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The '''Ajmer Regiment''' was an Indian Army Regiment raised during the [[Second World War]] There are some references to it being an [[Indian States Forces]], or ISF, Regiment raised during the [[Second World War]]. IFS regiments which were raised by the [[Princely states|Princely States]]. However, this appears to be incorrect as Ajmer was administered directly by the British, and does not appear to be classified as a Princely State, it is not clear why the regiment is classified as an IFS regiment.
The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Ajmer Regiment were converted from the 26th and 27th Battalions, [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]], and disbanded after the war. <ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA77&ots=bNdDvcXVWq&dq=Ajmer%20Regiment%20Burma&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=Ajmer%20Regiment%20Burma&f=false Page 77] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma. Google Books</ref>
The 1st and 3rd Battalions served in India through out the War. The 2nd Ajmer Regiment saw action in Burma. It is mentioned as part The 2nd Battalion served on Line of Communication duties in Assam with 202nd Line of the Communications Area from January 1943 to March 1944 and with 36th Indian Infantry Brigade under from the end June 1944 at Cox's Bazaar to November 1944, and subsequently in the Brigadier LUkhia area and on Cheduba Island.G<ref>dryan67 [http://ww2talk.Thomas (Kcom/forums/topic/59699-1412-frontier-force-regiment-and-the-ajmer-regiment/?p=690675 14/12 Frontier Force Regiment and The Ajmer Regiment] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 24 November 2015.SRetrieved 25 November 2015.Thimayya from 4David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/forums/1topic/45)52920-indian-army-an-organisational-history Indian Army: An Organisational History]. <refbr>Also see [http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/944PIAA.pdf British Forces Indian Ocean Theater September 1944- May 1945] Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu, which gives as reference: Kirby, Stanley, Woodburn, ''The War Against Japan'', London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1961.</ref>
==Records==
*The National Archives, Kew catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C952169 WO 172/7795 War Diaries Burma: State Forces and Burma Regiments: 2 Ajmer Regt] 1945 Jan.-June
*Imperial War Museums catalogue entry: [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030015704 Documents.16050: Private Papers of Major S Klemantski] Includes his commissioning as an officer with 2nd Battalion Ajmer Regiment (November 1942) and posting to camps in India and to the Arakan Front (December 1943 - January 1944).
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