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created 1 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Mahar
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| 1917.07 | 111th Mahars raised as a single-class battalion (Mahars had previously served in 2nd Bn 1st Bombay Native Inf) |
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| 1920 | absorbed 71st Punjabis (Punjab Christian Battalion) | |
| 1922 | disbanded | |
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| 1941.10.01 | The
Mahar Regiment raised at Belgaum from Mahars serving in 11th and 12th Bns, The Mahratta Light Infantry |
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| 1946 | The Mahar Machine Gun Regiment | |
| 1947 | allocated to India at partition and independence (with no transfers of personnel) | |
| 1964 | The Mahar Regiment | |
| 1979 | 16th Bn transferred as 12th Bn, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment | |
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The Mahar Regiment (Bharat Rakshak) | |
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The Mahar Movement's Military Component, by Richard B. White. | |
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The Mahar Regiment (GlobalSecurity.org) | |
| Regimental Centre: | ||
| Kamptee [1941-1947], Arangaon, Maharashtra [1947-1948], Saugor, Madhya Pradesh [1948-present] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1917-1922, 1941-present] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1942-present] | ||
| 3rd Battalion [1943-present] | ||
| 4th Battalion [1956-present] | ||
| 5th Battalion [1956-present] | ||
| 6th Battalion [1956-present] | ||
| 7th Battalion [1959-present] | ||
| 8th Battalion [1962-present] | ||
| 9th Battalion [1962-present] | ||
| 10th Battalion [1962-present] | ||
| 11th Battalion [1964-present] | ||
| 12th Battalion [1965-present] | ||
| 13th Battalion [1966-present] | ||
| 14th Battalion [1971-present] | ||
| 15th Battalion [1972-present] | ||
| 16th Battalion [1975-1979] | ||
| 17th Battalion [1979-present] | ||
| 18th Battalion [1981-present] | ||
| 31st Battalion [1968-1971] | ||
| 32nd Battalion [1970-1972] | ||
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The Great War: [none] The Second World War: [none] Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Jaurian-Kalit, Kalidahar, Jammu and Kashmir 1965, Asal Uttar, Tilakpur-Muhadipur, Punjab 1965, Shamsher Nagar, East Pakistan 1971, Thanpir, Jammu and Kashmir 1971, Harar Kalan, Shehjra, Punjab 1971, Parbat Ali, Sindh 1971 |
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Ramasawmy Parmeshwaran , PVC, by Ed Haynes. | |
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