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Rajputana Rifles Regimental Insignia of the Rajputana Rifles Active 10 January 1775 – present Country India Branch Indian Army Type Line Infantry Role Infantry Size 25 battalions Garrison/HQ Delhi Cantonment Nickname(s) RajRif Motto(s) Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (वीर भोग्य वसुंधरा) (Sanskrit) "The Brave Shall Inherit the Earth" War Cry Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai (Hail ...
The regiment served in World War II and in 1947 was allocated to the new Indian Army after independence as the Rajputana Rifles. A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. circa. 1911. During World War II the regiment was expanded to thirteen battalions and served in the Middle East, Burma and Malaya. [1]
The Rajput Regiment is one of the oldest infantry regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its history back to 1778, when the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry was formed. The regiment's 1st Battalion was later formed in 1798.
11 Armoured Regiment; 12 Armoured Regiment; 13 Armoured Regiment; 14 Horse (The Scinde Horse) 15 Armoured Regiment; 16th Light Cavalry; 17th Horse (The Poona Horse) 18th Cavalry; 19 Armoured Regiment; 20 Lancers; 21 Horse (Central India Horse) 41 Armoured Regiment; 42 Armoured Regiment; 43 Armoured Regiment; 44 Armoured Regiment; 45 Cavalry; 46 ...
A memorial to the Rajputana Rifles in the form of a marble Chhatri (canopy) was constructed in 1925 at Nasirabad after formation of Sixth Rajputana Rifle Group in 1921/22. This was to commemorate 2,058 of all ranks of the regiment who had been killed during World War I. The 20-foot high memorial is a Makrana marble dome supported by six pillars ...
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
The 125th Napier's Rifles, currently known as the 5th Batallion, Rajputana Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. At various points in history it was also known as the 1st Extra Battalion Bombay Native Infantry , the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (1826–1889) and the 25th Bombay Rifles .
Troops of the 120th Rajputana Infantry train with a machine-gun and rifles in Mesopotamia, January 1915. 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.