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1922.03.01 9th Jat Regiment
formed by union:
 
1945 The Jat Regiment
1947 allocated to India at partition and independence
pip The Jat Regiment (Bharat Rakshak)
pip The Jat Regiment, by Mandeep S. Bajwa and Ravi Rikhye (Bharat Rakshak Monitor)
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Regimental Centre:
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh [1923-present]
 
Regulars:
  1st Royal Battalion [1922-1979]
  2nd (Mooltan) Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-present]
  3rd Battalion [1922-present]
  4th Battalion [1922-1923, 1940-1942, 1962-present]
  5th Battalion [1941-present]
  6th Battalion [1941-present]
  7th Battalion [1941-1946, 1962-present]
  8th Battalion [1941-1946, 1959-present]
  9th Battalion [1941-1946, 1963-present]
  10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1942]
  11th Battalion [1964-present]
  12th Battalion [1972-present]
  13th Battalion [not formed]
  14th Battalion [1941-1947, 1963-present]
  15th Battalion [1943-1946, 1963?-present]
  16th Battalion [1964-present]
  17th Battalion [1966-present]
  18th Battalion [1966-present]
  19th Battalion [19uu-present]
  20th Battalion [19uu-present]
  21st Battalion [19uu-present]
  25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1943]
  26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
  27th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946]
  31st Battalion [1970-1972]
  Machine Gun Battalion [1941-1946]
   
Territorials:
  11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941]
  12th (Territorial) Battalion [1940-1941?]
   
   
   
[combined battle honours of 6th Jat Light Infantry, 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment), 10th Jats, and 18th Infantry, plus:]

The Great War:1  La Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Neuve Chapelle, France and Flanders 1914-15, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914-18, NW Frontier India 1914-15 '17

Afghanistan 19191

The Second World War:  Jitra, Kampar, The Muar, Malaya 1941-42, North Africa 1940-43, Razabil, Nunshigum, Kanglatongbi, Burma 1942-45

Rajaori, Zoji La, Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Ladakh 1962, Dograi, Phillora, Punjab 1965, East Pakistan 1971, Jammu and Kashmir 1971

1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

 
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vc Abdul Hafiz, VC, by Ed Haynes.
 
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Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Hailes, W.L. (Walter Leslie). War services of the 9th Jat Regiment. Aldershot [Eng.] Gale & Polden, 1938. Note: Covers period 1803-1937.
book Hailes, W.L. (Walter Leslie); Ross, J. (John). War services of the 9th Jat Regiment. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1965. 2 v. Note: Combined reissue of earlier works by Hailes and Ross: Vol. 2 has subtitle: 1937-1948, by J. Ross & W.L. Hailes. Edited by N. St. J. Becher./ Vol. 2 has imprint: London, 1965. Limited ed. of 100 copies.
book Hailes, W.L. (Walter Leslie); Ross, J. (John). The Jat Regiment; a history of the Regiment, 1803-1947. Bareilly, Jat Regimental Centre, 1967. [2nd ed.] 2 v. in 1. Contents: v. 1. 1803-1937, by W.L. Hailes.--v. 2. 1837-1948, by J. Ross. Note: Combined reissue of earlier works by Hailes and Ross: Vol. 2 has subtitle: 1937-1948, by J. Ross & W.L. Hailes.
 
Second World War:
book Ross, J. (John); Hailes, W.L. (Walter Leslie). War services of the 9th Jat Regiment. Redhill (Sy.) : N. St. J. Becher, 1965. Limited ed. of 100 copies.
book Ross, J. (John); Hailes, W.L. (Walter Leslie). War services of the 9th Jat Regiment. Vol. 2, 1937-1948. London : Sapphire Press, 1965. [Another ed.]
book Jack, Ian M. A soldier's tale. Wedmore : Stanley Castle, 1995. Note: Personal narrative of officer in 6th/9th Battalion, Jat Regiment.
book Johnson, E. A brief history of the Machine Gun Battalion, The Jat Regiment, 1941-1946. Bangalore : Higginbothams, 1947.
  
Special Topics:
book Standing orders for war : MG Bn, 9th Jat Regiment. Lucknow : HQ Lucknow District, 1943.