The Regular Infantry Regiments of the British Indian Army

The Regiments in 1885

Contents

- Bengal -

- Punjab -

- Madras -

- Hyderabad -

- Bombay -

- Goorkha -

- Bengal -

1^st Regiment of Bengal Infantry

2^nd (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

3^rd Regiment of Bengal Infantry

4^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

5^th Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry

6^th Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry

7^th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

8^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

9^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

10^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

11^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

12^th (Kelat-i-Ghilzai) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

13^th (Shakhawati) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

14^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Ferozepore Sikh Infantry)

15^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Ludhiana Sikhs)

16^th (The Lucknow) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

17^th (The Loyal Purbeah) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

18^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry

19^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

20^th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

21^st (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

22^nd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

23^rd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)

24^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

25^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

26^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

27^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

28^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

29^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

30^th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

31^st (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

32^nd (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)

33^rd Regiment of Bengal Infantry

38^th (Agra) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

39^th (Aligarh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

40^th (Sjahjehanpur) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

42^nd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

43^rd (Assam) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

44^th (Sylhet) Regiment of Bengal Infantry

45^th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Rattray’s Sikhs)

The Bhopal Battalion

The Mhaiwara Battalion

- Punjab -

Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force

1^st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

2^nd (Hill) Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

3^rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

4^th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

1^st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

2^nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

4^th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

5^th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

6^th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force

- Madras -

1^st Regiment of Madras Infantry (Pioneers)

2^nd Regiment of Madras Infantry

3^rd Regiment of Palamcotta Light Infantry

4^th Regiment of Madras Infantry (Pioneers)

5^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

6^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

7^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

8^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

9^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

10^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

11^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

12^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

13^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

14^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

15^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

16^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

17^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

19^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

20^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

21^st Regiment of Madras Infantry

22^nd Regiment of Madras Infantry

23^rd Wallajahabad Light Infantry Regiment of Madras Infantry

24^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

25^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

26^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

27^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

28^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

29^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

30^th Regiment of Madras Infantry

31^st Trichinopoly Light Infantry Regiment of Madras Infantry

32^nd Regiment of Madras Infantry

33^rd Regiment of Madras Infantry

- Hyderabad -

1^st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

2^nd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

3^rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

4^th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

5^th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

6^th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

- Bombay -

1^st Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Infantry

2^nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Infantry

3^rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry

4^th or Rifle Corps of Bombay Infantry

5^th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry

7^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

8^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

9^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

10^th Regiment of Bombay (Light) Infantry

12^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

13^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

14^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

16^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

17^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

19^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

20^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

21^st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)

22^nd Regiment of Bombay Infantry

23^rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry

24^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

25^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

26^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

27^th Regiment of Bombay (Light) Infantry or 1^st Baluch Battalion

28^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry

29^th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (2^nd Balooch Battalion)

30^th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (3^rd Balooch Battalion)

- Goorkha -

1^st Goorkha Regiment (Light Infantry)

2^nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Goorkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)

3^rd (The Kumaon) Goorkha Regiment

4^th Goorkha Regiment

5^th Goorkha Regiment (Hazara Goorkha Battalion)

The Regiments in 1902

From 1903 to the Large Regiments of 1922

The Regiments in 1914

The 1922 Reorganisation into Large Regiments

The Regiments in 1922

The Second World War and Independence

The Indian Regiments since 1950

The Pakistani Regiments since 1956