6th Rajputana Rifles

The 6th Rajputana Rifles 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

• 1st Battalion: see 104th Wellesley’s Rifles
• 2nd Battalion: see 120th Rajputana Infantry
• 3rd Battalion: see 122nd Rajputana Infantry
• 4th Battalion: see 123rd Outram's Rifles
• 5th Battalion: see 125th Napier's Rifles
• 10th (Training) Battalion: see 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)

Regimental histories

• The Rajputana Rifles : a history of the regiment, 1775-1947 by M.G. Abhyankar. Published: Bombay : Orient Longmans, 1961. Available at the National Army Museum, London. NAM Accession No: 55063.

Also available HathiTrust Digital Library for those with University access.

• Traditions of a regiment : the story of the Rajputana Rifles by A.M. Sethna and Valmiki Katju. New Delhi : Lancers Publishers, 1983. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011830499

Also available HathiTrust Digital Library for those with University access.

• The Rajputana Rifles : brief history by Chand N. Das. New Delhi : Reliance Pub. House, 1995. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008593513

Also available HathiTrust Digital Library for those with University access.

• The Rajputana Rifles [by V.K. Shrivastava]. New Delhi : Lancer, c2000. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008510716

External links

• 6th Rajputana Rifles Wikipedia