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===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/136498 ''Valour Enshrined''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947'' by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume1], published 1971. (There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979). The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book. | |||
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Revision as of 01:49, 2 January 2016
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
External Links
- 117th Mahrattas Wikipedia
- 117th Infantry British Empire website
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Wikipedia
- Maratha Light Infantry Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Valour Enshrined Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947 by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume1], published 1971. (There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979). The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book.