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 1st Battalion (Queen Victoria's Own Light Infantry), 7th Rajput Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition
• 1947 renamed 1st Battalion The Rajput Regiment

Battle Honours

• Delhi 1803
• Laswaree
• Deig
• Bhurtpore
• Khelat
• Affghanistan
• Maharajpore
• Punjaub
• Chillianwallah
• Goojerat
• Central India
• Afghanistan 1879-80
• Burma 1885-87
• China 1900
• First World War
• Afghanistan 1919

Regimental history

• History of the Rajput Regiment by Mustasad Ahmad published from 1977.

Contents: v. 1 Heritage : 1778-1947 -- v. 2 Living up to heritage : 1947-1970 -- v. 3. Bejewelled heritage : 1970-2005 by Anil Shorey.

Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008834694

External Links

• 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry www.regiments.org
  
• 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry Wikipedia
  
• 7th Rajput Regiment Wikipedia
• Rajput Regiment Wikipedia
• Photograph: British and Indian Officers, 1st Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment, Hyderabad, 1928 National Army Museum, reference 1982-12-4-22.