The Mechanised Infantry Regiment [India]

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Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 22.07.2006

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	The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
	India

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	1979.04.02	The Mechanised Infantry Regiment formed by union of fourteen battalions from other infantry regiments (more battalions raised later):
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Madras Regiment [former 73rd Carnatic Infantry] 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Jat Regiment [former 6th Jat Light Infantry] 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, 8th Gorkha Rifles 4th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Sikh Regiment [former 14th KGO Ferozepore Sikhs] 5th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 14th Bn, The Kumaon Regiment 6th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Garhwal Rifles [former 39th Garhwal Rifles] 7th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 1st Bn, The Dogra Regiment [former 37th Dogras] 8th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 7th Bn, The Punjab Regiment 9th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 7th Bn, The Grenadiers 10th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 20th Bn, The Maratha Light Infantry 11th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 18th Bn, The Rajputana Rifles 12th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 16th Bn, The Mahar Regiment 13th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 18th Bn, The Rajput Regiment 14th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 16th Bn, The Jammu & Kashmir Rifles


		The Mechanised Infantry Regiment, (Bharat Rakshak)
		The Mechanised Infantry Regiment (GlobalSecurity.org)

	*Regimental Centre:*
		Ahmednagar, Maharashtra [1979-present]

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1979-present]
		2nd Battalion [1979-present]
		3rd Battalion [1979-present]
		4th Battalion [1979-present]
		5th Battalion [1979-present]
		6th Battalion (1 Garhwal) [1981-present]
		7th Battalion [1979-present]
		8th Battalion [1979-present]
		9th Battalion [1979-present]
		10th Battalion [1979-present]
		11th Battalion [1981-present]
		12th Battalion [1979-present]
		13th Battalion [1983-present]
		14th Battalion [19uu-present]
		15th Battalion [1981-present]
		16th Battalion [1982-present]
		17th Battalion (Reconnaissance and Support) [1982-present]
		18th Battalion [1983-present]
		19th Battalion (Reconnaissance and Support) [1983-present]
		20th Battalion [1984-present]
		21st Battalion [1984-present]
		22nd Battalion [1984-present]
		23rd Battalion (Reconnaissance and Support) [198u-present]
		24th Battalion [1993-present]
		25th Battalion [199u-present]

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	1979	Gen. Krishnaswamy "Sundarji" Sundarrajan, PVSM, ADC


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