18th Royal Garhwal Rifles

1858: The Aligarh Levy
Rebuilding the Bengal Army
1861: 43rd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry

1861: 39rd Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry

1864: 39rd (Aligarh) Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry

1885: 39th (Aligarh) Regiment of
Bengal Infantry

1887: (2nd Bn, 3rd Goorkha Regiment)

1890: 39th (The Garhwal)
Regiment of
Bengal Light Infantry

disbanded


1892: 39th (The Garhwal Rifles)
Regiment of
Bengal Light Infantry

1901:


49th (Garhwal Rifles)
Regiment of
Bengal Light Infantry

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