varun Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 ^^ such information should be made public. Maybe. I'm just speaking from anecdotal experience. (my whole khandaan 3 generations up is from the defence services)
Lurker Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Maybe. I'm just speaking from anecdotal experience. (my whole khandaan 3 generations up is from the defence services) Yeah I know. Hats off to you, and those whose family have served
urbestfriend Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I think it has more to do with British army in India where they hired mostly "warrior" races like Rajpoots, Gharwals , Gorkhas, Pathans etc mainly from north India, and the same tradition is still carried on by Indian army even today. Otherwise I dont see a reason why they still have region/caste based regiments and hire majorly from these regions. Another thing is south Indians are generally at the backseat because of their lack of reading/writing/speaking skills in Hindi which is a major factor why SI underrepresented in central govt jobs.
Detonator Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 SI represent 21% of total population, so anything higher or slightly lower than this number in total defence forces is acceptable. Meanwhile, muslims represent barely 2% of the total defence forces. That's really a sad part. That's not exacly secular. :--D http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.aspx?id=GLckGFjCO8w%3D
EnterTheVoid Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Not enough sambaar in the meals. Thats why.
CommonMan Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 They dont eat too much of aloooo rotis like naaarth :((
zumi Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 i have read army doesn't show interest in recruiting fromGujarat, because too many gujjus fail to meet the minimum chest size. so army probably target specific geographical locations where to recruit depending on physical, economic/education and tradition factors
Gollum Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Dont know why but in Subhas Bose's army majority were Tamils.
ravishingravi Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Maybe secretly they love our neighbours.
SLICKR392 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Maybe secretly they love our neighbours. Cheap ! There are Southie jawaans who gave their life for the country in those wars as well and low life's like you try to pull off cheap banters such as these.
beetle Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I think it has more to do with British army in India where they hired mostly "warrior" races like Rajpoots, Gharwals , Gorkhas, Pathans etc mainly from north India, and the same tradition is still carried on by Indian army even today. Otherwise I dont see a reason why they still have region/caste based regiments and hire majorly from these regions. Another thing is south Indians are generally at the backseat because of their lack of reading/writing/speaking skills in Hindi which is a major factor why SI underrepresented in central govt jobs. Region based units are all mostly old units. They have some more like Sikh,Madras,Mahar ,Maratha,Kumaon and more.The old ones continue to stay the same ,but now most new ones are mixed troop units.
yoda Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 OP, please post some stats to backup your claim.
KhanSaab Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 OP' date=' please post some stats to backup your claim.[/quote'] Stats were provided in the thread by Lurker. Read his posts please.
KhanSaab Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 i have read army doesn't show interest in recruiting fromGujarat, because too many gujjus fail to meet the minimum chest size. This is so true based on my limited experience with gujju girls as well. I know small sample size (no pun intended) but still, has to count for something.
The Dark Horse Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 If you consider the rest of India as against South India, naturally 24 states will have more representation than 4 states
yoda Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Stats were provided in the thread by Lurker. Read his posts please. Didn't see any link to any stats. He said it is not publicly available. Now, since you started the thread, I presume you had some data to back it up. :winky:
KhanSaab Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Didn't see any link to any stats. He said it is not publicly available. Now, since you started the thread, I presume you had some data to back it up. :winky: Scroll to the bottom of the page to see numbers listed for 1968-71 and 1995-96 http://archive.is/NDg8H Recruitment for 2011 http://www.peopleofbihar.com/profiles/blogs/over-4500-biharis-joined-indian-army-in-2011-2012
Detonator Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Scroll to the bottom of the page to see numbers listed for 1968-71 and 1995-96 http://archive.is/NDg8H Recruitment for 2011 http://www.peopleofbihar.com/profiles/blogs/over-4500-biharis-joined-indian-army-in-2011-2012 looks like punjab has foresaken a lot. they dropped from 31% to 7% in 25 yrs. :cantstop: and just 1 soldier from Chandigarh :hatsoff: but do a simple math. UP alone has higher population than AP, TN and kerela combined.
KhanSaab Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 looks like punjab has foresaken a lot. they dropped from 31% to 7% in 25 yrs. :cantstop: and just 1 soldier from Chandigarh :hatsoff: I think Rageaddict had a valid point earlier in the thread. Recruitment from Punjab is drying up. Probably no coincidence that the decline started around the same time as the khalistan independence movement. Also i will admit, the numbers from south India are not as bad as I anticipated. They are still not where they should be but not absolutely dire like Gujarat either. Gujjus why have you forsaken the Indian army? :cantstop:
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