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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 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 .
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.
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:
Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5; Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar (2019) ''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Waffadar Paltan' Volume 1 1818-1920 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) ISBN 978-93-86618-92-4
The sub-units have troops from a single ethnic group e.g. Rajputana Rifles are recruited primarily from Jat and Rajput populations. Mixed Fixed Class - They are similar to the Fixed Class regiments but the sub-units have troops from more than one ethnicity. e.g. the Punjab Regiment comprises Sikhs , Punjabis and Dogras but all function in mixed ...
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.
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.