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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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9th
Gorkha Rifles
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India
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1817 |
The Fategarh
Levy |
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1818 |
The Mynpoory
Levy |
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1823 |
1st Battalion,
32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry |
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1824 |
63rd Regiment
of Bengal Native Infantry |
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9th Regiment
of Bengal Native Infantry |
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1885 |
9th Regiment
of Bengal Infantry |
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1893 |
9th Gurkha
(Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry |
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1901 |
9th Gurkha
Rifles |
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1904 |
2nd
Battalion raised to replace 11th
Coorg Regiment |
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1948 |
allocated
to India at independence and partition |
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1949 |
9th Gorkha
Rifles |
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9th
Gorkha Rifles (Bharat Rakshak) |
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Depot
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Home Station: Dehra
Dun [1923-1948?] |
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39th Gorkha Rifles Regimental
Centre (shared with 3rd Gorkha
Rifles), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh [1948?-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1817-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1904-present] |
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3rd Battalion [1940-present] |
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4th Battalion [1940-1947,
1961-present] |
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5th Battalion [1942-1946,
1963-present] |
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6th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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Bhurtpore, Sobraon,
Afghanistan 1879-80,
Punjab Frontier
The Great War: La
Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Festubert 1914 '15,
Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Loos, France and Flanders
1914-15, Tigris
1916, Kut al Amara 1917,
Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18
Afghanistan
1919
The Second World War: Malaya
1941-42, Djebel
el Meida, Djebel Garci, Ragoubet Souissia,
North Africa 1940-43, Cassino
I, Hangman's Hill, Tavoleto, San Marino,
Italy 1943-45, Chindits
1944, Burma 1942-45
Phillora,
Punjab 1965, Kumarkhali,
East Pakistan 1971, Jammu and Kashmir 1971, Dera Baba Nanak,
Punjab 1971
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rifle green;
facings: black
tartan: [none] |
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Maj-Gen. Sir William L. O. Twiss, KCIE,
CB, CBE, MC |
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1949.08.31 |
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