| 1858: | The Aligarh Levy │ |
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| 1861: | 43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ |
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| 1861: | 39rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ |
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| 1864: | 39rd (Aligarh) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ |
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| 1885: | 39th (Aligarh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry │ |
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| from 2nd Bn, 3rd Goorkha Regiment │ |
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| 1890: | 39th (The Garhwal) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry │ |
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| 1892: | 39th (The Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry │ |
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| 1901: | │ │ │ │ |
49th (Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry │ |
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| 1901: | 1st Battalion, | 2nd Battalion, | |
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| Renumbering into the Indian Army | |||
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| 1917: | 3rd Bn raised 4th Bn raised │ |
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| 1918: | 4th Bn → 1st Bn, 50th Kumaon Rifles 4th Bn raised │ |
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| 1921: | 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles │ |
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| 1922: | 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 4th Bn → 10th (Training) Bn |
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| 1940: | 4th Bn raised │ |
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| 1941: | 5th Bn raised 6th Bn raised │ |
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| 1942: | 2nd Bn captured 5th Bn captured 7th Bn raised 10th Bn → Regimental Center │ |
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| 1943: | 7th Bn disbanded │ |
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| 1945: | The Royal Garhwal Rifles │ |
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| 1946: | 4th Bn → 2nd Bn 6th Bn disbanded │ |
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| Union of India | |||
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| 1947: | 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn │ |
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| 1948: | 8th Bn raised │ |
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| Republic of India | |||
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| 1950: | The Garhwal Rifles | ||
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| 1959: | 4th Bn raised │ |
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| 1962: | 5th Bn raised │ |
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| 1963: | 6th Bn raised │ |
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| 1964: | 7th Bn raised │ |
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| 1965: | 9th Bn raised 10th Bn raised │ |
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| 1967: | 11th Bn raised │ |
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| 12th - 19th Bn raised │ |
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| 1979: | 1st Bn → 6th Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment │ |
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