British India → India

6th Rajputana Rifles

Presidency of Bombay
 
1775: 5th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
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1788: 9th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
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1796: 2nd Battalion,
2nd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 2nd Battalion,
10th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 2nd Battalion,
11th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 1st Battalion,
12th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
│		 1st Extra Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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1824: 4th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
│		 20th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
│		 22nd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
│		 23rd Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 25th Regiment of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 Shakhawati Battalion of
Bengal Local Infantry
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1841: 4th or Rifle Corps of
Bombay Native Infantry
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│		 23rd Regiment of
Bombay Native Light Infantry
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│		 13th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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│		 13th (Shakhawati)
Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry
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1885: 4th or Rifle Corps of
Bombay Infantry
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│		 20th Regiment of
Bombay Infantry
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│		 22nd Regiment of
Bombay Infantry
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│		 23rd Regiment of
Bombay Light Infantry
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│		 25th Regiment of
Bombay Infantry
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│		 13th (Shakhawati)
Regiment of
Bengal Infantry
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1889: 4th Regiment
(1st Battalion Rifle Regiment)
of Bombay Infantry
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│		 23rd Regiment
(2nd Battalion Rifle Regiment)
of Bombay Infantry
│		 25th Regiment
(3rd Battalion Rifle Regiment)
of Bombay Infantry
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1901: 4th Bombay Rifles
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│		 20th Bombay Infantry
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│		 22nd Bombay Infantry
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│		 23rd Bombay Rifles
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│		 25th Bombay Rifles
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│		 13th (Shakhawati)
Bengal Infantry
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Renumbering into the Indian Army
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1903: 104th Wellesley’s Rifles 120th Rajputana Infantry 122nd Rajputana Infantry 123rd Outram’s Rifles 125th Napier’s Rifles 13th Rajputs
(The Shekhawati Regiment)
inf104
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│		 inf122
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│		 inf125
│		 inf013
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│		 2nd Bn raised
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│		 2nd Bn raised
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1920: │
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│		 120th Prince of Wales’s Own
Rajputana Infantry
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1922: 1st (Wellesley’s) Bn, 2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Bn, 3rd Bn, 4th (Outram’s) Bn, 5th (Napier’s) Bn, 10th (Training) (Shekhawati) Bn,
6th Rajputana Rifles
6th Rajputana Rifles
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1940: 6th Bn raised
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1941: 7th Bn raised
8th Bn raised
9th Bn raised
10th Bn → Regimental Center
14th Bn raised
15th Bn raised
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1942: 7th Bn captured
9th Bn disbanded
16th Bn raised
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1945: The Rajputana Rifles
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1946: 15th Bn disbanded
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1947: 8th Bn disbanded
14th Bn disbanded
16th Bn disbanded
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Union of India
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1947: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Bn
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1949: 1st Bn → 3rd Bn, The Brigade of the Guards
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Republic of India
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1950: The Rajputana Rifles
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1954: Sawai Man Guards → 17th Bn (Sawai Man)
Saurashtra Infantry → 18th Bn
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1962: 7th Bn raised
19th Bn raised
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1963: 8th Bn raised
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1964: 9th Bn raised
11th Bn raised
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1966: 13th Bn raised
14th Bn raised
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1968: 31st Bn raised
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1971: 31st Bn → 12th Bn
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1976: 15th Bn raised
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1979: 16th Bn raised
18th Bn → 11th Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
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1981: 20th Bn raised
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1985: 21st Bn raised
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2025-11-17