri-armed valley cut by the Nubra and Shyok rivers. Its Tibetan nam ...

and Shyok river valleys.

Diskit Diskit is a village and headquarter of the Nubra tehsil and the Nubra subdivision in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.Leh Leh () is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Kashmir_dispute, disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TE ...

town, the capital of

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

district. The Guard was originally formed by

Chewang Rinchen Colonel (India), Colonel Chewang Rinchen Maha Vir Chakra, MVC & Bar, Sena Medal, SM (Kalon Tsewang Rigdzin, 1931–1997) was a highly decorated officer in the Indian Army from the Union territory of Ladakh. He was the youngest ever recipient of ...

whose family was from the area. In April 1948 the Guards were at company strength.Col. Chhewang Rinchen
Kashmiri Pandit Network, retrieved 20 July 2019. The Guard was re-raised several times and resisted the Pakistani invasion of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...

. In 1952, the Nubra Guards were merged into the Jammu and Kashmir Militia (which later became the

Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. The regimental centre is in Srinagar's Airport Complex at Awantipora, with a winter setup near Jammu. Its regimental insignia consists of a pair of crossed r ...

) as the 7th Battalion. Both the 7th and 14th battalions JKLI were later detached to form the

Ladakh Scouts The Ladakh Scouts is a mountain infantry regiment of the Indian Army, nicknamed as the "Snow Warriors" or "Snow Leopards". The regiment specializes in cold-weather warfare and mountain warfare, long-range penetration, maneuver warfare, raiding w ...

Notes

{{reflist Military units and formations established in 1948 Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948