2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Known as 2nd Rajputs

In the Indian Mutiny the 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and fought in the Central India Campaign. Almost the entire Bengal Army had mutinied and, in the ensuing disbandment of its regiments, the 31st became the second most senior.

1861 became 2nd Bengal Light Infantry
1876 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Bengal Native Light Infantry
1897 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Bengal Light Infantry
1901 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Rajput Light Infantry
1911 became the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
1922 became the 2nd (Queen Victoria's Own Light Infantry) Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
1947 allocated to India on Partition
1947 renamed 1st Battalion The Rajput Regiment

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 *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 *'''1947''' renamed 1st Battalion The Rajput Regiment
+== Battle Honours ==
+*[[Battle of Delhi Sep 1803|Delhi 1803]]
+*[[Battle of Laswaree|Laswaree]]
+*[[Battle of Deig|Deig]]
+*[[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805| Bhurtpore]]
+*[[Capture of Kalat 1839|Khelat]]
+*[[1st Afghan War|Affghanistan]]
+*[[Battle of Maharajpore|Maharajpore]]
+*[[2nd Sikh War|Punjaub]]
+*[[Battle of Chillianwallah|Chillianwallah]]
+*[[Battle of Gujerat 1849|Goojerat]]
+*[[Central India Campaign|Central India]]
+*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1879-80]]
+*[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]]
+*[[3rd China War|China 1900]]
+*[[First World War]]
+*[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
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