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The Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum in the Rajputana Rifles Centre is located inside the Delhi Cantonment. The museum covers the rich history of the regiment in the most modern fashion. The museum is around 7000 square feet in size and covers the history of the regiment from its inception.
The 6th Rajputana Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.It was reformed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army. The regiment served in World War II and in 1947 was allocated to the new Indian Army after independence as the Rajputana Rifles.
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.
6th Rajputana Rifles: Renamed The Rajputana Rifles in 1945. Allotted to India in 1947. 1st Battalion (Wellesley's): Late 104th Wellesley's Rifles. 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion: Late 120th Rajputana Infantry. 3rd (Prince of Wales's Own) Battalion: Late 122nd Rajputana Infantry. 4th Battalion (Outram's): Late 123rd Outram's Rifles.
In 1922 the infantry regiments of the British Indian Army were reorganised and all the Rajput regiments (with the exception of the 13th (Shekhawati) Rajput Infantry, which became the 10th battalion of the 6th Rajputana Rifles) were amalgamated to become battalions of the new 7th Rajput Regiment as follows:
Subadar Richpal Ram, 6th Rajputana Rifles, Indian Army. During the assault on enemy positions in front of Keren, Eritrea, on the night of 7-8th February, 1941, Subadar Richpal Ram, who was second-in-command of a leading company, insisted on accompanying the forward platoon and led its attack on the first objective with great dash and gallantry.
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 Pakistani forces were forced to withdraw when Indian tanks from the division's cavalry regiment, the 20th Lancers, commanded by Colonel Bawa Guruvachan Singh, along with the 17th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles, launched their counter-offensive to end the six-hour engagement. [30] Longewala had proved to be one of the defining moments in the war.