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Known as '''4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
Known as '''104th Wellesley’s Rifles''' in the Indian Army
== Chronology ==
*'''1775''' formed as 5th Battalion Bombay Sepoys
*'''1796''' became 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became '''4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry'''
*'''1824''' became 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)*'''1881''' became 4th Regiment Native of Bombay Infantry (Rifle Corps)
*'''1899''' became 4th Regiment (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry
*'''1901''' became 4th Bombay Rifles
*'''1903''' became '''104th Wellesley’s Rifles'''*'''19211922''' became 1st Battalion [[6th Rajputana Rifles Regiment]]
*'''1945''' became 1st Battalion Rajputana Rifles
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
*'''1949''' became 3rd Battalion, Brigade of the Guards
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/104th_Wellesley's_Rifles 104th Wellesley's Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_of_the_Guards Brigade of the Guards] Wikipedia===Historical books online===* ''History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley’s)'' by Lieut Colonel F H James 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206358 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
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