6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry
Chronology
- 1803 raised as 1st Battalion, 22nd Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 became 43rd Bengal Native Infantry
- 1842 became 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- 1861 became 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- 1897 became 6th Jat Bengal (Light) Infantry
- 1901 became 6th Jat Light Infantry
- 1903 became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 1st Royal Battalionn (LI) 9th Jats
- 1947 allocated to India on partition
In 1861 after the mutiny, when the regiment became the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry, the 2nd (Assam) Light Infantry took the title 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry and later became 43rd Gurkha Rifles.
External Links
6th Jat Light Infantry British Empire website
Jat Regiment Wikipedia
