British India → India

6th - 10th Gurkha Rifles

Presidency of Bengal
 
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1817: The Cuttack Legion
│		 The Fatehgarh Legion
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1817: │
│		 The Manipuri Legion
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1823: Rangpur Light Infantry Battalion
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│		 1st Battalion,
32nd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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1824: 10th Local Battalion
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│		 16th Local Battalion
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│		 63rd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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1826: 8th (Rangpoor)
Local (Light) Infantry
│		 11th (Sylhet)
Local (Light) Infantry
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1828: 8th (Assam)
Local (Light) Infantry
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1835: │
│		 Assam Sebundy Corps
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1839: │
│		 Lower Assam Sebundy Corps
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│		 Upper Assam Sebundy Corps
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1839: │
│		 1st Assam Sebundy Corps
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│		 2nd Assam Sebundy Corps
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1843: │
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│		 disbanded
1844: 1st Assam Light Infantry
│		 2nd Assam Light Infantry
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Rebuilding the Bengal Army
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1861: 46th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
│		 47th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
│		 48th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
│		 9th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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1861: 42nd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
│		 43rd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
│		 44th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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1864: 42nd (Assam) Regiment of
Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
│		 43rd (Assam) Regiment of
Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
│		 44th (Sylhet) Regiment of
Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
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1885: 42nd (Assam) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
│		 43rd (Assam) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
│		 44th (Sylhet) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
│		 9th Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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1886: 42nd Regiment of
Goorkha (Light) Infantry
│		 43rd Regiment of
Goorkha Light Infantry
│		 44th Regiment of
Goorkha Light Infantry
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1889: 42nd (Goorkha) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
│		 43rd (Goorkha) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
│		 44th (Goorkha) Regiment of
Bengal (Light) Infantry
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1890: │
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│		 1st Regiment of
Burma Infantry
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1891: 42nd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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│		 43rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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│		 44th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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│		 10th Regiment
(1st Burma Battalion) of
Madras Infantry
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1892: │
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│		 10th Regiment
(1st Burma Rifles) of
Madras Infantry
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1894: │
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│		 9th (Gurkha Rifles) Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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1895: │
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│		 10th Regiment
(1st Burma Gurkha Rifles) of
Madras Infantry
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1901: 42nd Gurkha Rifles 43rd Gurkha Rifles 44th Gurkha Rifles 9th Gurkha Rifles 10th Gurkha Rifles
42nd Gurkha Rifles
│		 43rd Gurkha Rifles
│		 44th Gurkha Rifles
│		 9th Gurkha Rifles
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1902: │
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│		 8th Gurkha Rifles
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transferred to the Gurkha Rifles list of the Indian Army
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1903: 6th Gurkha Rifles 7th Gurkha Rifles 8th Gurkha Rifles │ 2nd Battalion, 1st Battalion,
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6th Gurkha Rifles 7th Gurkha Rifles 8th Gurkha Rifles 9th Gurkha Rifles 10th Gurkha Rifles
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1904: 2nd Bn raised
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│		 2nd Bn raised
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1907: │ 2nd Battalion, 1st Battalion, │ 7th Gurkha Rifles 10th Gurkha Rifles
│ 8th Gurkha Rifles │ │ │
6th Gurkha Rifles
│		 8th Gurkha Rifles
│		 9th Gurkha Rifles
│		 7th Gurkha Rifles
│		 10th Gurkha Rifles
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1907: │
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│		 2nd Bn raised
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1908: │
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│		 2nd Bn raised
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1917: 3rd Bn raised
│		 3rd Bn raised
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│		 3rd Bn raised
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1921: 3rd Bn disbanded
│		 3rd Bn disbanded
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│		 3rd Bn disbanded
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1940: 3rd Bn raised
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│		 3rd Bn raised
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│		 3rd Bn raised
4th Bn raised
│		 3rd Bn raised
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│		 3rd Bn raised
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1941: 4th Bn raised
│		 4th Bn raised
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│		 4th Bn raised
│		 4th Bn raised
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1942: │
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│		 5th Bn raised
│		 3rd Bn → 154th Gurkha Parachute Bn
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1946: │
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│		 3rd Bn disbanded
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│		 5th Bn disbanded
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│		 3rd Bn, The Indian
Parachute Regiment → 3rd Bn
4th Bn disbanded
│		 4th Bn disbanded
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1947: 4th Bn disbanded
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│		 4th Bn disbanded
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│		 3rd Bn disbanded
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Union of India
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1948: 3rd Bn → 5th Bn, 5th Gurkha Rifles
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│		 4th Bn, 2nd Gurkha Rifles → 5th Bn
6th Bn raised
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│		 3rd Bn → 6th Bn, 5th Gurkha Rifles
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1948: 1st and 2nd Bn
transferred to the British Army		 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Bn
│		 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn
│		 1st and 2nd Bn
transferred to the British Army		 1st and 2nd Bn
transferred to the British Army
1949: 8th Gorkha Rifles
│		 9th Gorkha Rifles
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Republic of India
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1950: 8 Gorkha Rifles 9 Gorkha Rifles
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│		 9 Gorkha Rifles
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1961: │
│		 4th Bn raised
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1963: 3rd Bn raised
│		 5th Bn raised
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1970: 7th Bn raised
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│		 6th Bn raised
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1979: 1st Bn → 3rd Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
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2024-07-12