9th Gurkha Rifles

9th (Gurkha Rifle) Bengal Infantry

Chronology

• 1817 raised as the Fatagarh Levy
• 1819 renamed the Mainpuri Levy
• 1824 became 63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1861 became 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1885 became 9th Regiment of Bengal Infantry
• 1894 renamed the 9th (Gurkha Rifle) Bengal Infantry
• 1901 became the 9th (Gurkha Rifle) Bengal Infantry
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition
• 1950 became 9 Gorkha Rifles

External Links

9th Gurkha Rifles British Empire website
9 Gorkha Rifles Wikipedia