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In the Regiment of Artillery the battalion-sized units are referred to as regiments, a point of confusion on occasion. These units are equipped and named based on their type of equipment. There are two types of units. The majority are regiments that have weapons as their equipment, such as missiles, rockets, field guns, medium guns or mortars.
16th Punjab Regiment; 18th Cavalry (India) 21st Horse (Central India Horse) 22 Medium Regiment (India) 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) 23 Field Regiment (India) 24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) 25th Mountain Battery; 30th Punjabis; 33rd Indian Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery; 37 Field Regiment (India)
The Chamar Regiment was among the units raised by the British during World War Two to increase the strength of the Indian Army. It was formed along caste lines from the Chamars. The Regiment fought against the Japanese in Burma, as part of the 268 Indian Brigade, under the command of Brigadier G M Dyer, part of 15 Corps.
By 1936, the Indian Army had committed to supplying in wartime a brigade each for Singapore, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Burma and two for Egypt. [13] But, by 1939, further reductions had reduced the Indian Army to 18 cavalry regiments and 96 infantry battalions, in total 194,373 men including 34,155 non-combatants. [14]
The history of the Indian Grenadiers is linked to the troops recruited for the army of the Bombay Presidency. The first mention of a grenadier company hails back to 1684, when a little army of English troops, which had taken possession of the island of Bombay and comprising three companies of Europeans and local Christians, had a grenadier ...
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]
Recruits line up to enlist with the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1943.. In 1939 the British Indian Army numbered 205,000 men. It took in volunteers and by 1945 was the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 3.35 million men. [19]
The Sikh Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is the most highly decorated regiment of the Indian Army and in 1979, the 1st battalion was the Commonwealth's most decorated battalion, with 245 pre-independence and 82 post-independence gallantry awards, when it was transformed into the 4th battalion, Mechanised Infantry Regiment.