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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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1st
King George's Own
Gorkha Rifles
(The Malaun Regiment)
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India
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1815.04.24 |
1st Nusseree
Battalion |
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2nd Nusseree
Battalion |
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1823 |
6th (1st Nusseri)
(Gorka) Local Battalion |
7th (2nd Nusseri)
Local Battalion |
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1824 |
6th (1st Nusseri)
Local Battalion |
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1826 |
4th (1st Nusseri)
Local Battalion |
5th (2nd Nusseri)
Local Battalion |
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1830 |
4th Nusseree
Battalion |
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1845 |
4th Nusseree
(Rifle) Battalion |
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1850 |
66th (or
Goorkha) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |
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1851 |
66th Regiment
of Bengal Native Infantry (Goorkhas) |
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1857 |
66th (or
Gookha) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |
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1858 |
66th (or
Goorkha) Light Infantry Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |
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1861.05. |
11th Bengal
Native Infantry |
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1861.10. |
1st Goorkha
Regiment |
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1886 |
1st Goorkha
Light Infantry |
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1891 |
1st Gurkha
(Rifle) Regiment |
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1901 |
1st Gurkha
Rifles |
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1903 |
1st Gurkha
Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1906.01.01 |
1st Prince
of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1910 |
1st King
George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1937 |
1st King
George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1947 |
allocated
to India at independence and partition |
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1949 |
1st King
George V's Own Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1950 |
1st Gorkha
Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) |
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1st
Gorkha Rifles (Bharat Rakshak) |
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Depot
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Home Station: Dharamsala
[1923-1948?] |
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14th Gorkha Rifles Regimental
Centre (shared with 4th Gorkha
Rifles), Sabathu, Himachal Pradesh [1948?-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1815-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1886-present] |
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3rd Battalion [1917-1921,
1940-1946, 1959-present] |
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4th Battalion [1941-1946,
1963-present] |
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5th Battalion [1942-1946,
1965-present] |
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Bhurtpore, Aliwal,
Sobraon, Afghanistan
1878-80, Tirah,
Punjab Frontier
The Great War: Givenchy
1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915, St. Julien, Festubert
1915, Loos, France and Flanders 1914-15, Megiddo,
Sharon, Palestine
1918, Tigris
1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad,
Mesopotamia 1916-18, N.W.
Frontier India 1915 '17
Afghanistan
1919
The Second World War: Jitra,
Kampar, Malaya 1941-42,
Shenam Pass, Bishenpur,
Ukhrul, Myinmu Bridgehead, Kyaukse 1945,
Burma 1942-45
Kalidhar,
Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Darsana,
Jammu and Kashmir 1971, East Pakistan 1971
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when the regiment became Rifles. |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
rifle green;
facings: red, perpetuating the regiment's scarlet uniform
as 66th BNI.
tartan: Childers
(1st Bn pipers' plaids, pipe bags & ribbons), Mackenzie
(2nd Bn pipers' plaids, pipe bags & ribbons) |
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Motto: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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