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== Chronology ==*'''1815''' raised as 1st Nasiri Battalion*'''1824''' renamed 5th Local Battalion*'''1826''' merged with 6th Local Battalion to become 4th Local Battalion*'''1849''' 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied and was disbanded*'''1850''' renamed 66th (Goorkha Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry *'''1861''' renamed the1st Goorkha Regiment*'''1886''' became the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry*'''1891''' became the 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment*'''1901''' became the 1st Gurkha Rifles*'''1903''' renamed the 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)*'''1906''' renamed the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)*'''1910''' renamed the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)*'''1937''' became the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition*'''1950''' became 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) == External Links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha_regiments_(India) Gorkha Regiments (India)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles 1st Gurkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA12&dq=1st+Gorkha+Rifles&source=bl&ots=630rrEL4ia&sig=ZYUKnLUMIBm7-5OgJNgrm1aYRVM&hl=en&ei=eYbXSenlJIbSjAfU5JCXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA12,M1 1st Gorkha Rifles] from The Gurkhas by Mike Chappel & Martin Windrow<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA6&dq=Early+Years&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA7,M1 The Gurkha Rifles] from The Gurkha Rifles by J B R Nicholson & Michael Rolfe<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website