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== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as 1st Battalion, 22nd Bengal Native Infantry
''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the [[43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 43rd became the sixth most senior.''
*'''1824''' became 43rd Bengal Native Infantry
 
*'''1842''' became 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1861''' became 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1861''' became 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1897''' became 6th Jat Bengal (Light) Infantry
*'''1897''' became 6th Jat Bengal (Light) Infantry
*'''1901''' became '''6th Jat Light Infantry'''
*'''1901''' became '''6th Jat Light Infantry'''
*'''1903''' became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
*'''1922''' became 1st Royal Battalion (LI) 9th Jats
*'''1922''' became 1st Royal Battalionn (LI) 9th Jats
*'''1947''' allocated to India on partition
*'''1947''' allocated to India on partition
   
   

Revision as of 17:21, 17 January 2010

5th & 6th Light Infantry

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of Bengal Army regiments, the 43rd became the sixth most senior.

  • 1861 became 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1897 became 6th Jat Bengal (Light) Infantry
  • 1901 became 6th Jat Light Infantry
  • 1922 became 1st Royal Battalion (LI) 9th Jats
  • 1947 allocated to India on partition

In 1861 after the mutiny, when the regiment became the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry, the 2nd (Assam) Light Infantry took the title 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry and later became 43rd Gurkha Rifles.

External Links

6th Jat Light Infantry British Empire website
Jat Regiment Wikipedia