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*'''1864''' renamed the 42nd (Assam) Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1885''' became the 42nd (Assam) Bengal (Light) Infantry
*'''1886''' became the 42nd (Gurkha) Regiment of Goorkha Light Infantry
*'''1891''' became the 42nd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry
*'''1901''' became the '''42nd Gurkha Rifles'''
*'''1903''' became the 6th Gurkha Rifles
*'''1947''' allocated to Britiain on Partition
*'''1958''' became the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles*'''1994''' amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) to form the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles.[
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/6thgurkhas.htm 6th Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Gurkha_Rifles 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia
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