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*'''1945''' became 2nd Battalion Mahratta Light Infantry
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==First World War==
The 105th was at Poona in 1914 with a detachment at Satara. During the First World War the 105th served in India, Mesopotamia and Palestine but it did not leave India until August 1916, having spent the first two years of the war on railway defence duties in India.<ref>Greveson, Alan. [http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=1 Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum]. Reply dated Saturday 9th February 2013 at 9:32 PM, to a question in respect of William Burgess Benton. Retrieved 20 September 2014</ref>
== External Links ==
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR18&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 1st Battalion 3rd Regiment Officers' muster roll in Malabar] Google Books
*''A Famous Indian Regiment. The Kali Panchwin 2/5th [formerly the 105th] Mahratta Light Infantry 1768-1923'' by Sir Reginald Hennell. 1927 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
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