2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry

Known as 2nd Rajputs

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and fought in the Central India Campaign. Almost the entire Bengal Army had mutinied and, in the ensuing disbandment of its regiments, the 31st became the second most senior.

1861 became 2nd Bengal Light Infantry
1876 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Bengal Native Light Infantry
1897 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Bengal Light Infantry
1901 became the 2nd (Queen's Own) Rajput Light Infantry
1911 became the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
1922 became the 2nd (Queen Victoria's Own Light Infantry) Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
1947 allocated to India on Partition
1947 renamed 1st Battalion The Rajput Regiment