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== Chronology ==
*'''1890''' formed Raised by Lt Col C R Macgregor as 1st Regiment of Burma Infantry by amalgamation of [[10th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|10th Madras Infantry]] and The Kubo Valley Military Police Battalion
*'''1890''' became the 10th (Burma) Regiment of Madras Infantry
*'''1891''' became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry
*'''1895''' became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Gurkha Rifles) of Madras Infantry
*'''1901''' became the 10th Gurkha Rifles
*'''1908''' 2nd Battalion raised by Lt Col G H C Colomb from a wing of the 1st Battalion.
*'''1947''' allocated to Britain on Partition
*'''1948''' became the 10th Gurkha Rifles, The Gurkha Regiment
*'''1949''' became the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
*'''1990''' united with 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, to form 3rd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
==Details==
* '''Regt Centres'''- 1st Battn = Maymyo. 2nd Battn = Almora <ref> Indian Army List, January 1920 </ref>
* '''Uniform''' - Dark Green with Black Facings. <ref> [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/4102722878/ Likeness of uniform] flickr.com – 10th Gurkha Rifles </ref>
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