Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies - CMHCS, USI

Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies - CMHCS, USI The Centre aims to encourage objective study of all facets of Indian military history. Squadron Leader (Retired) Rana T.S. b)1900-1947 AD. c)1750-1900 AD.

The Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR) was established under the aegis of the United Service Institution of India (USI) at the request of the three Service Headquarters with the purpose of encouraging objective study and research into various aspects of the history of the Indian Armed Forces. Chhina, MBE is Secretary and Editor of CAFHR. He served in the Indian Air Force as a Heli

copter Pilot. A recipient of the Macgregor Memorial Medal for best military reconnaissance in 1986, he had the distinction of carrying out the highest landing in the world by a medium-lift class of helicopter (Mi-17). The aim of the Centre is to study the history of the Indian Armed Forces with an emphasis on the following periods:

a)Post Independence. d)Prior to 1750 AD. Besides providing fellowship grants to encourage the study of Indian Military History, the CAFHR is also engaged in a pro-active approach towards documenting and cataloguing historical records. Towards this end, the following tasks are being undertaken by the Centre :

a)Establishing an Oral Archive. b)Establishing an archive/data bank of manuscripts and primary records. c)Working towards formulating and implementing a practical record management policy for the Indian Defence Establishment. d)Editing of Official War Histories for Ministry of Defence, Government of India (Completed in 2005).

The Seminar on the Role of the IAF during the has commenced. Our chief guest for the event is Air Mshl M Ranade, AVSM,...
27/03/2024

The Seminar on the Role of the IAF during the has commenced. Our chief guest for the event is Air Mshl M Ranade, AVSM, VM(Gallantry)

The Seminar on the Role of the IAF during the at USI today, was well recieved. Sqn Ldr Vaid, AM V Singh & BrigGoraya ...
27/03/2024

The Seminar on the Role of the IAF during the at USI today, was well recieved. Sqn Ldr Vaid, AM V Singh & BrigGoraya presented about the various facets of the Sqn Ldr Vaid and Brig Goraya shared about their personal experiences from the War

The USI-CMHCS in collaboration with the IAF is organising a Seminar on the role of the Indian Air Force during the ON ...
27/03/2024

The USI-CMHCS in collaboration with the IAF is organising a Seminar on the role of the Indian Air Force during the ON 27 Mar from 1000 hrs

On 01 March, the USI-CMHCS signed an MoU with the Institute of Military Heritage and Modern Research of the Armed Forces...
08/03/2024

On 01 March, the USI-CMHCS signed an MoU with the Institute of Military Heritage and Modern Research of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The MoU will allow both parties to undertake research on the Military history of the two countries

Dr Archna Tyagi, Senior Research Fellow at USI-CMHCS was invited as the 'Guest of Honour' at the launch of INTACT's Fero...
09/02/2024

Dr Archna Tyagi, Senior Research Fellow at USI-CMHCS was invited as the 'Guest of Honour' at the launch of INTACT's Ferozpur Chapter

25/01/2024

Session 1 of the Indian Military Heritage Festival '23 is up on our youtube channel. The session was titled 'Udbhav: India’s Indigenous Historical Knowledge'
Click on the link below to watch:
youtu.be/K3zXAGh-YGU?si…

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25/01/2024

You can now re-live the experience of the Indian Military Heritage Festival held between 21 and 22 Oct 2023 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.

The link to watch the Inauguration ceremony is below:
youtu.be/sg3###aJ1tg?si…

Watch out this space for more updates

The Army Veterans Honour Run organised by DIAV to recognise the valour of Indian Army Veterans who were disabled in line...
12/12/2023

The Army Veterans Honour Run organised by DIAV to recognise the valour of Indian Army Veterans who were disabled in line of duty was organised between 8-10 Dec in New Delhi. USI-CMHCS curated a walk through exhibition to commemorate Op VIJAY in the Kargil arena at the venue.

Dr Archna Tyagi, Senior Research Fellow at USI-CMHCS was invited to attend the 13th Punjab Int'l Trade Expo(PITEX) 2023 ...
11/12/2023

Dr Archna Tyagi, Senior Research Fellow at USI-CMHCS was invited to attend the 13th Punjab Int'l Trade Expo(PITEX) 2023 at Amritsar on 8 Dec. As a representative from USI-CMHCS she made a presentation on the Military Heritage Tourism which a USI-CMHCS project

An exhibition to commemorate the role of Indian Soldiers in East Africa during WW1 was inaugurated by MoS V Muraleedhara...
24/11/2023

An exhibition to commemorate the role of Indian Soldiers in East Africa during WW1 was inaugurated by MoS V Muraleedharan in Nairobi, Kenya. A book titled "Indian Army in East Africa:1914-1918" was released. The exhibition and the book is curated USI-CMHCS

The session on Battle of Tangail 1971 has commenced. On the panel we have- Lt Gen Nirbhay Sharma, former governor Arunac...
24/11/2023

The session on Battle of Tangail 1971 has commenced. On the panel we have- Lt Gen Nirbhay Sharma, former governor Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram, Brig Ponwar IG Chattisgarh Police, Col Bangari (Retd) 6 PARA and a Fellow at IIM Bangalore

Join us on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78mBFXZJ6A

The Seminar on Battle of Hajipir and Battle of Tangail has commenced. Our august panel is a group of veterans who have s...
24/11/2023

The Seminar on Battle of Hajipir and Battle of Tangail has commenced. Our august panel is a group of veterans who have stories of valour to share with us.

Join us on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78mBFXZJ6A

Address

The United Service Institution Of India, Centre For Armed Forces Historical Research, Rao Tula Ram Marg (Opposite Signals Enclave)
New Delhi
110057

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm

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+911126147464

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