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Known as the '''2nd Baluch (Beluch, Belooch, Beloochi) Battalion''' in the Bombay Army<br>
Known as the '''29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry''' in the Indian Army
:*[[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]]
==Regimental history==*''The Fourth Battalion, Duke of Connaught's Own. Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Great War, 129th D.C.O. Baluchis'' by W. S. Thatcher. 1932. Available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01001795355 .:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=a0y-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PR2 Sample pages], including Contents. Google Books. == External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/129th_Duke_of_Connaught's_Own_Baluchis 129th Baluchis] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/129thbaluchi.htm 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Baluch_Regiment 10th Baluch Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/129th_Duke_of_Connaught%27s_Own_Baluchis#/media/File:29TH_BOMBAY_NATIVE_INFANTRY_on_Firing_Exercise_1885_Simkin.jpg Image: The 29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Native Infantry on firing exercise]. Coloured lithograph by Richard Simkin, c. 1885. Wikipedia
*Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251065/ 1903. 29th Baluch Infantry in undress] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khudadad_Khan Khudadad Khan VC] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151029054959/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium, Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross. The regiment later served in East Africa. cwgc.org, now an archived page.
:[http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/06/lord-ashcroft-why-i-feel-so-privileged-to-take-possession-of-the-first-vc-awarded-to-a-muslim.html "Why I feel so privileged to take possession of the first Victoria Cross awarded to a Muslim"] by Lord Ashcroft June 9, 2016 conservativehome.com. Subadar Khudadad Khan, 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis, then a sepoy, for actions on the [[Western Front]] on 31 October 1914.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/447622.html The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis. German East Africa, October 1916 to January 1917] from Harry Fecitt’s [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/home.html Harry’s Africa] kaiserscross.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810040612/http://defencejournal.com/jun99/10th-baluch.htm 10th Baluch Regiment] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi June 1999, now archived. Probably an extract from ''Sons Of John Company'' by John Gaylor
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807232010/http://defencejournal.com/2000/oct/bookreview.htm History of The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi October 2000, now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170627173123/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/2000/nov/baloch.htm History of The Baloch Regiment 1939-1956] ''Defence Journal'' Karachi November 2000, now archived.
* Page 3 of "The International Prisoners-of-War Agency. The ICRC in World War One". [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf html version], [http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf pdf] An eleven page 2007 document setting out the type of records available. Page 3 of the file mentions three POWs in Germany, from the 129th Baluchis, together with one from the [[127th Baluch Light Infantry|127th Baluchis]] captured at La Bassée on the Western Front on 20 December 1914. Retrieved 5 August 2014
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Report from the Select Committee on Mortality of Troops (China)''] Reports from Committees 1866 Volume XV Ordered to be printed, by The House of Commons, 24 July 1866. Google Books
: There are brief mentions of the 2nd Belooch Battalion in Shanghai, China and Yokohama, Japan, c 1864, see [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=Belooch page 143], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA163#v=onepage&q=Belooch pages 163-164], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q=Belooch pages 193-194] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA228#v=onepage&q=Belooch page 228], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HilcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA351#v=onepage&q=Belooch page 351]. Further references may be found using the search tern Beloochees
:2 companies of the regiment were sent from China to Japan to serve as a guard to the British legation.
:Also see [[2nd China War]].
==References==
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
