161st Indian Infantry Brigade
| 161st Indian Infantry Brigade 161st Infantry Brigade (Indian Army) | |
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| Active | 1941–1948 and onwards |
| Country |  Burma Campaign Battle of Kohima |
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The 161st Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. As part of the arrangements for the independence and partition of British India the brigade was allocated to India and became the 161st Infantry Brigade in the army of the newly independent India.
History
The brigade was formed in late November 1941 from the reformed
Burma. In Burma it was attached successively to a number of divisions: British 2nd Infantry Division between April and May 1944, then 7th Indian Infantry Division between May and June 1944, during the Battle of Kohima, following which it returned to the 5th Division. In March 1945 there was a further brief attachment to 7th Division returning once more at the end of that month to the 5th Division until the end of the war. The brigade ended the war at sea as part of the force assembled to invade Malaya.[1] At the end of the war the brigade formed part of the force sent to the Dutch East Indies to restore order for the colonial government facing hostile opposition from the local independence movement. The brigade returned to India in 1946.[2]
Post independence succession
After
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.[3] The brigade successfully prevented the fall of Srinagar, fought the battles of Badgam and Shalateng, reinforced Poonch garrison, distinguished itself in recapture of Uri and the successful ejection of tribals from the Jhelum valley.[4][5]
Formation during the Second World War
- 3rd Battalion, 7th Rajput RegimentNovember 1941 to July 1942
- 4th Battalion, 7th Rajput RegimentNovember 1941 to August 1945
- 1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment November 1941 to March 1942
- 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment April to July 1942
- 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment April 1942 to August 1945
- 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders August to November 1942
- 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment December 1942 to June 1945
- 28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery May to June 1943
- 25th Dragoons January to February 1944
- 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment February to March 1944
- 1st Battalion, Burma Regiment March to April 1944
- 3rd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles June to August 1945[1]
- No 2 Field Company, Bengal Sappers, July 1942 to August 1945.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "161 Indian Infantry Brigade". Orders of Battle.com website. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- ^ Brett-James (1951), Chapter XXXII.
- ISBN 0-86131-692-4. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ISBN 81-7094-012-5. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Prasad, S.N.; Dharm Pal (1987). History of Operations In Jammu and Kashmir 1947-1948. New Delhi: History Department, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (printed at Thomson Press (India) Limited). p. 418..
Sources
- from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2012.