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| + | ==Cavalry Regiments== | ||
| + | *[[Governor General's Bodyguard]] | ||
| + | *Governor’s Bodyguard, Bengal | ||
| + | *[[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]] | ||
| + | *[[Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay]] | ||
| + | *[[1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)|1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)]] | ||
| + | *[[3rd Cavalry]] | ||
| + | *[[10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse)|4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] | ||
| + | *[[28th Light Cavalry|7th Light Cavalry]] | ||
| + | *[[8th King George's Own Light Cavalry]] | ||
| + | *[[9th Royal Deccan Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] | ||
| + | *[[11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] | ||
| + | *[[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] | ||
| + | *[[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers|13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]]. May have been named in 1923 | ||
| + | *[[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[15th Lancers]] | ||
| + | *[[27th Light Cavalry|16th Light Cavalry]] | ||
| + | *[[17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse]] | ||
| + | *[[18th King Edward's Own Cavalry]] | ||
| + | *18th/19th Cavalry-(became [[19th King George's Own Lancers]] in 1923) | ||
| + | *[[20th Lancers]] | ||
| + | *38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The [[Central India Horse (21st King George's Own Horse)]] in 1923) | ||
| − | + | ==Infantry Regiments== | |
| − | *1st Punjab Regiment | + | *[[1st Punjab Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *2nd Punjab Regiment | + | *[[2nd Punjab Regiment]] |
*[[3rd Madras Regiment]] | *[[3rd Madras Regiment]] | ||
*[[4th Bombay Grenadiers]] | *[[4th Bombay Grenadiers]] | ||
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*[[6th Rajputana Rifles]] | *[[6th Rajputana Rifles]] | ||
*[[7th Rajput Regiment]] | *[[7th Rajput Regiment]] | ||
| − | *[[8th Punjab Regiment]] Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[8th Punjab Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
*[[9th Jat Regiment]] | *[[9th Jat Regiment]] | ||
| − | *[[10th Baluch Regiment]] Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[10th Baluch Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
*[[11th Sikh Regiment]] | *[[11th Sikh Regiment]] | ||
| − | *[[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] | + | *[[12th Frontier Force Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *14th Punjab Regiment Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[14th Punjab Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *15th Punjab Regiment Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[15th Punjab Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *16th Punjab Regiment Allocated to Pakistan on Partition | + | *[[16th Punjab Regiment]]. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition |
| − | *17th Dogra Regiment | + | *[[17th Dogra Regiment]] |
| − | *18th Royal Garhwal Rifles | + | *[[39th (The Garhwal Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry|18th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] |
| − | *19th Hyderabad | + | *[[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] (and from 1923 the associated [[1st Kumaon Rifles]]) |
| + | *[[Burma Rifles|20th Burma Rifles]] | ||
*[[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]] | *[[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]] | ||
*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment)]]. Transferred to the British Army, except the 4th Battalion, in 1947 | *[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment)]]. Transferred to the British Army, except the 4th Battalion, in 1947 | ||
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*[[4th Gurkha Rifles]] | *[[4th Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles]] | *[[5th Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
| − | *[[6th Gurkha Rifles]] Transferred to the British Army in 1947 | + | *[[6th Gurkha Rifles]]. Transferred to the British Army in 1947 |
| − | *[[7th Gurkha Rifles]] Transferred to the British Army in 1947 | + | *[[7th Gurkha Rifles]]. Transferred to the British Army in 1947 |
*[[8th Gurkha Rifles]] | *[[8th Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
*[[9th Gurkha Rifles]] | *[[9th Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
| − | *[[10th Gurkha Rifles]] Transferred to the British Army in 1947 | + | *[[10th Gurkha Rifles]]. Transferred to the British Army in 1947 |
| + | :'''Pioneers''' | ||
| + | *[[1st Madras Pioneers]] | ||
| + | *[[2nd Bombay Pioneers]] | ||
| + | *[[3rd Sikh Pioneers]] | ||
| + | *[[106th Hazara Pioneers|4th Hazara Pioneers]] | ||
| − | + | ==Regiments formed during WW2== | |
| + | *[[Ajmer Regiment]] | ||
| + | *[[Assam Regiment]] | ||
| + | *[[Bihar Regiment]] | ||
| + | *[[Mahar Regiment]] | ||
| + | *[[Sikh Light Infantry]] | ||
| + | *Chamar Regiment | ||
| + | *Coorg Battalion | ||
| + | *Lingayat Battalion<ref>[http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/940PXAA.pdf Order of Battle Indian Army Beginning 1940] Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu</ref> | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regiments_of_the_Indian_Army_(1922) List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)] Wikipedia | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:10, 22 November 2015
Contents
Cavalry Regiments
- Governor General's Bodyguard
- Governor’s Bodyguard, Bengal
- Governor's Bodyguard Madras
- Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay
- 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
- 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
- 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 7th Light Cavalry
- 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
- 9th Royal Deccan Horse
- 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers. May have been named in 1923
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
- 15th Lancers
- 16th Light Cavalry
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
- 18th/19th Cavalry-(became 19th King George's Own Lancers in 1923)
- 20th Lancers
- 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George's Own Horse) in 1923)
Infantry Regiments
- 1st Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 2nd Punjab Regiment
- 3rd Madras Regiment
- 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 7th Rajput Regiment
- 8th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 9th Jat Regiment
- 10th Baluch Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 11th Sikh Regiment
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 14th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 15th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 16th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 17th Dogra Regiment
- 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment (and from 1923 the associated 1st Kumaon Rifles)
- 20th Burma Rifles
- 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment). Transferred to the British Army, except the 4th Battalion, in 1947
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
- 4th Gurkha Rifles
- 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 6th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- 7th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Gurkha Rifles
- 10th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- Pioneers
Regiments formed during WW2
- Ajmer Regiment
- Assam Regiment
- Bihar Regiment
- Mahar Regiment
- Sikh Light Infantry
- Chamar Regiment
- Coorg Battalion
- Lingayat Battalion[1]
External links
References
- ↑ Order of Battle Indian Army Beginning 1940 Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu
