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The Garhwal
Rifles
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1890 |
39th
(The Garhwal) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry
formed by redesignation 2nd Bn, 3rd
Goorkha Regiment |
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1892 |
39th
(The Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry |
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1901 |
39th
Garhwal Rifles
2nd Bn
formed by redesignation of 49th (Garhwal Rifles) Regiment of
Bengal Light Infantry [formed 1901] |
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1918.04 |
4th
Battalion [raised 1917] redesignated
1st Battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles |
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1921 |
39th
Royal Garhwal Rifles |
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1922.03.01 |
18th
Royal Garhwal Rifles
[four battalions] |
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1945.10 |
The
Royal Garhwal Rifles |
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allocated
to India at partition and independence |
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The
Garhwal Rifles |
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The
Garhwal Rifles (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Garhwal Rifles (GlobalSecurity.org) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Lansdowne, Uttar Pradesh [1923-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1890-1981] |
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2nd
Battalion [1901-1942, 1946-present] |
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3rd
Battalion [1917-present] |
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4th
Battalion [1917-1918] |
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4th
Battalion [1918-1922] |
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4th Battalion [1940-1946,
1959-present] |
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5th Battalion [1941-1942,
1962-present] |
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6th Battalion [1941-1946, 1963-present] |
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7th Battalion [1942-1943, 1964-present] |
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8th Battalion [1948-present] |
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9th Battalion [1965-present] |
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10th
(Training) Battalion [1922-1942] |
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10th Battalion [1965-present] |
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11th Battalion [1967-present] |
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12th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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13th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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14th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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15th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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16th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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17th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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18th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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19th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1946] |
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3rd Scout Battalion [19uu-present] |
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Territorials: |
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11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941] |
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Punjab
Frontier
The
Great War: La
Bassée 1914,
Armentières 1914, Festubert
1914 '15, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, France and Flanders 1914-15,
Egypt 1915-16, Khan
Baghdadi, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1917-18, Macedonia
1918
Afghanistan
1919
The Second World War: Gallabat,
Barentu, Keren, Massawa, Amba Alagi, Abyssinia 1940-41,
Kuantan,
Malaya 1941-42, Citta
di Castello, Italy
1943-45, Yenangyaung
1942, Monywa 1942, Ngakedauk Pass, North Arakan, Ramree, Taungup,
Burma 1942-45
Tithwal,
Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Nurangang, Buttur
Dograndi,
Punjab 1965, Gadra Road, Rajasthan 1965, Hilli,
East Pakistan 1971
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Freedoms: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
Journal: |
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Full Histories:
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Evatt, John Thorold. Historical
record of the 39th Royal Garhwál Rifles, vol. 1. 1887-1922.
Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1923. |
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Evatt, John Thorold. Historical
record of the 39th Royal Garhwál Rifles, vol. 1. 1887-1922.
[reprint] Lansdowne [Uttar Pradesh, India] : Garhwal Rifles Regimental
Centre, 1981. |
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Deedes, Ralph, Sir. Historical
record of the Royal Garhwal Rifles, vol. 2, 1923-1947. Dehra
Dun : The Army Press, 1962. |
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Short Histories:
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Panthari, Yogesa. Di
Garhavala Raiphalsa. Nai Dilli : Alakananda Prakasana, 1982. |
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Negi, Kumvarasimha. Garhavali
Paltana ka sankshipta paricaya. Kotadvara, Garhavala : Kumvarasimha
Negi "Karmatha" : Pustaka milane ka pata, Uttarakhanda Sahitya Sadana,
1996. |
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First World
War: |
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Drake-Brockman, D. H. (David
Henry). With the Royal Garhwal Rifles in the great war from
August, 1914, to November, 1917. Hayward's Heath : [s.n.]
1934. |
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Drake-Brockman, D. H. (David
Henry). With the Royal Garhwal Rifles in the great war from
August, 1914, to November, 1917. [reprint] Uckfield : Naval
& Military Press, 2006. ISBN: 1845743261 |
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Special Topics: |
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Standing orders of the
18th Royal Garhwal Rifles. Allahabad : The Pioneer Press,
1928. |
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