Centenary of The Second Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles (2/4 GR)

Second Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles (2/4 GR), Mainli Paltan, was raised in Bakloh, in 1886. In 1947–48 war, Operation Eraze, the spring offensive by Major General K S Thimayya, GOC 19 Infantry Division, in June–July, 1948, 2/4 GR and 1 Grenadiers, secured and drove the enemy out from areas Gurais and Kanzalwan, thus ending the threat to Srinagar, J and K, from the north. 
The APS joined in celebrating the Centenary of the Battalion, by bringing out this special cover, special cancellation and an information sheet on 11.3.1986.
The 4 Gorkha Rifles (GR), abbreviated as 4 GR, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Indian and Nepalese nationality. The Fourth Gorkha Rifles has five infantry battalions. The regiment was raised in 1857 as part of the British Indian Army. In 1947, after India's independence, the Fourth Gorkhas became part of the Indian Army.
The regiment has seen action in wars in Africa, Europe and Asia, including the Second Afghan War, the Boxer Rebellion (China), World War I, and World War II. After Independence, the regiment has participated in the India-Pakistan Wars of 1947–48, 1965, 1971, 1987, and 1999, and in 1962 Sino-Indian conflict. The Regiment has also participated in UN Peace-keeping Missions.
2/4 GR, in 1998–99, was deployed in UN Peace Keeping Mission, in Lebanon, as part of UNFIL, in area Ibl-al-Saqi along the Israel–Lebanon border in the Golan Heights. 2/4 GR celebrated its 125 anniversary in Trivandrum, Kerala, 21–24 April 2011. The anniversary was attended among others by Major General BD Kale, former commanding officer of the battalion, and the President of the 4 GR Officer's Association.