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== Chronology ==
== External Links ==
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*'''1815''' raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website
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*'''1824''' renamed 5th Local Battalion
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*'''1826''' merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
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*'''1849''' 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
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*'''1850''' renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1861''' renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment
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*'''1886''' became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
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*'''1891''' became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
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*'''1901''' became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
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*'''1903''' renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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*'''1906''' renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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*'''1910''' renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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*'''1937''' became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
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*'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website

Revision as of 16:43, 4 April 2009

Chronology

  • 1815 raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
  • 1824 renamed 5th Local Battalion
  • 1826 merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
  • 1849 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
  • 1850 renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1861 renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment
  • 1886 became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
  • 1891 became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
  • 1901 became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
  • 1903 renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1906 renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1910 renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1937 became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition
  • 1950 became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
== External Links ==

Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
1st Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
1st Gorkha Rifles from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow
The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
1st Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website