Madras Engineer Group (MEG),
informally known as the Madras
Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps
of Engineers of
the Indian
Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras
Presidency army of
the British
Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bengalore. The Madras Sappers
are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of Engineers.
The Madras Sappers were the only regiment of the Madras
Presidency Army to
survive unscathed the extensive re-organisations that took place between 1862
and 1928. The thambis, as the troops of the Madras Sappers are
popularly known, with their hallmark Shakos have
distinguished themselves in many battlefields around the world for more than
200 years.
The Bangalore torpedo, a mine clearing
explosive device, was invented in the Centre at Bengalore in the early years of
the Twentieth Century.
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