116th Mahrattas

Known as the 16th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 116th Mahrattas In the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1800 formed as 2nd Battalion 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1824 became 16th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
• 1885 became 16th Regiment of Bombay Infantry
• 1901 became 16th Bombay Infantry
• 1903 became 116th Mahrattas
• 1922 became 4th Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental histories

• Historical Record of the 4-5th Mahratta Light Infantry by Alec Richard Solly. Lahore: Civil & Military Gazette Press, 1924.

Available at the British Library, reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/4/575

• 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 Scribd and for those with suitable University access on HathiTrust Digital Library.

• Valour to the Fore: A History of the 4th Battalion, the Maratha Light Infantry 1800-2000 by Maj. Gen. (Retd) E. D'Souza 2000. Available at the Library of Imperial War Museums, reference LBY 00/1674 and also at King's College London Library.
• Also see Historical books online, below.

External links

• 116th Infantry British Empire website
  
• Maratha Light Infantry Wikipedia
  
• 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Wikipedia
• 116th Mahrattas Wikipedia
  
• "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919" by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com

Historical books online

• 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 HathiTrust Digital Library.