5th Mahratta Light Infantry [India]

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	1922.03.01	5th Mahratta Light Infantry formed by union:
		1st Battalion, formed by redesignation of 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 105th Mahratta Light Infantry 3rd Battalion, formed by redesignation of 110th Mahratta Light Infantry 4thBattalion, formed by redesignation of 116th Mahrattas 5th Battalion, formed by redesignation of 117th Mahrattas 10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of 114th Mahrattas
	1945.10	The Mahratta Light Infantry
	1947.08	allocated to India at partition and independence
	1948	The Maratha Light Infantry


		The Maratha Light Infantry (Bharat Rakshak)
		The Maratha Light Infantry (Bharat Rakshak Monitor)
		The Maratha Light Infantry (GlobalSecurity.org)

	*Regimental Centre:*
		Belgaum, Maharashtra [1923-present]

	*Regulars:*
		1st Battalion [1922-present]
		2nd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-present]
		3rd Battalion [1922-1952]
		3rd Battalion [1969-present]
		4th Battalion [1922-present]
		5th Royal Battalion [1922-present]
		6th Battalion [1940-1947, 1962-present]
		7th Battalion [1940-1942, 1963-present]
		8th Battalion [1941-1942, 1963-1969]
		9th Battalion [1941-1942, 1964-present]
		10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1942]
		11th Battalion [1979-present]
		12th Battalion [1979-present]
		13th Battalion [not formed]
		14th Battalion [1941-1946, 1971-present]
		15th Battalion [1941-1946, 1966-present]
		16th Battalion [1941-1946, 1966-present]
		17th Battalion [1941-1947, 1962-present]
		18th Battalion [1942-1946, 19uu-present]
		19th (Kolhapur) Battalion [1957-present]
		20th (Baroda) Battalion [1949-1981]
		21st (Baroda) Battalion [1949-present]
		22nd (Hyderabad) Battalion [1957-present]
		25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1942]
		26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
		26th Battalion [19uu-present]
		27th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
		28th Garrison Battalion [1943-1946]
		29th Garrison Battalion [1944-1946]
		30th Garrison Battalion [1944-1946]
		42nd Battalion [19uu-present]

	*Territorials:*
		11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941]
		12th (Territorial) Battalion [1939-1941]


	[combined battle honours of 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry, 105th Mahratta Light Infantry, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, 116th Mahrattas, 117th Mahrattas, and the 114th Mahrattas, plus:] The Great War:¹ Megiddo, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine 1918, Basra, Shaiba, Kut-al-Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut-al-Amara, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1914-18, Persia 1918, North West Frontier 1914-15 '17 Afghanistan 1919¹ The Second World War: Keren, Abyssinia, 1940-41, Sidi Suleiman, Tobruk 1941 '42, Gubi II, North Africa 1940-43, The Sangro, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Alpe de Vitigliano, The Senio, Italy 1943-45, Ru-ywa, Shangshak, Tengnoupal, Burma 1942-45 Burki, Hussainiwala Bridge, Punjab 1965, Rajasthan 1965, Suadih, Jamalpur, East Pakistan 1971, Burj, Punjab 1971 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

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	1945	Gen. Sir Mosley Mayne, GCB, CBE, DSO
	1949	Maj-Gen. D.S. Bra,r OBE
	1959	Lt-Gen. T.B. Henderson Brooks, PVSM
	1969

	<2000>	Maj-Gen. Eustace D'Souza


	4th Battalion:
	1935	Gen. Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird, KCB, CMG, CIE, DSO [also S Lancs Regt]
	1948


		Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference)
		Mamdeo Jadav, VC, by Ed Haynes.
		Yeshwant Ghadge, VC, by Ed Haynes.


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		Regimental Officers Association - The Maratha Light Infantry Regiment


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	Regimental Journal:


	Full Histories:
		Barr, James S. *A brief history of the Mahratta Light Infantry*. Bombay : Printed by G. Claridge & Co., 1945.
		Abhyankar, M. G. *Valour enshrined : a history of the Mahratta Light Infantry, 1768-1947*. New Delhi : Orient Longman, 1971.

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