1st Gurkha Rifles

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Also known as The Malaun Regiment

Chronology

  • 1815 raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
  • 1824 renamed 5th Local Battalion
  • 1826 merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
  • 1849 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
  • 1850 renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1861 renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment
  • 1886 became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
  • 1891 became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
  • 1901 became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
  • 1903 renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1906 renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1910 renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1937 became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition
  • 1950 became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)

External Links

Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
1st Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
1st Gorkha Rifles from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow
The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
1st Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website