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===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3453/page/n1/mode/2up ''Memories of the British Raj: a Soldier in India''] by Brigadier R C B Bristow 1974. Archive.org, mirror from  PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Born 1900, Bristow joined the Indian Army in 1918, and spent most of his service with the 38th/17th Dogras until he left India January 1948, having been involved with trying to protect refugees from the massacres which followed Independence.
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 05:21, 21 November 2021

Known as 38th Dogras

History

  • 1858 raised as the Agra Levy
  • 1864 became 38th (Agra) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1887 became 38th (Dogra) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
  • 1901 became 38th Regiment of Dogra Infantry
  • 1903 became 38th Dogras
  • 1922 became 2nd Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition as The Dogra Regiment

Regimental history

  • A historical record of the Dogra Regiment : a saga of gallantry and valour, 1858-1981 by R.D. Palsokar. Faizabad U.P. : Dogra Regimental Centre, 1982. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011835333

External links

Historical books online

  • Memories of the British Raj: a Soldier in India by Brigadier R C B Bristow 1974. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Born 1900, Bristow joined the Indian Army in 1918, and spent most of his service with the 38th/17th Dogras until he left India January 1948, having been involved with trying to protect refugees from the massacres which followed Independence.