List of regiments of the British Indian Army (1922)
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This is a list of regiments of the Indian Army as it was following the reorganisation of the Indian Armed Forces in 1922.
Regular
- Governor General's BodyguardGovernor General's BodyguardThe 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 General's Bodyguard, Madras
- Governor General's Bodyguard, Bombay
- Governor General's Bodyguard, Bengal
- 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 Cavalry3rd CavalryThe 3rd Cavalry was a regular cavalry Regiment in the British Indian Army formed from the 5th and 8th Cavalry regiments in 1922.The which served on the North West Frontier and during World War I and World War II.-Early history:...
- 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
- 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse5th King Edward's Own Probyn's HorseThe 5 Horse is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. Previously, it was known as the 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, which was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army...
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)The 6 Lancers is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. Previously, it was known as the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers , which was a regular cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1921 by amalgamation of the 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers and 16th Cavalry...
- 7th Light Cavalry7th Light CavalryThe 7th Light Cavalry, was a regular army cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army which first came into British service with the East India Company and went on to serve on the North West Frontier and in World War I and World War II.-Formation:...
- 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry8th King George's Own Light CavalryThe 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry and the 30th Lancers following a re-organisation of the Indian Cavalry Corps. Both regiments were regular cavalry units that had had long and distinguished records in the...
- 9th Royal Deccan Horse9th Royal Deccan HorseThe 9th Royal Deccan Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army , it was formed from the amalgamation of two regiments after World War I. They saw service from the Mutiny of 1857 up to and including World War II.-Formation:...
- 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)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:...
- 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)The 11th Cavalry also known as PAVO Cavalry, is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was previously known as the 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry and was a regular cavalry regiment of the old British Indian Army...
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)The 12th Cavalry is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. It was formed in the British Indian army in 1922 by the amalgamation of 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry and 25th Cavalry ....
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde HorseThe 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army it can trace its formation back to two regiments of Scinde Irregular Horse raised at Hyderabad in 1839 and 1846 respectively....
- 15th Lancers15th LancersThe 15th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 17th Cavalry and the 37th Lancers .-17th Cavalry:...
- 16th Light Cavalry16th Light CavalryThe 16th Light Cavalry is a regiment of the Armoured Corps, a primary combat arm of the Indian Army. Prior to India gaining independence from the British in 1947, it was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army...
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry18th King Edward's Own CavalryThe 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry was a regular cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922 by the amalagamation of the 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry and the 7th Hariana Lancers...
- 18th/19th Lancers19th King George's Own LancersThe 19th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. Before 1956, it was known as 19th King George V's Own Lancers, which was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, by the amalgamation of 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers...
- 20th Lancers20th LancersThe 20th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers and the 15th Lancers .-14th Murray's Jat Lancers:...
- 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse)The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse)The Central India Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. They were formed at the start of the Mutiny of 1857 and served in the Great War and World War II.-Formation:...
in 1923)
Auxiliary
- The Assam Valley Light Horse
- The Bihar Light Horse
- The Bombay Light Horse
- The Calcutta Light HorseThe Calcutta Light HorseThe Calcutta Light Horse was raised in 1872 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947.-Operation Boarding Party:...
- The Chota Nagpur Regiment
- The Punjab Light Horse
- The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
- The Surma Valley Light Horse
- The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
- The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)
Regular
- 1st Punjab Regiment1st Punjab RegimentThe 1st Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 14th, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....
- 2nd Punjab Regiment2nd Punjab RegimentThe 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
- 3rd Madras Regiment3rd Madras RegimentThe 3rd Madras Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army formed after the World War I reforms of the Indian Army. The infantry regiments were converted into large regiments with four or five battalions in each regiment plus a training battalion, always numbered the 10th The...
- 4th Bombay Grenadiers4th Bombay GrenadiersThe 4th Bombay Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the pre-independence Indian Army, formed on 1 March 1922 as part of the reforms of the Indian Army that took place after the end of the First World War. Following this, the Regiment spent the next fifteen years serving in British Somaliland in...
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry5th Mahratta Light InfantryThe 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, whenthe Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions...
- 6th Rajputana Rifles6th Rajputana RiflesThe 6th Rajputana Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They were formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army. They moved away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
- 7th Rajput Regiment7th Rajput RegimentThe 7th Rajput 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...
- 8th Punjab Regiment8th Punjab RegimentThe 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.-Madras Infantry:...
- 9th Jat Regiment9th Jat RegimentThe 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.-World War II:...
- 10th Baluch Regiment10th Baluch RegimentThe 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After the Partition of India, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments...
- 11th Sikh Regiment11th Sikh RegimentThe 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment12th Frontier Force RegimentThe 12th Frontier Force Regiment was part of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922. It consisted of five regular battalions; numbered 1 to 5 and the 10th Battalion. During the Second World War a further ten battalions were raised. In 1945 the prenomial "12th" was dropped when the British...
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles13th Frontier Force RiflesThe 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.-History:...
- 14th Punjab Regiment14th Punjab RegimentThe 14th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....
- 15th Punjab Regiment15th Punjab RegimentThe 15th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
- 16th Punjab Regiment16th Punjab RegimentThe 16th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 15th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
- 17th Dogra Regiment17th Dogra RegimentThe 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...
- 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles18th Royal Garhwal RiflesThe 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 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. They were they only Indian Infantry regiment to remain intact...
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment19th Hyderabad RegimentThe 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
- 20th Burma Rifles
- 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)The 1 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally formed as part of the British Indian Army in 1815, later adopting the title of the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles , however, in 1947, following India's independence in 1947, it was transferred to the...
- 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha RiflesThe 3 Gorkha Rifles is an Indian Army infantry regiment. It was originally a Gurkha regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1815. They were present at a number of actions and wars including the Siege of Delhi in 1857 to the First and Second World Wars...
- 4th Gurkha Rifles - (became 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha RiflesThe 4 Gorkha Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1857 as part of the British Indian Army, but after India's independence in 1947 it was one of six Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army...
in 1924) - 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)The 5 Gorkha Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. It was formed in 1858 as part of the British Indian Army and served in the First World War and Second World War. The regiment was one of the Gorkha regiments that was transferred to the...
- 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 7th Gurkha Rifles
- 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Gurkha Rifles
- 10th Gurkha Rifles
Auxiliary Force, India
- The Allahabad Rifles
- The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps
- The Bangalore Contingent
- The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion
- The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion
- The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment
- The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
- The Burma Railways Battalion
- The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Scottish
- The Cawnpore Rifles
- The Coorg and Mysore Company
- The Delhi Contingent
- The East Coast Battalion
- The East Indian Railway Regiment
- The Eastern Bengal Company
- The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment
- The Hyderabad Rifles
- The Lucknow Rifles
- The Lucknow Volunteer Rifles
- The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
- The Madras Guards
- The Mussourie Battalion
- The Nagpur Rifles
- The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
- The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion
- The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
- The North Western Railway Battalion
- The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
- The Poona Rifles
- The Punjab Rifles
- The Rangoon Battalion
- The Simla Rifles
- The Sind Rifles
- The South Indian Railway Battalion
- The Tenasserim Battalion
- The Upper Burma Battalion
The Frontier Corps
- The Gilgit Scouts
- The Chitral Scouts
- The Kurram Militia
- The Tochi Scouts
- The South Waziristan Scouts
- The Zhob Militia
- The Pishin Scouts (1946-47)
- Khyber RiflesKhyber RiflesThe 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....
Military Police and North-East Frontier units
- The Malabar Special Police
- Burma Military Police
- The Eastern Frontier Rifles, IMP
- Assam RiflesAssam RiflesThe 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...
Services
- The Army Bearer Corps
- The Army Clothing Department
- The Army Hospital Corps
- The Army Remount Department
- The Army Veterinary Corps
- The Indian Medical Department
- The Indian Ordinance Department
- The Military Farms Department
- Supply and Transport Corps
Support Arms
- Mountain Artillery
- 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and MinersMadras Engineer GroupMadras 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...
(numeral omitted 1923) - 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 4th Burma Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 1st Madras Pioneers1st Madras PioneersThe 1st Madras Pioneers could refer to;*61st Pioneers Which had the title in 1901, they later became the 1st Battalion, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922*64th Pioneers which became the 2nd Battalion, 1st Madras Pioneers in 1922....
- 2nd Bombay Pioneers2nd Bombay PioneersThe 2nd Bombay Pioneers were a regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
- 3rd Sikh Pioneers3rd Sikh PioneersThe 3rd Sikh Pioneers was a regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments. The 3rd Sikh Pioneers were one of four Pioneer units in the 1922 reorganisation, including the 1st Madras Pioneers, 2nd Bombay...
- 4th Hazara Pioneers4th Hazara PioneersThe 4th Hazara Pioneers was a regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments; the 106th Hazara Pioneers became the 1st Battalion 4th Hazara Pioneers...
Wartime Units and others formed between 1922 and 1947
- Field ArtilleryField artilleryField artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, long range, short range and extremely long range target engagement....
- Women's Army Corps (India)
- 42nd Cavalry
- 43rd Cavalry
- 44th Cavalry
- 45th Cavalry
- 46th Cavalry
- 47th Cavalry
- 48th Cavalry
- Indian Long Range SquadronIndian Long Range SquadronThe Indian Long Range Squadron or ILRS was a unit of the British Indian Army during the Second World War. It was formed by asking for volunteers from the, 2nd Lancers, 11th Cavalry and the 18th Cavalry all part of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade. It was originally formed to patrol the borders between...
- 21st Regiment
- 22nd Regiment
- 23rd Regiment
- 24th Regiment
- 25th Ajmer Regiment
- Kumaon Rifles
- Indian Parachute RegimentParachute Regiment (India)-History:The first Indian airborne formation was the 50 Independent Parachute Brigade raised on 29 October 1941 with 151 British, 152 Indian, and 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalions and other support units....
- Indian Ordnance and Mechanical Engineers
See also
- List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903)
- List of regiments of the Indian Army
- Royal Engineers Museum Indian Sappers (1740-1947)