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The '''5th Mahratta Light Infantry''' was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of six existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions and a training battalion.
Further Battalions were formed during the [[Second World War]]. On allocation to India in 1947, it was renamed the '''5th Maratha Light Infantry'''<ref>Wikipedia</ref>
*1st Battalion: see [[103rd Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*10th (Training) Battalion: see [[114th Mahrattas]]
==Regimental history==
*''A brief history of the Mahratta Light Infantry'' compiled by J.S. Barr. 1945. 65 pages. Mainly [[Second World War]].
: Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012499515. Also available for Scribd members on [https://www.scribd.com/document/455767104/Brief-History-of-Mahratta-Light-Infantry-pdf Scribd] and for those with suitable University access on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002028277 HathiTrust Digital Library].
*Also see Historical books online, below.
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Mahratta_Light_Infantry 5th Mahratta Light Infantry] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.136498 ''Valour Enshrined''] Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Valour enshrined. A history of the Maratha Light Infantry, 1768-1947'' by M.G. Abhyankar [Volume 1], published 1971. The DLI file appears to be a reprint edition which advises first published 1960, but this date is not correct for this book.
:There was a second volume published, by C.L. Proudfoot in 1980, covering the period 1947-1979, available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01011832039, and for those with suitable University access on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006723888 HathiTrust Digital Library].
== References ==
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