The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. The Jammu and Kashmir State Forces were the only former Princely State Forces of India to be absorbed into the Indian Army as a distinct and separate regiment. In 1963, the designation was changed to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. After the conversion, the Ladakh Scouts came under the aegis of the Regiment, where it remained until raised as a separate regiment in 2002.