History 7th Indian Infantry Division
men of 1st battalion, queen s royal regiment (west surrey), on patrol aboard assault boat on pegu canal near waw, july 1945.
during april, division once again came under command of xxxiii corps , advanced down west bank of irrawaddy. after rangoon, capital, captured in may, division directly commanded new headquarters of twelfth army , resisted japanese diversionary attacks across sittang river during monsoon.
after war ended, in september 1945, division moved thailand, disarmed japanese occupying army, , liberated , repatriated allied prisoners of war.
following partition of india in 1947 7th division became 7th infantry division of pakistan army.
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