5th Mahratta Light Infantry

The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of six existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions and a training battalion. Further Battalions were formed during the Second World War.

On allocation to India in 1947, it was renamed the 5th Maratha Light Infantry

• 1st Battalion: see 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
• 2nd Battalion: see 105th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 3rd Battalion: see 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 4th Battalion: see 116th Mahrattas
• 5th Battalion: see 117th Mahrattas
• 10th (Training) Battalion: see 114th Mahrattas

Regimental history

• A brief history of the Mahratta Light Infantry compiled by J.S. Barr. 1945. 65 pages. Mainly Second World War.

Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012499515. Also available for Scribd members on Scribd and for those with suitable University access on HathiTrust Digital Library.

• Also see Historical books online, below.

External links

• 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Wikipedia

Historical books online

• Valour Enshrined Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947 by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume 1], published 1971. The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book.

There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979, available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01011832039, and for those with suitable University access on HathiTrust Digital Library.