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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DPZKkg_BrXMC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=13th+(Shekhawati+Regiment)+Rajput+Bengal+Infantry&source=bl&ots=nED7tsolhj&sig=eY-pL9yDy5yDt9xVDb6w9Eti5hQ&hl=en&ei=1sENSvreOs7KjAffg5y1Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3 Shekhawati Brigade] Google Books
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Revision as of 19:50, 15 May 2009

Known as The Shekhawati Regiment

Chronology

  • 1835 Shekhawati Brigade raised by the British under the command of Henry Forster and funded by the Maharajas of Jaipur and Bikaner to control dacoits
  • 1847 became the Shekhawati Battalion
  • 1861 became 13th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1884 became 13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1903 became 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)
  • 1922 became 10th Shekhawati Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
  • 1947allocated to India on Partition

External Links

Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
Shekhawati Brigade Google Books