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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_Mahrattas 116th Mahrattas] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_Mahrattas 116th Mahrattas] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
===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 01:51, 2 January 2016

Known as the 16th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 116th Mahrattas In the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 formed as 2nd Battalion 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 16th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 16th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became 16th Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became 116th Mahrattas
  • 1922 became 4th Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

External Links

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.