The Regular Infantry Regiments of the British Indian Army

The Early Years until 1796

The Reorganisation of 1796

The Two Battalion Regiments 1796 - 1824

From the Reorganisation of 1824 to the Mutiny

From the The Mutiny to the Indian Army

The Regiments in 1885

The Regiments in 1902

From 1903 to the Large Regiments of 1922


The Regiments in 1914

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These are the regiments after the 1903 reorganisation in one Indian Army. Only the 106th Hazara Pioneers were an addition in 1906.

Contents
- Line Infantry -
- Gurkha Rifles -
 

- Line Infantry -
 
 
inf001 1st Brahmans
 
 
inf002 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Rajput Light Infantry
 
 
inf003 3rd Brahmans
 
 
inf004 4th Prince Albert Victor’s Rajputs
 
 
inf005 5th Light Infantry
 
 
inf006 6th Jat Light Infantry
 
 
inf007 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs
 
 
inf008 8th Rajputs
 
 
inf009 9th Bhopal Infantry
 
 
inf010 10th Jats
 
 
inf011 11th Rajputs
 
 
inf012 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment)
 
 
inf013 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)
 
 
inf014 14th (King George’s Own) Ferozepore Sikhs
 
 
inf015 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
 
 
inf016 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)
 
 
inf017 17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)
 
 
inf018 18th Infantry
 
 
inf019 19th Punjabis
 
 
inf020 20th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Punjabis
 
 
inf021 21st Punjabis
 
 
inf022 22nd Punjabis
 
 
inf023 23rd Sikh Pioneers
 
 
inf024 24th Punjabis
 
 
inf025 25th Punjabis
 
 
inf026 26th Punjabis
 
 
inf027 27th Punjabis
 
 
inf028 28th Punjabis
 
 
inf029 29th Punjabis
 
 
inf030 30th Punjabis
 
 
inf031 31st Punjabis
 
 
inf032 32nd Sikh Pioneers
 
 
inf033 33rd Punjabis
 
 
inf034 34th Sikh Pioneers
 
 
inf035 35th Sikhs
 
 
inf036 36th Sikhs
 
 
inf037 37th (Prince of Wales’s Own) Dogras
 
 
inf038 38th Dogras
 
 
inf039 39th Garhwal Rifles
 
 
inf040 40th Pathans
 
 
inf041 41st Dogras
 
 
inf042 42nd Deoli Regiment
 
 
inf043 43rd Erinpura Infantry
 
 
inf044 44th Merwara Regiment
 
 
inf045 45th Rattray’s Sikhs
 
 
inf046 46th Punjabis
 
 
inf047 47th Duke of Connaught’s Own Sikhs
 
 
inf048 48th Pioneers
 
 
Guides Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden’s)
 
 
inf051 51st The Prince of Wales’s Own Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf052 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf053 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf054 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf055 55th Coke’s Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf056 56th Punjab Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf057 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf058 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf059 59th Royal Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
inf061 61st King George’s Own Pioneers`
 
 
inf062 62nd Punjabis
 
 
inf063 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
 
 
inf064 64th Pioneers
 
 
inf066 66th Punjabis
 
 
inf067 67th Punjabis
 
 
inf069 69th Punjabis
 
 
inf072 72nd Punjabis
 
 
inf073 73rd Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf074 74th Punjabis
 
 
inf075 75th Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf076 76th Punjabis
 
 
inf079 79th Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf080 80th Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf081 81st Pioneers
 
 
inf082 82nd Punjabis
 
 
inf083 83rd Wallajahabad Light Infantry
 
 
inf084 84th Punjabis
 
 
inf086 86th Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf087 87th Punjabis
 
 
inf088 88th Carnatic Infantry
 
 
inf089 89th Punjabis
 
 
inf090 90th Punjabis
 
 
inf091 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)
 
 
inf092 92nd (The Prince of Wales’s Own) Punjabis
 
 
inf093 93rd Burma Infantry
 
 
inf094 94th Russell’s Infantry
 
 
inf095 95th Russell’s Infantry
 
 
inf096 96th Berar Infantry
 
 
inf097 97th Deccan Infantry
 
 
inf098 98th Infantry
 
 
inf099 99th Deccan Infantry
 
 
inf101 101st Grenadiers
 
 
inf102 102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers
 
 
inf103 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
 
 
inf104 104th Wellesley’s Rifles
 
 
inf105 105th Mahratta Light Infantry
 
 
inf106 106th Hazara Pioneers
 
 
inf107 107th Pioneers
 
 
inf108 108th Infantry
 
 
inf109 109th Infantry
 
 
inf110 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
 
 
inf112 112th Infantry
 
 
inf113 113th Infantry
 
 
inf114 114th Mahrattas
 
 
inf116 116th Mahrattas
 
 
inf117 117th Mahrattas
 
 
inf119 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
 
 
inf120 120th Prince of Wales’s Own Rajputana Infantry
 
 
inf121 121st Pioneers
 
 
inf122 122nd Rajputana Infantry
 
 
inf123 123rd Outram’s Rifles
 
 
inf124 124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry
 
 
inf125 125th Napier’s Rifles
 
 
inf126 126th Baluchistan Regiment
 
 
inf127 127th Queen Mary’s Own Baluch Light Infantry
 
 
inf128 128th Pioneers
 
 
inf129 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis
 
 
inf130 130th King George’s Own Baluchis (Jacob’s Rifles)
 
 

- Gurkha Rifles -
 
 
gr01 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
 
 
gr02 2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
 
 
gr03 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr04 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr05 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
 
 
gr06 6th Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr07 7th Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr08 8th Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr09 9th Gurkha Rifles
 
 
gr10 10th Gurkha Rifles
 

The 1922 Reorganisation into Large Regiments

The Regiments in 1922

The Second World War and Independence

The Indian Regiments since 1950

The Pakistan Regiments since 1956