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Known as '''Napier's Rifles'''
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[[Image:125th Napiers Rifles.jpg|350px|thumb|right|125th Napier Rifles<br>From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett]]
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Known as  '''25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
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Known as '''125th Napier's Rifles''' in the Indian Army
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1820''' raised in 1820 as the 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry out of the Poona Auxiliary Force
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*'''1820''' raised as the 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry out of the Poona Auxiliary Force
*'''1826''' became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
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*'''1826''' became the '''25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry'''
 
*'''1861''' became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry
 
*'''1861''' became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry
*'''1889''' became the 25th Regiment (3rd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry  
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*'''1889''' became the 25th Regiment (3rd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry
*'''1903''' became the 125th Napier's Rifles
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*'''1901''' became the 25th Bombay Rifles
*'''1922'''  amalgamated with 104th Wellesley's Rifles, 120th Rajputana Infantry, 122nd Rajputana Infantry and 123rd Outram's Rifles to become the 5th Battalion (Napier's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
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*'''1903''' became the '''125th Napier's Rifles'''
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*'''1922'''  amalgamated with [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]], [[120th Rajputana Infantry]], [[122nd Rajputana Infantry]] and [[123rd Outram's Rifles]] to become the 5th Battalion (Napier's) [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]
 
*'''1945''' became 5th Battalion Rajputana Rifles
 
*'''1945''' became 5th Battalion Rajputana Rifles
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
 
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
  
== External Links ==
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==Regimental history==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125th_Napier%27s_Rifles 125th Napier's Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia
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''Napier's Rifles. The history of the 5th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates] Published 1929.  Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795394
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==Second World War==
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5/6th Rajputana Rifles were at Nasik, India in April 1945, and  Java from October 1945 to July 1946 approximately.<ref>
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JITTER PARTY. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/imh-shillong-57-igh-23-iccs.73860/#post-793122 IMH (Shillong), 57 IGH, 23 ICCS] ''WW2Talk Forum''  5 July  2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.</ref>
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/125thnapiers.htm 125th Napiers Rifles] British Empire website<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125th_Napier%27s_Rifles 125th Napier's Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Rajputana_Rifles Rajputana Rifles] Wikipedia
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I. 1857 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
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Revision as of 12:23, 21 November 2018

125th Napier Rifles
From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Known as 25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 125th Napier's Rifles in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1820 raised as the 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry out of the Poona Auxiliary Force
  • 1826 became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1861 became the 25th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry
  • 1889 became the 25th Regiment (3rd Battalion Rifle Regiment) of Bombay Infantry
  • 1901 became the 25th Bombay Rifles
  • 1903 became the 125th Napier's Rifles
  • 1922 amalgamated with 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, 120th Rajputana Infantry, 122nd Rajputana Infantry and 123rd Outram's Rifles to become the 5th Battalion (Napier's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
  • 1945 became 5th Battalion Rajputana Rifles
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental history

Napier's Rifles. The history of the 5th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates] Published 1929. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795394

Second World War

5/6th Rajputana Rifles were at Nasik, India in April 1945, and Java from October 1945 to July 1946 approximately.[1]

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. JITTER PARTY. IMH (Shillong), 57 IGH, 23 ICCS WW2Talk Forum 5 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.