Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry

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The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

It has its origins in the Jammu and Kashmir Militia, which was a paramilitary force under the Home Ministry of India, until the early nineteen-seventies, when it was converted to a full fledged Army regiment under the Ministry of Defence, and renamed as the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry.

The regimental center is in Srinagar's Badami Bagh cantonment.

The last commander, J&K Militia, was Brigadier Lekhraj Singh Puar, of the Garhwal Rifles.