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*'''1901''' became 8th Bombay Infantry
*'''1901''' became 8th Bombay Infantry
*'''1903''' became '''108th Infantry'''
*'''1903''' became '''108th Infantry'''
*'''1922''' became 3rd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
*'''1922''' became 3rd Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]
*'''1930''' disbanded
*'''1930''' disbanded
== External Links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Light_Infantry Maratha Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
== External links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/108thinf.htm 108th Infantry] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Light_Infantry Maratha Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/108thinf.htm 108th Infantry] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_Infantry 108th Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Bombay_Grenadiers  4th Bombay Grenadiers] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA75&ots=bMivCc4XVo&pg=PA75 Page 75] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army''  by Gautam Sharma Google Books
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now an archived web page. Includes brief mention of the 108th Infantry.
 
==== Historical books online ====
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR1&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++Samuel+Goodfellow&hl=en&ei=Y6MkTfeTMoywhQe1yZW0Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false 2nd Battalion 4th Regiment Officers' muster roll in Surat] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/8thregbombayinfantry/page/n5/mode/2up ''Historical Records of the 8th Regiment, Bombay Infantry''] by Captain Sandwith 1894 Archive.org
 
 
 
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 06:41, 24 August 2024

Known as the 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as the 108th Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1768 formed as 1st Battalion Bombay Sepoys and known as the Jangi Paltan (Fighting Battalion)
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 8th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became 8th Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became 108th Infantry
  • 1922 became 3rd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
  • 1930 disbanded

External links

Historical books online