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1922.03.01 17th Dogra Regiment
formed by union:
 
1945 The Dogra Regiment
1947 allocated to India at partition and independence
pip The Dogra Regiment (Bharat Rakshak)
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Regimental Centre:
Jullunder [1923-1948?], Faizabad [1948?-present]
 
Regulars:
  1st Battalion [1922-1981]
  2nd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-present]
  3rd Battalion [1922-1942, 1946-present]
  4th Battalion [1940-present]
  5th Battalion [1941-1942, 1963-present]
  6th Battalion [1941-1946, 1964-present]
  7th Battalion [1941-1946, 1966-present]
  8th Battalion [1948-present]
  9th Battalion [1948-present]
  10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1943]
  11th Battalion [1970-present]
  12th Battalion [1976-present]
  13th Battalion [1948-present]
  14th Battalion [1948?-present]
  15th Battalion [1949-present]
  16th Battalion [1948-present]
  17th Battalion [198u-present]
  18th Battalion [198u-present]
  19th Battalion [19uu-present]
  25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1946]
  26th Garrison Battalion [1946-1946]
  Machine Gun Battalion [1941-1947]
   
Territorials:
  11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941]
  12th (Territorial) Battalion [1939-1941]
   
   
   
[combined battle honours of 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras, 38th Dogras, 41st Dogras, plus:]

The Great War:1  La Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914 '15, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, France and Flanders 1914-15, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-18, Aden, NW Frontier India 1915 '17

Afghanistan 19191

The Second World War:  Kota Bahru, Malaya 1941-42, Donbaik, Nunshigum, Magwe, Kennedy Peak, Burma 1942-45

Jhangar, Rajaori, Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Hajipir, Raja Picquet-Chand Tekri, OP Hill (NL 1053), Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Asal Uttar, Dograi, Punjab 1965, Suadhi, Siramani, Chauddagram, East Pakistan 1971, Dera Baba Nanak, Punjab 1971

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

 
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1924.09.09 F.M. HM King Edward VIII
 
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Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Palsokar, R. D. The Dogra Regiment, a saga of gallantry and valour : a historical record, 1858-1981. Faizabad : Dogra Regtl Centre, 1982.
book Bristow, R.C.B ; and Gloyne, R.W.D. The Dogra quarterly : the war years. Lahore : The Civil & Military Gazette Press, 1946.
book Cunningham, W. B. Dogras, handbooks for the Indian Army. Delhi : Manager of Publications, 1941. [Rev. ed. of Dogra handbook, 1918]
 
Battalion Histories:
book Atkinson, C. T. (Christopher Thomas). A history of the 1st (P.W.O.) Battalion : the Dogra Regiment 1887-1947, 37th Dogras, 1887-1923, 1st (P.W.O.) Bn., 17th Dogra Rgt., 1922-1945. Southampton : Printed for the subscribers by the Camelot Press, 1950.
book Cunningham, W. D. ; Phelps, J. N. History, 2nd Bn The Dogra Regiment (1861-1942). Ferozepore : Krishan Sudama Press, [1958?]