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==== Historical books on-line ====
''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
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*'''1901''' became 5th Bombay Light Infantry
*'''1903''' became '''105th Mahratta Light Infantry'''
*'''1922''' became 1st 2nd Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles Regiment[[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]]*'''1945''' became 1st 2nd Battalion Rajputana Rifles Mahratta Light Infantry
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==Regimental history==
*''A brief history of the Mahratta Light Infantry'' compiled by J.S. Barr. 1945. 65 pages. Mainly [[Second World War]].
: Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012499515. Also available for Scribd members on [https://www.scribd.com/document/455767104/Brief-History-of-Mahratta-Light-Infantry-pdf Scribd] and for those with suitable University access on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002028277 HathiTrust Digital Library].
*Also see Historical books online, below.
==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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160619033922/http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=112 ''Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum''], archived. Scroll to the post by Beth 9 February 2013, and reply by Alan Greveson of the same date, to a question in respect of William Burgess Benton.</ref>
== External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Panchwin Kali Panchwin] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105th_Mahratta_Light_Infantry 105th Mahratta Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/105thmahratta.htm 105th Mahratta Light Infantry] British Empire website<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Mahratta_Light_Infantry 5th Mahratta Light Infantry] Wikipedia*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/462522.html Aden 1901-04: Fighting in the Aden Hinterland. Delineating an international boundary] by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows.kaiserscross.com. The force included men from the 5th Bombay Light Infantry ==== Historical books online ====*''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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80265 ''A Famous Indian Regiment. The Kali Panchwin 2/5th [formerly the 105th<nowiki>]</nowiki> Mahratta Light Infantry 1768-1923''] by Sir Reginald Hennell. 1927. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.136498 ''Valour Enshrined''] Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947'' by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume 1], published 1971. The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book.:There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979, available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01011832039, and for those with suitable University access on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006723888 HathiTrust Digital Library]. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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