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World War II was the last time the Indian Army fought as part of the British military apparatus, as independence and partition followed in 1947. [138] On 3 June 1947, the British Government announced the plan for the partition of the sub–continent between India and Pakistan.
This is a list of British-Indian Army divisions in World War II. Divisions by type. Airborne. 9th Airborne Division; 44th Airborne Division; Armoured
The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, [9] [10] was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947. [9] Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, [11] it was responsible for the defence of both British India and the princely states, which could also have their own armies.
The British contingent was to come from the expanded Territorial Army and the regular army divisions based in the UK. [15] By May 1940, the BEF contained only 13 divisions. [ 16 ] During the latter stages of the campaign, the Beauman Division was raised ad hoc from rear-area personnel. [ 17 ]
The division was subsequently redesignated as a British Army formation, the 36th Infantry Division in September 1944. It served in India and during the Burma Campaign. After the end of the war it was disbanded and its remaining British units were transferred to the British 2nd Infantry Division.
The 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions were all disbanded and the 10th Battalion amalgamated with the 10th Battalion, Jat Regiment to form a Combined Training Centre at Bareilly. [3] Following the Second World War they were one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army and renamed The Grenadiers
The division was raised at Secunderabad in India from the Deccan District Headquarters, with two brigades of three Indian infantry battalions each. It moved to the Sudan in 1940 and was joined by three British infantry battalions already there. The division was reorganised into three brigades each with one British and two Indian battalions (as ...
The XV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Indian Army, which was formed in India during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign and was disbanded after the end of the war. While part of the British Indian Army, it included other commonwealth units, namely the 22nd and 28th East African Brigades.