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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1817''' raised as the Cuttack Legion | *'''1817''' raised as the Cuttack Legion | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 18 May 2009
Chronology
- 1817 raised as the Cuttack Legion
- 1823 renamed Rangpur Light Infantry
- 1826 became the 8th Local Light Infantry
- 1844 became the 1st Assam Light Infantry
- 1861 renamed the 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
- 1864 renamed the 42nd (Assam) Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- 1885 became the 42nd (Assam) Bengal (Light) Infantry
- 1886 became the 42nd (Gurkha) Light Infantry
- 1891 became the 42nd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
- 1901 became the 42nd Gurkha Rifles
- 1903 became the 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Britiain on Partition
External Links
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
6th Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website