117th Mahrattas

Known as the 17th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 117th Mahrattas in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1800 formed as Bombay Fencible Regiment
• 1803 became 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1824 became 17th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1885 became 17th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
• 1901 became 17th Bombay Infantry
• 1903 became 117th Mahrattas
• 1922 became 5th Royal Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental history

• A brief history of the Mahratta Light Infantry compiled by J.S. Barr. 1945. 65 pages. Mainly Second World War.

Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012499515. Also available for Scribd members on Scribd and for those with suitable University access on HathiTrust Digital Library.

• Also see Historical books online, below.

First World War

1/117th Mahrattas were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in Operations in Persia. See the Fibiwiki page Norperforce.

External links

• 117th Mahrattas Wikipedia
  
• 117th Infantry British Empire website
  
• 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Wikipedia
• Maratha Light Infantry Wikipedia
• Details of catalogue entries for some WW1 War Diaries available at the National Archives. Kew, England. Note: "It is not guaranteed to be complete"
  • 1st Battalion 117th Mahrattas, Indian
  • 2nd Battalion 117th Mahrattas, Indian

Historical books online

• Valour Enshrined Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947 by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume 1], published 1971. The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book.

There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979, available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01011832039, and for those with suitable University access on HathiTrust Digital Library.