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*'''1945''' became 4th (Outram's) Battalion Rajputana Rifles
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
==Regimental histories==*See "Historical books online" below.* Also see [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] for further histories.
==1930s==
Memoirs of Brigadier William Alston's service in the Indian Army are in the collection of the National Army Museum, London, catalogue reference 8005/151. A description of the papers (8005/151/4) Volume III of his memoir, covering the period 1933-1935, indicate in Chapter 18 that he was a Coy Commander at Mhow March 1933. Chapter 19. Left in October 1934 for Wana, South Waziristan; training, building barracks, etc. Late Nov 4-day column to Tiarzha as Bde Intelligence Officer.<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/d38952c4-bfbc-44bf-974c-5c2abd0de8cb 8005/151 Alston Papers] at National Army Museum, London. Discovery catalogue entry discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. </ref>
* ''Record Of The Service Of The 23rd Bombay Light Infantry During The Campaign In Burma, From July 1886 To May 1888'' by W A M Wilson. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279171/page/n0 Archive.org mirror version] from Digital Library of India.
*''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson 1933. [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3435 Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi<nowiki>]</nowiki> Digital Repository version]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3435/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:It is also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/outrams-rifles-a-history-of-the-4th-battalion-6th-rajputana-rifles/ ''Outram’s Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles''] by H. G. Rawlinson, originally published 1933. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsyrCuwIXZ online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in World War IIInternational/Military Books/India).
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