INDIA 

India has 12 dedicated Mountain Warfare Divisions - this, a reflection of the fact that Kashmir is the main area of confrontation with Pakistan. Both countries have fought out some ogf the highest altitude battles in history over this disputed area.

List 12 divisions here:

Indian Army High Altitude Warfare School based at Gulmarg (Jammu + Kashmir). (HAW)

High Altitude Warfare School: The High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), Gulmarg is a unique training establishment imparting specialised Mountain Warfare and Winter Warfare Training to Indian Army personnel.

From a humble beginning as the 19 Infantry Division Ski School in 1948, the High-Altitude Warfare School has over the years become the Army's nodal agency for "specialised training and dissemination of doctrines" in high-altitude, mountain and snow warfare. "Its facilities, with mountain warfare courses in Sonamarg area and snow-craft and winter warfare in Gulmarg area

Indian Army Mountain Warfare Divisions

2nd Moutain Division	3rd Mountain Division	5th Mounatin Division	6th Mountain Division
8th Mountain Division	17th Mountain Division	19th Mountain Division	20th Mountain Division
21st Mountain Division	22nd Mountain Division	27th Mountain Division	57th Mountain Division

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Articles/Article15.html

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