The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

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 reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.

World War II

The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting with the Jats showing their mettle in North Africa

North African campaign

During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts and in Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia .The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had...

, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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, Burma

Burma Campaign

The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily between British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, and the Indian National Army. British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from...

, Malaya

Battle of Malaya

The Malayan Campaign was a campaign fought by Allied and Japanese forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 31 January 1942 during the Second World War. The campaign was dominated by land battles between British Commonwealth army units, and the Imperial Japanese Army...

, Singapore

Battle of Singapore

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, and Java

Java

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-Sumatra

Sumatra

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. A large number of gallantry awards were won including a Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

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 and two George Cross

George Cross

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es. At the end of the war the Regiment, in company with other regiments of the Indian Infantry, dropped the numeral 9 from its title and became simply the Jat Regiment

Jat Regiment

The Jat Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army and is one of the longest serving and most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment has won 19 battle honours between 1839 to 1947 and post independence 5 battle honours, Two Ashok Chakras, eight Mahavir Chakras, eight Kirti...

. After independence 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...

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Formation

• 1st Battalion ex 6th Jat Light Infantry
  6th Jat Light Infantry
  The 6th Jat Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd Bengal Native Infantry...
  
  
• 2nd Battalion ex 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
  119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
  The 119th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1817, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....
  
  
• 3rd Battalion ex 10th Jats
  10th Jats
  The 10th Jats were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1823, when they were known as the 1st Battalion, 33rd Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years they became known by a number of different titles...
  
  
• 4th Battalion ex 18th Infantry
  18th Infantry
  The 18th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1795, when they were called the Calcutta Native Militia...
  
  
• 10th (Training) Battalion ex 2nd Battalion, 6th Jat Light Infantry

Formed in World War II

• 7th Battalion
• 8th Battalion
• 9th Battalion
• 14th Battalion
• 15th Battalion