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In 1923, the 1/50th Kumaon Rifles which had been grouped with the Jat Regiment in 1922 joined the 19th Hyderabad Regiment retaining its identity as the [[1st Kumaon Rifles]].
In 1942 the 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment was regularised to become the 1st Battalion, [[Bihar Regiment]]
In 1945 the 19th Hyderabad was renamed the 19th Kumaon Regiment. Post-independence, it has been known as the Kumaon Regiment.
==Regimental History==
''The Bihar Warriors: A Historical Record of the Bihar Regiment, 1758-1986'' by R D Palsokar. Danapur: Bihar Regiment, 1986
<br>Available at the Imperial War Museums <ref>[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/publication/18842 Imperial War Museums catalogue entry] (retrieved 4 May 2014)</ref> and at Oxford University Library
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_Regiment Kumaon Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA272 Page 272] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma Google Books
== References ==
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