45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry

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Known as 45th Rattrays Sikhs

Chronology

  • 1856 raised as The Bengal Military Police Battalion by Capt Thomas Rattray
  • 1858 became 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
  • 1861 became Bengal Military Police Battalion
  • 1864 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 45th (Rattray's Sikh) Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 45th (Rattray's) Sikh Infantry
  • 1922 became 3rd/11th Sikh Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

External Links

45th Rattrays Sikhs British Empire Website