117th Mahrattas

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Known as the 17th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 117th Mahrattas in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 formed as Bombay Fencible Regiment
  • 1803 became 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 17th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 17th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became 17th Bombay Infantry
  • 1903 became 117th Mahrattas
  • 1922 became 5th Royal Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

First World War

1/117th Mahrattas were part of the Bushire Field Force in 1918 and are mentioned in ‘’Operations in Persia’’.[1] See the Fibiwiki page Norperforce.

External Links

Historical books online

  • Valour Enshrined Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version. 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.

References

  1. Lindsay, Kimberley John.MIC sans BWM/VM with 1917 IARO entry? Great War Forum 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.