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Register and Alphabetic Index of the 

Regiments and Corps of

SOUTH ASIA

See also in South Asia:
Index of Bangladesh
Formations
Index of
Burma Formations
Index of Indian
Formations
Lists of Regular Army Regiments and Corps:
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Lists of State, Territorial, and Auxiliary Regiments and Corps:
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How to find information about individuals who served in these regiments and corps
 

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disbanded by 1862 ( HEIC rule)
disbanded between 1862 and 1947 (British Raj)
Volunteers, 1859-1947, and
units allocated to United Kingdom in 1862 or 1947
allocated to India in 1947, or formed later
allocated to Pakistan in 1947, or formed later
allocated to Burma in 1937
 
 
Aden Troop 1867-
The Aden Rifles 1917-1934
Afridi Battalion, 1st 1942-1945
The Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps 1878-1947
The Ajmer Regiment 1942-1946
The Akyab Volunteer Rifle Corps 1880-1883
The Allahabad Light Horse 1884-1904
The Allahabad Rifles 1871-1947
Armour Corps [Bangladesh]  
Armoured Corps [India] 1947-present
Armoured Corps [Pakistan] 1947-present
Army Aviation Corps [India] 1986-present
Army Aviation Corps [Pakistan] 1977-present
Army Education Corps [India] 1947-present
Army Education Corps [Pakistan] 1947-present
Army Remounts Department 1875-1947
The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion 1901-1947
The Assam Regiment 1941-present
The Assam Rifles 1835-present
The Assam Valley Light Horse 1891-1947
The Azad Kashmir Regiment  1971-present
Babnaghar Lancers
Bahawalpore Lancers
The Bahawalpur Regiment 1947-1956
The Baluch Regiment  1945-1956
The Baluch Regiment 1956-present
The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps 1883-1933
The Bangalore Contingent 1868-1947
[Bangladesh] Armour Corps  
[Bangladesh] Corps of Signals 1971-present
[Bangladesh] Remount, Veterinary and Farms Corps 1971-present
The Bareilly Corps 1925-1947
The Bellary Volunteer Rifle Corps 1885-1898
The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion 1879-1947
Bengal Artillery
The Bengal European Regiment 1756-1862
Bengal Horse Artillery
The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion 1888-1947
Bengal Sappers and Miners 1803-1941
Bengal Veteran Establishment
The Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps 1879-1904
The Bhopal Battalion 1859-1903
Bhurtpore Lancers
The Bhusawal Company 1936-1941
The Bihar Light Horse 1862-1947
The Bihar Regiment  1941-present
Bikaner Camel Corps
Bombay Artillery
The Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Regiment 1877-1947
The Bombay European Regiment 1662-1862
The Bombay Grenadiers 1922-1945
The Bombay Light Horse 1885-1947
The Bombay Light Motor Patrol 1926-1933
The Bombay Pioneers [2nd] 1922-1932
Bombay Sappers and Miners 1777-1941
The Bombay Volunteer Rifle Corps 1877-1947
The Brigade of the Guards 1950-present
Burma Army Service Corps 1937?-
Burma Army Service Corps
Burma Army Signals
Burma Auxiliary Force 192?-1942
Burma Frontier Force   1937-1945
Burma Medical Corps 1937-
Burma Military Police   1895-present
Burma Ordnance Corps 1937?-
The Burma Railway Battalion 1879-
The Burma Regiment  1942-1948
The Burma Rifles [20th]   1922-present
Burma Rifles, 70th 1917-1922
Burman Rifles, 85th 1917-1918
Burma Sappers and Miners 1887-1929
Burma Signal Corps 1937?-
The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion 1863-1947
The Calcutta Light Horse 1872-1947
The Calcutta Presidency Battalion 1888-1926
The Calcutta Scottish 1911-1947
The Calcutta Volunteer Guards 1857-1859
The Cawnpore Light Horse 1877-1904
The Cawnpore Rifles 1877-1947
The Central Bengal Light Horse 1884-1901
Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) 1921-present
The Chamar Regiment 1943-1946
Chin Hills Battalion 1942-1945?
Chin Kachin Battalion 1918-1922
The Chin Rifles 1945-present
The Chittagong Volunteer Rifle Corps 1885-1900
The Chota Nagpur Regiment 1891-1947
TheCoimbatore Volunteer Corps 1885-1892
The Coorg and Mysore Company 1884-1947
The Coorg and Mysore Rifles 1884-1917
Coorg Battalion, 1st 1942-1946
Corps of Bengal Engineers 1761-1862
Corps of Bombay Engineers 1669-1862
Corps of Bombay Pioneers 1929-1932
Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [India]
Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [Pakistan]  
Corps of Engineers [India] 1947-present
Corps of Engineers [Pakistan] 1947-present
The Corps of Guides 1846-1922
Corps of Indian Engineers 1932-1950
Corps of Indian Engineers, Bengal Group
Corps of Indian Engineers, Bombay Group
Corps of Indian Engineers, Madras Group
Corps of Madras Engineers 1759-1862
Corps of Madras Pioneers 1929-1932
Corps of Military Police [India] 1947-present
Corps of Military Police [Pakistan] 1947-present
Corps of Royal Indian Engineers 1932-1950
Corps of Signals [Bangladesh] 1971-present
Corps of Signals [India] 1947-present
Corps of Signals [Pakistan] 1947-present
Corps of Sikh Pioneers 1929-1932
The Darjeeling Volunteer Rifle Corps 1873-1881
The Darrang Mounted Rifles 1887-1891
The Deccan Horse (9th Horse)  1921-present
Defence Security Corps
The Delhi Contingent 1920-1947
The Dehra Dun Contingent 1925-1947
The Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles 1885-1909
The Deoli Irregular Force 1857-1903
The Dogra Regiment 1945-present
The East Bengal Regiment 1947-present
The East Coast Battalion 1885-1947
The East Indian Railway Regiment 1869-1947
East Pakistan Rifles [Pakistan]
The Eastern Bengal Company 1884-1947
The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion 1873-1947
Erinpura Irregular Force 1860-1903
The Farukhabad Volunteer Rifle Corps 1882-1890
The Fatehgarh Volunteer Rifle Corps 1882-1890
The Frontier Force Regiment 1945-1956
The Frontier Force Regiment 1956-present
The Frontier Force Rifles  1945-1956
The Gadeshi Volunteer Rifle Corps 1885-1886
The Garhwal Rifles 1950-present
The Gauhati Rifles 1885-1891
The Ghazipur Light Horse 1879-1904
The Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Corps 1879-1892
The Gorakhpur Light Horse 1887-1904
The Governor General's Bodyguard 1922-present
Governor General's Bodyguard [Burma]
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment 1875-1947
The Grenadiers 1950-present
The Guards 1950-present
The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force)  1922-present
Gurkha Rifles see the numerical index
The Hazara Pioneers 1929-1932
Hodson's Horse (4th Duke of Camridge's Own Lancers) 1921-present
The Hyderabad Rifles 1882-1947
Indian Armoured Corps 1941-1947
[Indian] Armoured Corps 1947-present
[Indian] Army Catering Corps
[Indian] Army Corps of Clerks
[Indian] Army Dental Corps
[Indian] Army Education Corps 1947-present
[Indian] Army Medical Corps
[Indian] Army Ordnance Corps
[Indian] Army Physical Training Corps
[Indian] Army Postal Service Corps
[Indian] Army Service Corps
Indian Army Veterinary Corps 1884-1947
Indian Corps of Signals 1920-1947
[Indian] Corps of Signals 1947-present
Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment
The Indian Grenadiers 1945-1950
Indian Military Nursing Service 1926-
The Indian Parachute Regiment 1945-1946
Indian Pioneer Corps
[Indian] Remount and Veterinary Corps 1947-present
Indian Staff Corps
Indian Submarine Mining Corps 1902-1910
Indore Lancers
Intelligence Corps (India)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry 1972-present
The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 1957-present
The Jat Regiment [9th] 1945-present
Jeypore Transport Corps
Jhodpur Lancers
Jind Lancers
Kachin Levies  1942-1945
The Kachin Rifles  1945-present
  Kapurthala Lancers
The Karen Rifles  1945-1949
  Kashmir Lancers
The Kayah Rifles
The Kemaoon Battalion 1815-1861
King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners 1803-1941
The Kolar Goldfields Battalion 1903-1947
The Kumaon Regiment  1945-present
Kupperthula Contingent
The Ladakh Scouts 1963-present
The Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles 1882-1891
The Light Infantry Regiment
Lingayat Battalion, 1st 1941-1946
Long Range Squadron 1941-1947
The Lucknow Rifles 1920-1947
The Lucknow Volunteer Rifle Corps 1865-1947
The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles 1885-1947
Madras European Regiment 1641-1862
The Madras Guards 1857-1947
The Madras Pioneers [1st] 1922-1932
The Madras Regiment [3rd]  1922-present
Madras Sappers and Miners 1780-1941
The Mahar Regiment   1941-present
The Mahratta Light Infantry [5th] 1945-present
The Malabar Volunteer Rifles 1882-1917
Malwah Bheel Corps 1840-1907
The Maratha Light Infantry 1945-present
Marine Commando Force [India] 1987-present
The Mazhbi and Ramdassia Sikh Regiment 1941-1944
The Mechanised Infantry Regiment 1979-present
Meywar Bheel Corps 1840-1907
The Mharwara Battalion 1822-1903
The Midland Volunteer Rifle Corps 1890-1908
Military Farms Service
The Moulmein Volunteer Reserve Company 1889-1901
The Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps 1877-1920
Mounted Infantry
The Mussourie Battalion 1871-1925
The Mussourie Volunteer Reserve Corps 1889-1901
Nabha Lancers
The Naga Regiment 1970-present
The Nagpur Rifles 1860-1947
The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles 1871-1925
The Nilgri Malabar Battalion 1878-1947
The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles 1873-1947
The Northern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps 1879-1882
The Northern Light Infantry 1999-present
The North West Railway Battalion 1880-1947
The Nowgong Mounted Rifles 1888-1891
The Orissa Volunteer Rifles 1885-1898
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion 1903-1926
The Oudh Light Horse 1887-1904
The Oudh Volunteer Reserve Corps 1889-1898
[Pakistan] Armoured Corps 1947-present
[Pakistan] Army Aviation Corps
[Pakistan] Army Education Corps 1947-present
[Pakistan] Army Medical Corps
[Pakistan] Corps of Military Police 1947-present
[Pakistan] Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
[Pakistan] Corps of Engineers 1947-present
Pakistan Military Academy
[Pakistan] Ordnance Corps
[Pakistan] Regiment of Artillery 1947-present
[Pakistan] Remount, Veterinary and Farms Corps 1947-present
[Pakistan] Corps of Signals 1947-present
The Parachute Regiment 1952-present
The Pathan Regiment (Frontier Force) 1947-1956
Patiala Lancers
The Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry) 1921-present
The Poona Rifles 1887-1947
The President's Bodyguard [India] 1947-present
The President's Bodyguard [Pakistan] 1947-present
Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (11th Frontier Force)   1921-present
Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers)  1921-present
The Punjab Light Horse 1867-1947
The Punjab Regiment [2nd] 1922-present
The Punjab Regiment  1956-present
Punjab Regiment, 1st 1922-1956
Punjab Regiment, 8th 1922-1956
Punjab Regiment, 14th  1922-1956
Punjab Regiment, 15th 1922-1956
Punjab Regiment, 16th       1922-1956
The Punjab Rifles 1861-1947
The Purneah Rifles 1884-1890
Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides 1846-1922
Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners 1780-1941
The Rajputana Rifles [6th] 1945-present
The Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps 1882-1887
The Rajput Regiment [7th]  1945-present
Rampur Lancers
The Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps 1877-
Rashtriya Rifles 1990-present
Regiment of Artillery [India] 1947-present
Regiment of Artillery [Pakistan] 1947-present
Resident's Escort, Katmandhoo 1816-
The Rohilkhand Volunteer Rifle Corps 1881-1903
Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners 1777-1941
The Royal Deccan Horse 1921-present
The Royal Garhwal Rifles 1945-1950
The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1994-present
Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Royal Indian Engineers 1932-1950
Royal Pakistan Engineers 1947-1956
Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery 1935-1947
St. Michael's School Cadet Corps 1892-1917
Sam Browne's Cavalry (12th Frontier Force) 1921-1937
The Scinde Horse 1921-present
The Seragunge Volunteer Rifle Corps 1885-1890
The Shan Rifles
The Shillong Volunteer Rifles 1882-1906
The Sibhore College Volunteer Rifle Corps 1881-1890
The Sibsagar Mounted Rifles 1884-1891
The Sikh Light Infantry 1944-present
The Sikh Pioneers [3rd] 1922-1932
The Sikh Regiment [11th] 1945-present
The Simla Rifles 1861-1947
The Sind Regiment  1980-present
The Sind Rifles 1879-1947
Skinner's Horse 1921-present
The South Andaman Volunteer Rifle Corps 1884-1920
The South Berar State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps 1873-1879
The Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps 1886-1888
The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles 1904-1947
The South Indian Railway Battalion 1884-1947
Special Frontier Force
Special Service Group  1959-present
The Surma Valley Light Horse 1880-1947
The Tenassirim Battalion 1920-
The Thomason College Volunteer Rifle Corps 1872-1901
The Toungoo Volunteer Rifle Corps 1882-1885
Ulwar Lancers
Union Military Police 1948-
The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment) 1909-1925
The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment) 1904-1947
The Upper Burma Battalion 1886-
The Vizagapatam Volunteer Rifle Corps 1885-1890
Watson's Horse 1921-present
Western Chin Levies 1942-1945?
Women's Army Corps (India)
Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) 1942-1945
The Yercaud Volunteer Rifle Corps 1886-1917
Za Hu's Irregulars