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The Maratha Light Infantry is a light infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It traces its lineage to the Bombay Sepoys, ... Disbanded after World War II. Re-raised by ...
During World War II it served in the Middle East before becoming a Machine Gun battalion in Italy. 6th Battalion Mahratta Light infantry was created in June 1940 and in October 1942 joined its sister battalion, the 4th, in 49 Brigade in the defense of Imphal. 10th (Training) Battalion ex 114th Mahrattas. During World War II it trained hundreds ...
Thereafter, the battalion was re-raised as a regular Infantry Battalion, designated the 14th Battalion, Maratha Light Infantry at Belgaum on 1 June 1971, a few months prior to its induction into the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Lieutenant Colonel RK Dutt was the first Commanding Officer of the battalion.
First light infantry of the Indian Army; First Indian battalion to participate in World War II; First Maratha battalion to participate in a UN mission; First battalion to have lost its colonel in action (Colonel Chitty, 1917) First Ashoka Chakra medal in the North East
The Regiment was raised as the 8th Battalion of the Fifth Maratha Light Infantry at Belgaum on February 1, 1941 under Lt Col LCM Bellamy, MC. During World War II, the regiment participated in a number of battles as 4 Maratha Anti Tank Regiment initially in Iraq and Egypt.
36 (Maratha) Medium Regiment was raised as 7/5 Mahratta Light Infantry at Faizabad on October 10, 1940 under Lt Col AL Collingwood as a Maratha class unit. The Regiment underwent multiple conversions, namely - 7/5 (?51) (Mahratta) Regiment of Indian Armoured Corps (September, 1942) - it was part of the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade
15 Maratha Light Infantry was awarded the battle honour Burj and the theatre honour Punjab. It was declared as the 'Best Performing Battalion' during the 1971 Indo-Pak War in the XI Corps Zone by the GOC, Lieutenant General N. C. Rawlley PVSM, AVSM, MC .
Recruits line up to enlist with the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1943.. In 1939 the British Indian Army numbered 205,000 men. It took in volunteers and by 1945 was the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 3.35 million men. [19]