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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
13.12.2005
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5th Mahratta
Light Infantry
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1922.03.01 |
5th
Mahratta Light Infantry
formed by union: |
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1945.10 |
The
Mahratta Light Infantry |
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1947.08 |
allocated
to India at partition and independence |
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The
Maratha Light Infantry |
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The
Maratha Light Infantry (Bharat Rakshak) |
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The
Maratha Light Infantry (Bharat Rakshak Monitor) |
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The
Maratha Light Infantry
(GlobalSecurity.org) |
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Regimental Centre: |
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Belgaum, Maharashtra [1923-present] |
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Regulars: |
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1st Battalion [1922-present] |
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2nd Battalion [1922-1942,
1946-present] |
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3rd Battalion [1922-1952] |
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3rd Battalion [1969-present] |
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4th Battalion [1922-present] |
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5th Royal Battalion [1922-present] |
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6th Battalion [1940-1947, 1962-present] |
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7th Battalion [1940-1942, 1963-present] |
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8th Battalion [1941-1942, 1963-1969] |
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9th Battalion [1941-1942, 1964-present] |
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10th (Training) Battalion [1922-1942] |
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11th Battalion [1979-present] |
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12th Battalion [1979-present] |
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13th Battalion [not formed] |
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14th Battalion [1941-1946, 1971-present] |
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15th Battalion [1941-1946, 1966-present] |
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16th Battalion [1941-1946, 1966-present] |
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17th Battalion [1941-1947, 1962-present] |
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18th Battalion [1942-1946, 19uu-present] |
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19th (Kolhapur) Battalion [1957-present] |
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20th (Baroda) Battalion [1949-1981] |
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21st (Baroda) Battalion [1949-present] |
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22nd (Hyderabad) Battalion [1957-present] |
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25th Garrison Battalion [1941-1942] |
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26th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] |
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26th Battalion [19uu-present] |
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27th Garrison Battalion [1942-1946] |
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28th Garrison Battalion [1943-1946] |
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29th Garrison Battalion [1944-1946] |
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30th Garrison Battalion [1944-1946] |
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42nd Battalion [19uu-present] |
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Territorials: |
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11th (Territorial) Battalion [1922-1941] |
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12th (Territorial) Battalion [1939-1941] |
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[combined
battle honours of 103rd
Mahratta Light Infantry, 105th Mahratta
Light Infantry, 110th Mahratta Light
Infantry, 116th Mahrattas, 117th
Mahrattas, and the 114th Mahrattas,
plus:]
The
Great War:1 Megiddo,
Sharon, Nablus, Palestine
1918, Basra,
Shaiba, Kut-al-Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut-al-Amara,
Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1914-18, Persia
1918, North West Frontier
1914-15 '17
Afghanistan
19191
The Second
World War: Keren,
Abyssinia, 1940-41, Sidi
Suleiman, Tobruk 1941 '42, Gubi II, North Africa 1940-43,
The Sangro, Advance to
Florence, Gothic Line,
Alpe de Vitigliano, The Senio, Italy 1943-45, Ru-ywa,
Shangshak, Tengnoupal,
Burma 1942-45
Burki,
Hussainiwala Bridge,
Punjab 1965, Rajasthan 1965, Suadih,
Jamalpur,
East Pakistan 1971, Burj, Punjab 1971
1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments
[q.v.]
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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1945 |
Gen. Sir Mosley Mayne, GCB, CBE, DSO |
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1949 |
Maj-Gen. D.S. Bra,r OBE |
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Lt-Gen. T.B. Henderson Brooks, PVSM |
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<2000> |
Maj-Gen. Eustace D'Souza |
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4th Battalion: |
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Gen. Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird,
KCB, CMG, CIE, DSO [also S
Lancs Regt] |
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Motto: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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| Regimental Officers Association - The Maratha
Light Infantry Regiment |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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| Barr, James S. A brief history of
the Mahratta Light Infantry. Bombay : Printed by G.
Claridge & Co., 1945. |
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| Abhyankar, M. G. Valour enshrined
: a history of the Mahratta Light Infantry, 1768-1947.
New Delhi : Orient Longman, 1971. |
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Short Histories:
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