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== Chronology == | |||
== External Links == | *'''1815''' raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website | *'''1824''' renamed 5th Local Battalion | ||
*'''1826''' merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion | |||
*'''1849''' 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded | |||
*'''1850''' renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry | |||
*'''1861''' renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment | |||
*'''1886''' became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry | |||
*'''1891''' became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment | |||
*'''1901''' became the 1st Gurkha Rifles | |||
*'''1903''' renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | |||
*'''1906''' renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | |||
*'''1910''' renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | |||
*'''1937''' became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | |||
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | |||
*'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | |||
== External Links == | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website | |||
Revision as of 16:43, 4 April 2009
Chronology
- 1815 raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
- 1824 renamed 5th Local Battalion
- 1826 merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
- 1849 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
- 1850 renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1861 renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment
- 1886 became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
- 1891 became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
- 1901 became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
- 1903 renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1906 renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1910 renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1937 became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
- 1950 became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
== External Links ==
Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
1st Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
1st Gorkha Rifles from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow
The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
1st Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website