5th Mahratta Light Infantry

Presidency of Bombay
 
1768: 2nd Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
1788: 2nd-6th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
3rd Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
1796: 1st Battalion,
2nd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

1st Battalion,
3rd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

1797:





2nd Battalion,
5th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

(Bombay Fencible Regiment)


1800:








2nd Battalion,
8th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

1st Battalion,
9th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

2nd Battalion,
7th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

1824: 3rd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

5th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

10th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

16th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

17th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

14th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry

1841:

5th Regiment of
Bombay Native Light Infantry









1871: 3rd Regiment of
Bombay Native Light Infantry



10th Regiment of
Bombay Native (Light) Infantry







1885: 3rd Regiment of
Bombay Light Infantry

5th Regiment of
Bombay Light Infantry

10th Regiment of
Bombay (Light) Infantry

16th Regiment of
Bombay Infantry

17th Regiment of
Bombay Infantry

14th Regiment of
Bombay Infantry

1901: 3rd Bombay Light Infantry
5th Bombay Light Infantry
10th Bombay (Light) Infantry
16th Bombay Infantry
17th Bombay Infantry
14th Bombay Infantry
Renumbering into the Indian Army
1903: 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry 105th Mahratta Light Infantry 110th Mahratta Light Infantry 116th Mahrattas 117th Mahrattas 114th Mahrattas
inf103
inf105
inf110
inf116
inf117
inf114
1916: 2nd Bn raised





1917: 2nd Bn disbanded



117th Royal Mahrattas

1918: 2nd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn disbanded


2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn raised


1919: 3rd Bn disbanded





1921: 2nd Bn disbanded


2nd Bn disbanded
2nd Bn disbanded

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1922: 1st Bn, 2nd Bn, 3rd Bn, 4th Bn, 5th Royal Bn, 10th (Training) Bn,
5th Mahratta Light Infantry
5th Mahratta Light Infantry
1940: 6th Bn raised
7th Bn raised
1941: 8th Bn raised
9th Bn raised
14th Bn raised
15th Bn raised
16th Bn raised
17th Bn raised
1942: 2nd Bn disbanded
7th Bn disbanded
8th Bn disbanded
9th Bn disbanded
10th Bn → Regimental Center
18th Bn raised
1945: The Mahratta Light Infantry
1946: 2nd Bn raised
14th Bn disbanded
15th Bn disbanded
16th Bn disbanded
18th Bn disbanded
1947: 6th Bn disbanded
17th Bn disbanded
Union of India
1947: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Bn
1948: The Maratha Light Infantry
1949: Baroda Rifles → 20th (Baroda) Bn
21st (Baroda) Bn raised
Republic of India
1950: The Maratha Light Infantry
1952: 3rd Bn → 2nd Bn, The Parachute Regiment
1957: Rajaram Rifles → 19th (Kolhapur) Bn
2nd Hyderabad State Infantry → 22nd (Hyderabad) Bn
1962: 6th Bn raised
17th Bn raised
1963: 7th Bn raised
8th Bn raised
1964: 9th Bn raised
1966: 15th Bn raised
16th Bn raised
1969: 3rd Bn raised
8th Bn disbanded
1971: 14th Bn raised
1979: 11th Bn raised
12th Bn raised
20th Bn → 10th Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
18th Bn raised
26th Bn raised
42nd Bn raised
1996: 21st Bn → 21st Bn, The Parachute Regiment