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==Regimental history==
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''The History of the 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment - Duke of Connaught's Own'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates, including portraits, and maps]. Published London 1941. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795390
  
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajput_Regiment Rajput Regiment] Wikipedia
 
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now archived.  Includes brief mention of 7/Rajputs
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now archived.  Includes brief mention of 7/Rajputs
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*[http://www.researchingww1.co.uk/7th-rajputs-1st-battalion  "7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs in the First World War"] researchingww1.co.uk. Includes extracts from War Diaries.
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/14167137338/in/album-72157645014864191/ 7th Rajput Mutiny] Two soldiers were charged by court martial  with the charge of Mutiny in 1916. flickr.com
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/14167137338/in/album-72157645014864191/ 7th Rajput Mutiny] Two soldiers were charged by court martial  with the charge of Mutiny in 1916. flickr.com
 
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Revision as of 10:44, 21 November 2018

Known as 7th Rajputs

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of Bengal Army regiments, the 47th became the seventh most senior.

  • 1861 became the 7th Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1883 became 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1893 became 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1903 became 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Infantry
  • 1922 became 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition and renamed the Rajput Regiment

Battle Honours

  • Pekin 1900

Regimental history

The History of the 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment - Duke of Connaught's Own by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates, including portraits, and maps]. Published London 1941. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795390

External Links