110th Mahratta Light Infantry
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The 110th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1797, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 5th (Travancore) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.
The regiments first saw action during the Mysore wars being involved on the
Second Burmese War. In World War I the regiment was attached to the 6th (Poona) Division in the Mesopotamian campaign. After a string of earlier successes, the 6th Division was delivered a setback at the Battle of Ctesiphon and forced to withdraw back to Kut. The Siege of Kut began and after a lengthy siege surrendered in April 1916.[1]
After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multibattalion regiments.[2] In 1922, the 110th Mahratta Light Infantry became the 3rd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.
Predecessor names
- 2nd Battalion, 5th (Travancore) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1797
- 10th Bombay Native Infantry - 1818
- 10th Bombay Native (Light) Infantry - 1871
- 10th Regiment of Bombay (Light) Infantry - 1885
- 10th Bombay Light Infantry - 1901
- 10th Mahratta Light Infantry
References
Sources
- Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0.
- Rinaldi, Richard A (2008). Order of Battle British Army 1914. Ravi Rikhye. ISBN 978-0-9776072-8-0.
- Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Allied Publishers. ISBN 81-7023-140-X.
- Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.
- Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5
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