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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127th_Baluch_Light_Infantry 127th Baluch Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127th_Baluch_Light_Infantry 127th Baluch Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/127thbaluchi.htm 127th Baluch Light Infantry] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/127thbaluchi.htm 127th Baluch Light Infantry] British Empire website
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D9&pos=5&total=299&page=9&acc=1963-08-176-1 East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99 with clasp: Uganda 1897-98], awarded to Sepoy Ahmad Khan, 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry. The 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry were one of three Indian Army regiments that took part in the suppression of a mutiny by the Sudanese troops used by the Colonial Government in Uganda.
 
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 08:40, 7 March 2013

From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Known as the 1st Baluch Battalion in the Bombay Army
Known as the 27th Baluch Light Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1844 raised as the Balooch Battalion
  • 1858 became 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
  • 1846 became the 1st Baluch Battalion
  • 1858 became the 1st Baluch Extra Battalion
  • 1859 became the 1st Baluch Regiment
  • 1871 became the 27th Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1888 became the 27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry
  • 1901 became the 27th Baluch Light Infantry
  • 1903 became the 127th (Queen Mary's Own) Baluch Light Infantry
  • 1922 became the 3rd (Queen Mary's Own)/10th Baluch Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

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