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1922 Indian Army Regimental Titles
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Cavalry Regiments
- Governor General's Bodyguard
- Governor’s Bodyguard, Bengal
- Governor's Bodyguard Madras
- Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay
- 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
- 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
- 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 7th Light Cavalry
- 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
- 9th Royal Deccan Horse
- 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers. May have been named in 1923
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
- 15th Lancers
- 16th Light Cavalry
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
- 18th/19th Cavalry-(became 19th King George's Own Lancers in 1923)
- 20th Lancers
- 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George's Own Horse) in 1923)
Infantry Regiments
- 1st Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 2nd Punjab Regiment
- 3rd Madras Regiment
- 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 7th Rajput Regiment
- 8th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 9th Jat Regiment
- 10th Baluch Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 11th Sikh Regiment
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 14th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 15th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 16th Punjab Regiment. Allocated to Pakistan on Partition
- 17th Dogra Regiment
- 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment (and from 1923 the associated 1st Kumaon Rifles)
- 20th Burma Rifles
- 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Regiment). Transferred to the British Army, except the 4th Battalion, in 1947
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
- 4th Gurkha Rifles
- 5th Gurkha Rifles
- 6th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- 7th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Gurkha Rifles
- 10th Gurkha Rifles. Transferred to the British Army in 1947
- Pioneers
Regiments formed during WW2
- Ajmer Regiment
- Assam Regiment
- Bihar Regiment
- Mahar Regiment
- Sikh Light Infantry
- Chamar Regiment
- Coorg Battalion
- Lingayat Battalion[1]
External links
References
- ↑ Order of Battle Indian Army Beginning 1940 Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu