British India → India

1st - 5th Gurkha Rifles

Presidency of Bengal
 
1815: 1st Nasiri Battalion
2nd Nasiri Battalion
The Sirmoor Battalion
The Kumaon Battalion
1816:


The Kumaon Provincial Battalion
1823: 5th Local Battalion
6th Local Battalion
8th Local Battalion
9th Local Battalion
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1826: 4th (Nasiri) Local Battalion
6th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion
7th (Kumaon) Local Battalion
1843: 4th (Nasiri) Rifle Battalion


1850: 66th (Goorkha)
Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry

The Sirmoor Battalion





1857: Extra Goorkha Battalion Punjab Irregular Force
1858: 66th (Goorkha Light Infantry)
Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry

The Sirmoor Rifle Regiment








25th Regiment of
Punjab Infantry
(Hazara Goorkha Battalion)
1860:

The Kumaon Battalion


Rebuilding the Bengal Army
1861: 11th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry


17th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry


18th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry


19th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry


7th Regiment of Infantry
(Hazara Goorkha Battalion),
Punjab Irregular Force

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1861: 1st Goorkha Regiment
(Light Infantry)

2nd Goorkha Regiment

3rd Goorkha Regiment

4th Goorkha Regiment

5th Goorkha Regiment
(Hazara Goorkha Battalion)

1864:


2nd Goorkha
(The Sirmoor Rifle)
Regiment

3rd (The Kumaon)
Goorkha Regiment








1876:


2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Goorkha Regiment
(The Sirmoor Rifles)










1886:







5th Goorkha Regiment
The Hazara Goorkha Battalion

1886: 2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn raised

2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn raised
1887:

3rd Goorkha Regiment

5th Goorkha Regiment
1887:

2nd Bn raised


1890:



2nd Bn39th Bengal Infantry
2nd Bn raised




1891: 1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment


2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment
(The Sirmoor Rifles)

3rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment


4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment


5th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment


1901: 1st Gurkha Rifles


2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Gurkha Rifles
(The Sirmoor Rifles)

3rd Gurkha Rifles


4th Gurkha Rifles


5th Gurkha Rifles


1903: 1st Gurkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)



5th Gurkha Rifles
(Frontier Force)
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1906: 1st Prince of Wales’s Own
Gurkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)
2nd King Edward’s Own
Gurkha Rifles
(The Sirmoor Rifles)






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1907:



3rd The Queen’s Own
Gurkha Rifles





1908:



3rd Queen Alexandra’s
Own Gurkha Rifles

4th Prince of Wales’s Own
Gurkha Rifles



1910: 1st King George’s Own
Gurkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)








1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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1916:

4th Bn raised

3rd Bn raised
1917: 3rd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised


1920:

3rd Bn disbanded


1921:



5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
(Frontier Force)
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5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
1921: 3rd Bn disbanded



3rd Bn disbanded
1922:

4th Bn disbanded


1927: layout
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5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
1936:


2nd King Edward VII’s Own
Gurkha Rifles
(The Sirmoor Rifles)










1937: 1st King George V’s Own
Gurkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)













1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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1940: 3rd Bn raised
4th Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
1941: 4th Bn raised
5th Bn raised
4th Bn raised
4th Bn raised
4th Bn raised
1942: 5th Bn raised
2nd Bn captured



1946: 5th Bn disbanded
4th Bn disbanded
3rd Bn disbanded
3nd Bn → 2nd Bn





4th Bn disbanded


4th Bn disbanded


1947:
5th Bn disbanded
4th Bn disbanded


Union of India
1948:

4th Bn → 5th Bn, 8th Gurkha Rifles





3rd Bn, 6th Gurkha Rifles → 5th Bn
3rd Bn, 7th Gurkha Rifles → 6th Bn
1948: 1st and 2nd Bn
1st and 2nd Bn
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1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn
1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th Bn
1949: 1st King George V’s Own
Gorkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)

3rd Queen Alexandra’s
Own Gorkha Rifles


4th Prince of Wales’s Own
Gorkha Rifles


5th Royal Gorkha Rifles
(Frontier Force)


Republic of India
1950: 1 Gorkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)
3 Gorkha Rifles 4 Gorkha Rifles 5 Gorkha Rifles
(Frontier Force)
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3 Gorkha Rifles
4 Gorkha Rifles
5 Gorkha Rifles
1959: 3rd Bn raised



1962:

4th Bn raised

1963: 4th Bn raised
5th Bn raised
5th Bn raised
4th Bn raised
1964:
4th Bn raised


1965: 5th Bn raised



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