List of Regiments of the British Indian Army (1903)
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This List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903) is after the Commander-in-Chief, India
Commander-in-Chief, India
During the period of the British Raj, the Commander-in-Chief, India was the supreme commander of the Indian Army. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at General Headquarters, India, and liaised with the civilian Governor-General of India...

 Lord Kitchener carried out a reform of the Indian Army. These reforms
Kitchener Reforms
The Kitchener Reforms of the Indian Army began in 1903 when Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, completed the unification of the three armies of the former Presidencies , and also the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces, into one...

 were intended to improve the Indian Army which had been formed from the separate Bengal
Bengal Army
The Bengal Army was the army of the Presidency of Bengal, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia. Although based in Bengal in eastern India, the presidency stretched across northern India and the Himalayas all the way to the North West Frontier Province...

, Bombay
Bombay Army
The Bombay Army was the army of the Bombay Presidency, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia.The Presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 transferred all three presidencies to the direct...

 and Madras
Madras Army
The Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of the British India within the British Empire.The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 transferred all three...

 armies in 1895 (replaced by the Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Punjab commands).The localization of regiments was abolished, and infuture every regiment was to have the opportunity of experiencing frontier conditions.A new method of numbering and designating regiments was introduced. The renumbering went as follows. Bengal regiments retained their existing numbers. The Punjab regiments, less the 5th Gurkhas, were numbered consecutively, adding 50, so that, for example, the 4th Sikh Infantry and the 1st Punjab Infantry became 54th and 55th. The Guides remained unnumbered. Madras regiments added 60 and, since over the years a number of them had been increasingly recruited in the Punjab, this was recognized in their titles, the 30th Madras, for example, becoming the 90th Punjabis. The Hyderabad Contingent regiments were brought into the Line as 94th to 99th. The Bombay regiments added 100, so that the 1st Bombay Grenadiers became the 101st Grenadiers, and so on.

By 1903, the total strength of the Indian Army was 240,000 men. They served in 39 cavalry regiments, 135 infantry battalions (including 17 Gurkha
Gurkha
Gurkha are people from Nepal who take their name from the Gorkha District. Gurkhas are best known for their history in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiments, the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas and the Nepalese Army. Gurkha units are closely associated with the kukri, a forward-curving Nepalese knife...

), a joint cavalry-infantry unit the Corps of Guides
Corps of Guides (British India)
The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army which served in the North West Frontier and had a unique composition of being part infantry and part cavalry.-History:...

, three sapper
Sapper
A sapper, pioneer or combat engineer is a combatant soldier who performs a wide variety of combat engineering duties, typically including, but not limited to, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences, general construction and building, as well as road and airfield...

 regiments and 12 mountain artillery batteries. In addition to the regular Indian Army, the armies of the Princely states, and regiments of the Auxiliary force (European volunteers) could also be called upon to assist in an emergency. The Princely states had 22,613 men in 20 cavalry regiments and 14 infantry battalions. The Auxiliary force could field another 40,000 men in 11 regiments of horse and 42 volunteer infantry battalions. Also available were the Frontier Militia and the Military Police which could field 34,000 men between them.

Bodyguard troops

  • Governor-General's Bodyguard
    Governor General's Bodyguard
    The Governor General's Bodyguard was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was, in effect, the Indian equivalent of the Household Cavalry of the British Army.-History:...

  • Governor's Bodyguard, Madras
  • Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay

Former Bengal Regiments

  • 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
  • 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
    2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
    The 2nd Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1809. It served in the Nepal and First World Wars. During the reconstruction of the British Indian Army in 1922 it was amalgamated with the 4th Cavalry....

  • 3rd Skinner's Horse
    3rd Skinner's Horse
    The 3rd Skinner's Horse was originally raised at Hansi by Lt.-Col. James Skinner as the 2nd Regiment of Skinner’s Horse in 1814, the various changes and amalgamations are listed below.*1814 2nd Regiment of Skinner's Horse*1821 Baddeley’s Frontier Horse...

  • 4th Lancers
    4th Lancers
    - Origin :Raised 1838 in the service of the Nawab of Avadh the various changes and amalgamations are listed below.- History :Converted in 1840 to the East India Company service as the 6th Bengal Irregular Cavalry....

     - (4th Cavalry in 1904)
  • 5th Cavalry
    5th Cavalry (Indian Army)
    5th Cavalry Regiment was a military unit of the Indian Army.The regiment was raised at Bareilly as the 7th Irregular Cavalry in 1841 as a result of the First Afghan War....

  • 6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry
    6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry
    - Origin :Raised in 1842 at Fatehgarh by Lieut. Ryves, they first saw service in the Gwalior campaign earning the battle honour “Punniar”.The various changes and amalgamations are listed below.- History :*1842 8th Irregular Cavalry...

  • 7th Lancers - (7th Hariana Lancers in 1904)
  • 8th Lancers
    8th Lancers
    This regiment was one of the forty cavalry regiments of the British Indian Army. It had originally been part of the army of the East India Company before passing into the reorganised Bengal Army of the post-Mutiny period and ultimately into the unified Indian Army of 1904...

     - (8th Cavalry in 1904)
  • 9th Hodson's Horse
  • 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
    Hodson's Horse
    Hodson's Horse is a cavalry regiment which originated as part of the British Indian Army. It was raised by Brevet Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and exists today as the 4th Horse Regiment in the Indian Army...

  • 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers - (11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) in 1904)
  • 12th Cavalry
  • 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
  • 14th Murray's Jat Lancers
    14th Murray's Jat Lancers
    The 14th Murray's Jat Lancers, was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army.The regiment was first raised for the East India Company by Captain Murray. Like all regiments of the Indian Army the 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers underwent many name changes in the various reorganisations. They are...

  • 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)
  • 16th Cavalry
  • 17th Cavalry
  • 18th Tiwana Lancers
  • 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
  • 20th Deccan Horse - former Hyderabad regiment

Former Punjab Regiments

  • 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) - (21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse) in 1904)
  • 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force) - (22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) in 1904)
  • 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  • 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Former Madras regiments

  • 26th Light Cavalry
  • 27th Light Cavalry
  • 28th Light Cavalry

Former Bombay regiments

  • 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 32nd Lancers
  • 33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry
    The Poona Horse
    The Poona Horse is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. The regiment, known before independence as The Poona Horse , was raised as a regular cavalry regiment in the Bombay Presidency army of the East India Company...

  • 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
    The Poona Horse
    The Poona Horse is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. The regiment, known before independence as The Poona Horse , was raised as a regular cavalry regiment in the Bombay Presidency army of the East India Company...

  • 35th Scinde Horse
  • 36th Jacob's Horse
    36th Jacob's Horse
    - Origins :Raised by Lieut. John Jacob of the Bombay Artillery, they served first in Southern Afghanistan and later under Sir Charles Napier in the taking of Scinde....

  • 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)

Former Bengal Regiments

  • 1st Brahmans
    1st Brahmans
    The 1st Brahmans was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised at Oudh by Captain T Naylor in 1776 for service in the army of Nawab Wazir of Oudh, and was known as the Nawab Wazir's Regiment. It was transferred to the East India Company in 1777. In 1922, it was designated as...

  • 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry
  • 3rd Brahmans
    3rd Brahmans
    The 3rd Brahmans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 16th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years they were known by a number of different names...

  • 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
    4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
    The 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs was an infantry battalion of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 2nd Battalion, 16th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years they became known by a number of different titles...

  • 5th Light Infantry
    5th Light Infantry
    The 5th Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the raj-period Indian Army. It could trace its lineage back to 1803, when it was the 2nd Battalion, 21st Bengal Native Infantry...

  • 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...

  • 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
    7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
    The 7th Rajputs were an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 24th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years the regiment became known by a number of different titles...

  • 8th Rajputs
    8th Rajputs
    The 8th Rajputs was an infantry battalion of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798 when they were the 1st Battalion, 30th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years the regiment became known by a number of different titles...

  • 9th Bhopal Infantry
    9th Bhopal Infantry
    The 9th Bhopal Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1859, as the Bhopal Levy. It was designated as the 9th Bhopal Infantry in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

     - former Local Corps
  • 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...

  • 11th Rajputs
    11th Rajputs
    The 11th Rajputs was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1825, when they were the 2nd Extra Battalion, Bengal Native Infantry...

  • 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)
    12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)
    The 12th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1838, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Shah Shuja's Force. In 1842 the battalion distinguished itself at the battle of fort "Kelat-i-Ghilzie" for which it was allowed to retain the...

  • 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)
    13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)
    The 13th Rajputs was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, and later of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to the Shekhawati Regiment raised in 1835, as part of the Jaipur contingent of the Honourable East India Company and were taken into the Company's service as a local...

  • 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
    14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
    The 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs was a regiment of the British Indian Army they can trace their origins to the Regiment of Ferozepore formed in 1846...

  • 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
    15th Ludhiana Sikhs
    The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1846, when they were known as the Regiment of Ludhiana. During the Indian Mutiny they were relied upon to hold Benares throughout the period of the Mutiny...

  • 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)
    16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)
    The 16th Rajputs was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the united British Indian Army.It can trace its origins to 1857, during the Indian Mutiny when it was formed from men of the 13th, 48th and 71st Bengal Native Infantry regiments that remained loyal to the British...

  • 17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)
  • 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...

  • 19th Punjabis
    19th Punjabis
    The 19th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 19th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis - (20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) in 1904)
  • 21st Punjabis
    21st Punjabis
    The 21st Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 21st Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th Battalion of 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1943, it was converted into the 14th Punjab...

  • 22nd Punjabis
    22nd Punjabis
    The 22nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 22nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 23rd Sikh Pioneers
    23rd Sikh Pioneers
    The 23rd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were known as the 15th Regiment of Punjab Infantry....

  • 24th Punjabis
    24th Punjabis
    The 24th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 22nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 25th Punjabis
    25th Punjabis
    The 25th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 17th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 25th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 26th Punjabis
    26th Punjabis
    The 26th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 26th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 27th Punjabis
    27th Punjabis
    The 27th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 19th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 27th Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 28th Punjabis
    28th Punjabis
    The 28th Punjabis were an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 20th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 28th Punjabis in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 29th Punjabis
    29th Punjabis
    The 29th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 29th Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th Battalion of 15th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1943, it was converted into the 15th Punjab Regimental...

  • 30th Punjabis
    30th Punjabis
    The 30th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 30th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 31st Punjabis
    31st Punjabis
    The 31st Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as Van Cortlandt's Levy. The regiment was designated as the 31st Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 32nd Sikh Pioneers
    32nd Sikh Pioneers
    The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers ....

  • 33rd Punjabis
    33rd Punjabis
    The 33rd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the Allahabad Levy. It was designated as the 33rd Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 34th Sikh Pioneers
    34th Sikh Pioneers
    The 34th Sikh Pioneers was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were raised as the Punjab Sappers....

  • 35th Sikhs
    35th Sikhs
    The 35th Sikhs were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when thy were raised as the 35th Bengal Infantry.The regiment took part in the Siege of Malakand in 1897 AND World War I...

  • 36th Sikhs
    36th Sikhs
    The 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th Bengal Infantry. They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry. They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903, after the...

  • 37th Dogras
    37th Dogras
    The 37th Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when thy were raised as the 37th Bengal Infantry.The regiment took part in the Chitral Expedition in 1895 and World War I...

  • 38th Dogras
    38th Dogras
    The 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....

  • 39th Garhwal Rifles
    39th Garhwal Rifles
    The 39th Garhwal Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were raised as the Aligarh Levy, but was disbanded after disgracing itself at the Rawalpindi Review in 1888....

    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 40th Pathans
    40th Pathans
    The 40th Pathans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1858, as the Shahjehanpur Levy. It was designated as the 40th Pathans in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 41st Dogras
    41st Dogras
    The 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....

  • 42nd Deoli Regiment
    42nd Deoli Regiment
    The 42nd Deoli Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traced their origins to 1857, when the Meena Battalion was raised during the Indian Mutiny. This battalion was the nucleus for the infantry of the Deoli Irregular Force which in May 1861, numbered eight...

     - former Rajputana Local Corps
  • 43rd Erinpura Regiment
    43rd Erinpura Regiment
    The 43rd Erinpura Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army. They were raised in 1860, as the Erinpoorah Irregular Force by a Lt-Col J F W Hall and at that time consisted of both cavalry and infantry units. After the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903, they became an infantry...

     - former Rajputana Local Corps
  • 44th Merwara Infantry
    44th Merwara Infantry
    The 44th Merwara Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1824, when the Sylhet Light Infantry was raised. This first 44th eventually became the 44th Gurkhas and later 8th Gurkha Rifles....

     - former Rajputana Local Corps
  • 45th Rattray's Sikhs
    45th Rattray's Sikhs
    The 45th Rattray's Sikhs was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to the 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion raised in April 1856, at Lahore, by Captain Thomas Rattray originally consisting of a troop of 100 cavalry and 500 infantry...

  • 46th Punjabis
    46th Punjabis
    The 46th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1900, as the 46th Regiment of Bengal Infantry. It was designated as the 46th Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th Battalion of 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1943, it was converted into the 16th Punjab...

  • 47th Sikhs
    47th Sikhs
    The 47th Sikhs were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1901, when they were raised as the 47th Bengal Infantry....

  • 48th Pioneers
    48th Pioneers
    The 48th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1901, when they were raised as the 48th Bengal Infantry....


Former Punjab Regiments

  • 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    The 51st Sikhs was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 51st Sikhs in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922...

  • 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    The 52nd Sikhs was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 2nd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 52nd Sikhs in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922...

  • 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    The 53rd Sikhs were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1847 as the 3rd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 53rd Sikhs in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922...

  • 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
    The 54th Sikhs were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 4th Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 54th Sikhs in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922...

  • 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    The 55th Coke's Rifles was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1849 as the 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 55th Coke's Rifles in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922...

  • 56th Infantry (Frontier Force) - (56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1906)
  • 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    The 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army formed on 18 April 1849 by Captain GG Denniss at Lahore as part of the Transfrontier Brigade, which became the Punjab Irregular Force in 1851. The regiment was designated as the 57th Wilde's Rifles in 1903, and...

  • 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
    The 58th Vaughan's Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1849 as the 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 58th Vaughan's Rifles in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922...

  • 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
    59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
    The 59 Scinde Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.The regiment is one of the most reputed outfits of British Indian Army. It was raised in 1843, as the Scinde Camel Corps. In 1856, it was incorporated into the Punjab Irregular Force...


Former Madras Regiments

  • 61st Pioneers
    61st Pioneers
    The 61st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1758, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys....

  • 62nd Punjabis
    62nd Punjabis
    The 62nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys, and formed part of the Madras Army. It was designated as the 62nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to...

  • 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
    63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
    The 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment could trace its origins to 1759, when it was raised as the 4th Battalion Coast Sepoys.-History:...

  • 64th Pioneers
    64th Pioneers
    The 64th Pioneers was a infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1758, when they were the 5th Battalion Coast Sepoys...

  • 65th Carnatic Infantry
    65th Carnatic Infantry
    The 65th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 6th Battalion Coast Sepoys....

     (Disbanded 1904)
  • 66th Punjabis
    66th Punjabis
    The 66th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1761 as the 7th Battalion of Coast Sepoys. It was designated as the 66th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 67th Punjabis
    67th Punjabis
    The 67th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 8th Battalion Coast Sepoys....

  • 69th Punjabis
    69th Punjabis
    The 69th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 10th Battalion Coast Sepoys....

  • 71st Coorg Rifles
    71st Coorg Rifles
    The 71st Coorg Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1767, when they were raised as the 15th Battalion Coast Sepoys....

     (Disbanded 1904)
  • 72nd Punjabis
    72nd Punjabis
    The 72nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 16th Battalion Coast Sepoys....

  • 73rd Carnatic Infantry
    73rd Carnatic Infantry
    The 73rd Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 13th Carnatic Battalion by drafts of men of the from the 4th, 7th and the 11th Carnatic Battalions....

  • 74th Punjabis
    74th Punjabis
    The 74th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 14th Carnatic Battalion....

  • 75th Carnatic Infantry
    75th Carnatic Infantry
    The 75th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1776, when they were raised as the 15th Carnatic Battalion by enlisting men from the 2nd, 6th and 12th Carnatic Battalions....

  • 76th Punjabis
    76th Punjabis
    The 76th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised by Captain Thomas Lane at Trichonopoly on 16 December 1776, as the 16th Carnatic Battalion. It was designated as the 76th Punjabis in 1903 and became the 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 77th Moplah Rifles
    77th Moplah Rifles
    The 77th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the 17th Carnatic Battalion....

     (Disbanded 1907)
  • 78th Moplah Rifles
    78th Moplah Rifles
    The 78th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 35th Madras Battalion....

     (Disbanded 1907)
  • 79th Carnatic Infantry
    79th Carnatic Infantry
    The 79th Carnatic Infantry was a infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1777, when the 20th Carnatic Battalion was raised from units of the 1st, 3rd, 8th and 16th Carnatic Battalions....

  • 80th Carnatic Infantry
    80th Carnatic Infantry
    The 80th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the 21st Carnatic Battalion, by enlisting men from the 2nd, the 6th, the 12th and the 15th Carnatic Battalions....

  • 81st Pioneers
    81st Pioneers
    The 81st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1786, when they were raised as the 28th Madras Battalion....

  • 82nd Punjabis
    82nd Punjabis
    The 82nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1788, as the 29th Madras Battalion. It was designated as the 82nd Punjabis in 1903 and became the 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry
    83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry
    The 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry were an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 33rd Madras Battalion....

  • 84th Punjabis
    84th Punjabis
    The 84th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised by Captain Donald Macdonald at Vellore on 12 August 1794, as the 34th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 84th Punjabis in 1903 and became the 10th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922....

  • 86th Carnatic Infantry
    86th Carnatic Infantry
    The 86th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 34th Madras Battalion....

  • 87th Punjabis
    87th Punjabis
    The 87th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry....

  • 88th Carnatic Infantry
    88th Carnatic Infantry
    The 88th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry....

  • 89th Punjabis
    89th Punjabis
    The 89th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1798 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 89th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 90th Punjabis
    90th Punjabis
    The 90th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1799 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 90th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)
    91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)
    The 91st Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 91st Punjabis in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 92nd Punjabis
    92nd Punjabis
    The 92nd Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 92nd Punjabis in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 93rd Burma Infantry
    93rd Burma Infantry
    The 93rd Burma Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...


Former Hyderabad Regiments

  • 94th Russell's Infantry
    94th Russell's Infantry
    The 94th Russell's Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1813, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion of the Russell Brigade for the Princely state of Hyderabad...

  • 95th Russell's Infantry
    95th Russell's Infantry
    The 95th Russell's Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1813, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion of the Russell Brigade for the Princely state of Hyderabad...

  • 96th Berar Infantry
    96th Berar Infantry
    The 96th Berar Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1797, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division for the Princely state of Hyderabad...

  • 97th Deccan Infantry
    97th Deccan Infantry
    The 97th Deccan Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origin to 1794, when they were the 3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division in the Hyderabad State army...

  • 98th Infantry
    98th Infantry
    The 98th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade for the Princely state of Hyderabad...

  • 99th Deccan Infantry
    99th Deccan Infantry
    The 99th Deccan Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade for the Princely state of Hyderabad...


Former Bombay Regiments

  • 101st Grenadiers
    101st Grenadiers
    -The beginning:The Regiment was first formed in 1778 after 6 grenadier companies were combined to form a composite battalion. The Regiment took part in the First Mahratta War against the Mahratta Empire and fought in a number of engagements against them, including the Battle of Talegoan where they...

  • 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
    102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
    The 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
    103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
    The 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. The regiment was first in action in the Mysore Campaign during the Third Anglo-Mysore War, quickly followed by...

  • 104th Wellesley's Rifles
    104th Wellesley's Rifles
    The 104th Wellesley's Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1775, when they were raised as the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys....

  • 105th Mahratta Light Infantry
    105th Mahratta Light Infantry
    The 105th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys....

  • 107th Pioneers
    107th Pioneers
    The 107th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 4th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.The regiments first action was in the Third Anglo-Mysore War...

  • 108th Infantry
    108th Infantry
    The 108th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, Bombay Sepoys....

  • 109th Infantry
    109th Infantry
    The 109th Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces its origins to 1768, when it was raised as the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.The regiment's first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War...

  • 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
    110th Mahratta Light Infantry
    The 110th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1797, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 112th Infantry
    112th Infantry
    The 112th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 113th Infantry
    113th Infantry
    The 113th Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 114th Mahrattas
    114th Mahrattas
    The 114th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 116th Mahrattas
    116th Mahrattas
    The 116th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 117th Mahrattas
    117th Mahrattas
    The 117th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the Bombay Fencible Regiment....

  • 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....

  • 120th Rajputana Infantry
    120th Rajputana Infantry
    The 120th Rajputana Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1817, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 121st Pioneers
    121st Pioneers
    The 121st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the Marine Battalion....

  • 122nd Rajputana Infantry
    122nd Rajputana Infantry
    The 122nd Rajputana Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1818, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 123rd Outram's Rifles
    123rd Outram's Rifles
    -History:It traced its origins to the 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, part of the British East India Company's Bombay Army. It fought in the Battle of Khadki on 5 November 1817 in the Third Anglo-Maratha War and became the regiment's 1st Battalion in 1820...

  • 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry
    124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry
    The 124th Baluchistan Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1820 as the 2nd Battalion 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. It was designated as the 124th Baluchistan Infantry in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...

  • 125th Napier's Rifles
    125th Napier's Rifles
    The 125th Napier's Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. Its earlier names include:1st Extra Battalion Bombay Native Infantry, The 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry and The 25th Bombay Rifles...

  • 126th Baluchistan Infantry
    126th Baluchistan Infantry
    The 126th Baluchistan Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1825 as the 2nd Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry. It was designated as the 126th Baluchistan Infantry in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...

  • 127th Baluch Light Infantry
    127th Baluch Light Infantry
    The 127th Baluch Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1844 as The Scinde Bellochee Corps. It was designated as the 127th Baluch Light Infantry in 1903 and became 3rd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...

  • 128th Pioneers
    128th Pioneers
    The 128th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1846, when they were raised as the 28th Bombay Native Infantry....

  • 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
    129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
    The 129th Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1846 as the 2nd Bellochee Battalion. It was designated as the 129th Baluchis in 1903 and became 4th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...

  • 130th Baluchis
    130th Baluchis
    The 130th Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1858 as the 1st Regiment of Jacob’s Rifles or 1st Belooch Rifles. It was designated as the 130th Baluchis in 1903 and became 5th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...


Gúrkha Line

(mostly former Bengal Regiments)
  • 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 2nd (the Prince of Wales's Own) Gúrkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles)
    2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
    The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles , where it exists to this day...

    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 3rd Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 4th Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) - former Punjab Regiment
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
  • 6th Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd battalion (Raised in 1904)
  • 7th Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion (Became 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles in 1907.)
    • (2nd battalion raised 1907)
  • 8th Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • (2nd battalion formed in 1907 from the 7th Gurkha Rifles)
  • 9th Gurkha Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion (Raised in 1904)
  • 10th Gurkha Rifles - former Madras Regiment
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion raised 1903 (Became 1st/7th Gurkha Rifles 1907. New 2nd/10th Battalion raised 1908.)

Indian Mountain Artillery

  • 21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)
  • 25th Mountain Battery
    25th Mountain Battery
    The 25th Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. Raised in 1827, as the Bombay Foot Artillery, the 25th is the oldest Indian Mountain Battery, and the only one that served in the Second Sikh War at the Siege of Multan. The 25th was also the first Battery to serve...

  • 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery
    26th Jacob's Mountain Battery
    The 26th Jacob's Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905. It served in World War I...

  • 27th Mountain Battery
  • 28th Mountain Battery
  • 29th Mountain Battery
  • 30th Mountain Battery
  • 31st Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)
  • 32nd Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)
  • The Frontier Garrison Artillery

Engineers

  • 1st Sappers and Miners
    Bengal Engineer Group
    The Bengal Engineer Group or the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers as they are informally known, are remnants of British Indian Army's Bengal Army of the Bengal Presidency in British India; now a regiment of the Corps of Engineers in the Indian Army. The Bengal Sappers have their regimental...

  • 2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners
    Madras Engineer Group
    Madras Engineer Group are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore...

  • 3rd Sappers and Miners
    Bombay Engineer Group
    The Bombay Engineering Group, or the Bombay Sappers as they are informally known, are a regiment of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. The Bombay Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its centre in Khadki, Pune in...

  • Indian Submarine Mining Corps

Services

  • Army Bearer Corps
    • No.22 Company
    • No.23 Company
  • Army Clothing Department
  • Army Hospital Corps
    • No.17 Company
    • No.18 Company
  • Army Remount Department
  • Army Veterinary Service
  • Indian Medical Department
  • Indian Medical Service
    Indian Medical Service
    The Indian Medical Service was one of the military medical services, which also had some civilian functions, in British India. It served during the two world wars, and was in existence until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947...

  • Indian Ordnance Department
  • Supply and Transport Corps

Imperial Service Troops

  • Alwar Lancers
  • Alwar Infantry
  • Bahawalpur Mounted Rifles and Camel Transport Corps
  • Bikaner Camel Corps
    Bikaner Camel Corps
    The Bikaner Camel Corps was a unit of Imperial Service Troops from India that fought for the allies in World War I and World War II.The Corps was founded by Maharaja Ganga Singh of the Indian state of Bikaner, as the Ganga Risala after the British government of India accepted his offer to raise a...

  • Bikaner Light Infantry
  • Gwalior Lancers
  • Gwalior Infantry
  • Gwalior Transport Corps
  • Hyderabad Lancers
  • Jaipur Transport Corps
  • Jind Infantry
  • Jodhpur Lancers
  • Kapurthala Infantry
  • Kashmir Artillery
    • No. 1 Mountain Battery
    • No. 2 Mountain Battery
  • Kashmir Infantry
  • Kashmir Rifles
  • Malerkotla Sappers
  • Mysore Infantry
  • Mysore Lancers
  • Mysore Horse
  • Mysore Transport Corps
  • Nabha Infantry
  • Patiala Lancers
  • Patiala Infantry
  • Sirmoor Sappers

Cavalry

  • Allahabad Light Horse
  • Assam Valley Light Horse
    Assam Valley Light Horse
    The Assam Valley Light Horse was raised in 1891 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regimental headquarters was at Dibrugarh in Assam...

  • Bihar Light Horse
    Bihar Light Horse
    The Bihar Light Horse was raised in 1862 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regimental headquarters was at Muzaffarpur in Bihar...

  • Bombay Light Horse
    Bombay Light Horse
    The Bombay Light Horse was raised in 1885 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947....

  • Calcutta Light Horse
  • Cawnpore Light Horse
  • Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles
    Chota Nagpur Regiment
    The Chota Nagpur Regiment was raised in 1891 as the Chota Nagpore Mounted Rifles and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. It was renamed the Chota Nagpur Light Cavalry in 1910 then the Chota Nagpur Regiment in 1917...

  • Ghazipur Light Horse
  • Gorakhpur Light Horse
  • Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
  • Oudh Light Horse
  • Punjab Light Horse
    Punjab Light Horse
    The Punjab Light Horse was raised in 1867 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regimental headquarters was at Lahore, in Punjab...

  • Surma Valley Light Horse
  • United Provinces Light Horse formed 1904 by amalgamating the Allahabad, Cawnpore, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, & Oudh Light Horse.

Artillery

  • Bombay Volunteer Artillery
  • Calcutta Naval Artillery Volunteers
  • Cossipore Artillery Volunteers
  • Karachi Artillery Volunteers
  • Madras Artillery Volunteers
  • Moulmein Volunteer Artillery Corps
  • Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers

Infantry

  • Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Allahabad Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Assam Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles
  • Bangalore Rifle Volunteers
  • Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Corps
  • Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Corps
  • Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
  • Burma Railways Volunteers Corps
  • Calcutta Volunteer Rifles
    • 1st Battalion
    • Presidency Battalion
  • Cawnpore Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Coorg and Mysore Rifles
  • East Coast Volunteer Rifles
  • East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Eastern Bengal Volunteer Rifles
  • Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Great Indian Pensinula Railway Volunteer Corps
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion - former Midland Railway Volunteer Corps
  • Hyderabad Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Kolar Gold Fields Battalion
  • Lucknow Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Madras Railway Volunteers
  • Madras Volunteer Guards
  • Malabar Volunteer Rifles
  • Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Nagpur Volunteer Rifles
  • Naini Tal Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles
  • North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles
  • Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
  • Poona Volunteer Rifles
  • Punjab Volunteer Rfle Corps
  • Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Shillong Volunteer Rifles
  • Simla Volunteer Rifles
  • Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • South Andaman Volunteer Rifles Corps
  • South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles Corps
  • Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps
  • Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles

North-West Frontier and Baluchistan

  • Chitral Scouts
  • Frontier Constabulary
    Frontier Constabulary
    The Frontier Constabulary, FC, is a paramilitary force responsible for maintaining law and order in the country.- Introduction :The Frontier Constabulary is a Federal Paramilitary Force of Pakistan which is largely drawn from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in all the provinces of...

  • Khyber Rifles
    Khyber Rifles
    The Khyber Rifles is a para-military force forming part of the modern Pakistan Army's Frontier Corps. Dating from the late nineteenth century the regiment provided the title and setting for a widely read novel, King of the Khyber Rifles....

  • Kurram Militia
  • North Waziristan Militia
  • South Waziristan Militia
  • Mekran Levy Corps
  • Zhob Levy Corps

North-East Frontier and Burma

  • Assam Military Police
    Assam Rifles
    The Assam Rifles are one of the Paramilitary forces of India. The unit can trace its lineage back to a paramilitary police force that was formed under the British in 1835 called Cachar Levy. Since then the Assam Rifles have undergone a number of name changes before the name Assam Rifles was finally...

  • Burma Military Police

Cavalry

  • 40th Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 41st Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 42nd Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 43rd Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 44th Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 45th Indian Cavalry Regiment
  • 46th Indian Cavalry Regiment

Artillery

  • 33rd (Reserve) Mountain Battery
  • 34th (Reserve) Mountain Battery
  • 35th (Reserve) Mountain Battery
  • 39th (Reserve) Mountain Battery

Infantry

  • 49th Bengalis
  • 1st/50th Kumaon Rifles
    Kumaon Regiment
    The Kumaon Regiment is one of the most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its origins to the 18th century and has fought in every major campaign of the British Indian Army and the Indian Army, including the two world wars...

  • 2nd/50th Kumaon Rifles
    Kumaon Regiment
    The Kumaon Regiment is one of the most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its origins to the 18th century and has fought in every major campaign of the British Indian Army and the Indian Army, including the two world wars...

  • 1st/70th Burma Rifles
  • 2nd/70th Burma Rifles
  • 3rd/70th Burma Rifles
  • 4th/70th Burma Rifles
  • 71st Punjabis
  • 85th Burman Rifles
  • 111th Mahars
  • 1st/131st United Provinces Regiment
  • 2nd/131st United Provinces Regiment
  • 1st/132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment renamed 4th Battalion 30th Punjabis
    30th Punjabis
    The 30th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1857, as the 22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 30th Punjabis in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922...

  • 2nd/132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment
  • 133rd Regiment
  • 140th Patiala Regiment
  • 141st Bikanir Infantry
  • 142nd Jodhpur Infantry
  • 143rd Narsingh (Dholpur) Infantry
  • 144th Bharatpur Infantry
  • 145th Alwar (Jai Paltan) Infantry
  • 1st/150th Indian Infantry
  • 2nd/150th Indian Infantry
  • 3rd/150th Indian Infantry
  • 1st/151st Sikh Infantry
  • 2nd/151st Indian Infantry
  • 3rd/151st Punjabi Rifles
  • 1st/152nd Punjabis
  • 2nd/152nd Punjabis
  • 3rd/152nd Punjabis
  • 1st/153rd Punjabis
  • 2nd/153rd Punjabis
  • 3rd/153rd Rifles
  • 1st/154th Indian Infantry
  • 2nd/154th Indian Infantry
  • 3rd/154th Indian Infantry
  • 1st/155th Indian Pioneers
  • 2nd/155th Indian Infantry
  • 1st/156th Indian Infantry
  • 1st/11th Gurkha Rifles
  • 2nd/11th Gurkha Rifles
  • 3rd/11th Gurkha Rifles
  • 4th/11th Gurkha Rifles

See also

  • Kitchener Reforms
    Kitchener Reforms
    The Kitchener Reforms of the Indian Army began in 1903 when Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, completed the unification of the three armies of the former Presidencies , and also the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces, into one...

  • List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)
  • List of regiments of the Indian Army

Online

  • http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm
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