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*'''1815''' raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion | *'''1815''' raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 15 November 2011
Refer to general article Gurkha Rifles
Also known as The Malaun Regiment
Chronology
- 1815 raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion
- 1824 renamed 5th Local Battalion
- 1826 merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion
- 1849 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded
- 1850 took the title 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry
- 1861 renamed the 1st Goorkha Regiment
- 1886 became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry
- 1891 became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
- 1901 became the 1st Gurkha Rifles
- 1903 renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1906 renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1910 renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1937 became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
- 1950 became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
External Links
Gorkha Regiments (India) Wikipedia
1st Gurkha Rifles Wikipedia
1st Gorkha Rifles from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow
The Gurkha Rifles from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe
1st Gurkha Rifles British Empire Website
