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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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8th
Gorkha Rifles
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India
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1824.02.19 |
16th (or
Sylhet) Local Battalion |
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1826 |
11th (or
Sylhet) Local Battalion |
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1827 |
11th (or
Sylhet) Local Infantry |
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1861.05. |
48th (Sylhet)
Light Infantry, Bengal Native Infantry |
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1861.10. |
44th (Sylhet)
Light Infantry, Bengal Native Infantry |
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1864 |
44th (Sylhet)
Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry |
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1886 |
44th Regiment
of Goorkha (Light) Infantry |
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1889 |
44th (Goorkha)
Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry |
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1891 |
44th Gurkha
(Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry |
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1901 |
44th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1903 |
8th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1907 |
2nd
Battalion formed by redesignation
of 7th Gurkha Rifles |
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1947 |
allocated
to India at independence and partition, receiving 5th Bn, transferred
from 2nd Gurkha Rifles [its 4th Bn] |
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1949 |
8th Gorkha
Rifles |
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1979 |
1st Battalion transferred
as 3rd Bn,
The Mechanised Infantry Regiment
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8th
Gorkha Rifles (Bharat Rakshak) |
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Depot & HQ: |
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Home Station: Quetta
[1st Bn, 1923-1947], Shillong [2nd Bn, 1923-1947],
Dehra Dun [whole regt, 1947-1948?] |
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58th Gorkha Rifles Regimental
Centre (shared with 5th Gorkha
Rifles), Shillong, Meghalaya [1948?-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1824-1979] |
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2nd
Battalion [1907-present] |
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3rd Battalion [1917-1921,
1940-1946, 1963-present] |
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4th Battalion [1941-present] |
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5th Battalion [1948-present] |
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6th Battalion [1948-present] |
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7th Battalion [1970?-present] |
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Burma 1885-871
The Great War: La
Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914 '15,
Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, France and Flanders
1914-15, Egypt 1915-16,
Megiddo, Sharon,
Palestine 1918, Tigris
1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad,
Mesopotamia 1916-17
Afghanistan
1919
The Second World War: Iraq
1941, North Africa
1940-43, Gothic
Line, Coriano, Santarcangelo, Gaiana Crossing,
Italy 1943-45, Point
551, North Arakan, Imphal, Tamu Road, Bishenpur, Kaglatongbi, Myinmu
Bridgehead, Singu, Mandalay, Shandatgyi, Sittang 1945,
Burma 1942-45
Punch,
Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Chushul, Ladakh 1962, Jammu
and Kashmir 1965, Punjab 1965
1. The 43rd Gurkha Rifles
brought no battle honours to the combined regiment in 1907.
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Maj-Gen. David Robertson |
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1904.05.13 |
Gen. Sir Horace Moule Evans, KCB |
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Gen. Sir John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge,
GCB, CMG, DSO [also Col. 2nd Bn 1st
Punjab Regt; Hon. Col. 7th
Bn Devonshire Regt] |
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1949.04.30 |
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F.M.
Padma Vibushan Somasji Hormuzji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, PVSM,
MC |
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