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==Regimental histories== | ==Regimental histories== | ||
*''Napier's Rifles. The history of the 5th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates] Published 1929. | *''Napier's Rifles. The history of the 5th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates] Published 1929. Now available online, see below. | ||
* Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories. | * Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories. | ||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I. 1857 Hathi Trust Digital Library. | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I. 1857 Hathi Trust Digital Library, where pages may be rotated if required. Also available [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.23914/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AroS9-4HUwAC Google Books] original from Austrian National Library. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/napiersrifles/page/n9/mode/2up ''Napier's Rifles. The History of the 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles''] by H. G. Rawlinson 1929 Archive.org | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:13, 26 March 2025
From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett
Known as 25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 125th Napier's Rifles in the Indian Army
Chronology
- 1820 raised as the 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry out of the Poona Auxiliary Force
- 1826 became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
- 1861 became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry
- 1889 became the 25th Regiment (3rd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry
- 1901 became the 25th Bombay Rifles
- 1903 became the 125th Napier's Rifles
- 1922 amalgamated with 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, 120th Rajputana Infantry, 122nd Rajputana Infantry and 123rd Outram's Rifles to become the 5th Battalion (Napier's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 1945 became 5th Battalion Rajputana Rifles
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
Regimental histories
- Napier's Rifles. The history of the 5th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates] Published 1929. Now available online, see below.
- Also see 6th Rajputana Rifles for further histories.
Second World War
5/6th Rajputana Rifles were at Nasik, India in April 1945, and Java from October 1945 to July 1946 approximately.[1]
External links
- 125th Napiers Rifles British Empire website
- 125th Napier's Rifles Wikipedia
- 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
- Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854 by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I. 1857 Hathi Trust Digital Library, where pages may be rotated if required. Also available Archive.org; Google Books original from Austrian National Library.
- Napier's Rifles. The History of the 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles by H. G. Rawlinson 1929 Archive.org
References
- ↑ JITTER PARTY. IMH (Shillong), 57 IGH, 23 ICCS WW2Talk Forum 5 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.