Madras Engineer Group (MEG) (Informal: Madras Sappers) presently headed by BRIG Gurdeep Singh is a regiment 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 Bangalore. The Madras Sappers are the oldest regiment of the Corps of Engineers.
They are also the only regiment of the erstwhile Madras Presidency Army to survive the post-1857 reorganizations unscathed. 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.
In World War I they became particularly famous for inventing the mine clearing torpedo that goes by the name of Bangalore torpedo.
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