Gajaba Regiment The Gajaba Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Sri Lankan Army . Formed when 1st Battalion the Rajarata Rifles and 1st Battalion the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment were amalgamated in 1983. It is made up of six regular battalions and five volunteer battalions. Headquartered at Saliyapura Camp , Anuradhapura . It is named after a Sri Lankan famous warrior King Gajabahu the First .History The 1st battalion of the Regiment was formed on 14 October 1983 with the amalgamation of the Rajarata Rifles and Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment , under the command of Lt. Col. Vijaya Wimalaratne at Saliyapura Camp. The Cap badge of the Gajaba Regiment is designed with a shield, two Keteri and a Kandian powder flask . The regiment rapidly expanded due to the Sri Lankan Civil War , during which 3,500 officers and men of the regiment were killed. The regiment was awarded President's Colours by H.E. President Mahinda Rajapakse on 11 January 2007 . In 2008 a detachment from the regiment was sent to take part in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti .Units Regular Army 1st Gajaba Battalion 3rd Gajaba Battalion 6th Gajaba Battalion 8th Gajaba Battalion 9th Gajaba Battalion 10th Gajaba Battalion 12th Gajaba Battalion 14th Gajaba Battalion 16th Gajaba Battalion 20th Gajaba Battalion 21st Gajaba Battalion 22nd Gajaba Battalion 23rd Gajaba Battalion 24th Gajaba Battalion 26th Gajaba Battalion 27th Gajaba BattalionVolunteers 2nd Gajaba Battalion 5th Gajaba Battalion 7th Gajaba Battalion 11th Gajaba Battalion 15th Gajaba Battalion 17th Gajaba Battalion 18th Gajaba Battalion 19th Gajaba Battalion Second Lieutenant K. W. T. Nissanka Warrant Officer 2nd Class H.B. Pasan GunasekeraNotable members Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne, RWP , RSP , VSP , USP - Founder of the Gajaba Regiment.Commander Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna and one of the greatest and celebrated generals in modern Sri Lanka . Lieutenant Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapaksa , RWP, RSP - current President of Sri Lanka Major General Kamal Gunaratne , WWV , RWP, RSP, USP, ndc , psc - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defense and GOC 53rd division in Eelam war IV Major General Sumedha Perera , WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc - Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli, Agriculture, Irrigation & Rural Development Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva , WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV , USP, ndc, psc - Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and GOC 58th division in Eelam war IV Major General Jagath Dias , WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc - Adjutant General of Sri Lanka Army and GOC 57th division in Eelam war IV Major General Seevali Wanigasekara RWP, RSP VSV, USP, psc Corporal Ranjith Premasiri Madalana - Sri Lankan army sniper Major Shantha Wijesinghe - commanded the defense of Kokkilai and gained the first Battlefield promotion in the armyOrder of precedence
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