17th Dogra Regiment
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The 17th Dogra Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army
. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. After the partition of India in 1947, it was allocated to the new Indian Army
and renamed the Dogra Regiment
.
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. After the partition of India in 1947, it was allocated to the new Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
and renamed the Dogra Regiment
Dogra Regiment
The Dogra Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly the 17th Dogra Regiment when part of the British Indian Army.- Formation:The regiment has the Dogra people from the Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and the hill regions of Punjab...
.
Formation
- 1st Battalion - formerly the 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras
- 2nd Battalion - formerly the 38th Dogras38th DograsThe 38th Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1858, when they were raised as the Agra Levy....
- 3rd Battalion - formerly the 1st Battalion, 41st Dogras41st DograsThe 41st Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1900, when thy were raised as the 41st Bengal Infantry....
- 10th (Training) Battalion formerly the 2nd Battalion, 41st Dogras