British India → India

1^st - 5^th Gurkha Rifles

	Presidency of Bengal
1815:	1st Nasiri Battalion │	2nd Nasiri Battalion │	The Sirmoor Battalion │	The Kumaon Battalion │
1816:	│ │	│ │	│ │	The Kumaon Provincial Battalion │
1823:	5th Local Battalion │	6th Local Battalion │	8th Local Battalion │	9th Local Battalion │
1826:	4th (Nasiri) Local Battalion │		6th (Sirmoor) Local Battalion │	7th (Kumaon) Local Battalion │
1843:	4th (Nasiri) Rifle Battalion │		│ │	│ │
1850:	66th (Goorkha) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │		The Sirmoor Battalion │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1857:	│		│	│	Extra Goorkha Battalion	Punjab Irregular Force
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1858:	66th (Goorkha Light Infantry) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │		The Sirmoor Rifle Regiment │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry (Hazara Goorkha Battalion) │
1860:	│ │		│ │	The Kumaon Battalion │	│ │	│ │
	Rebuilding the Bengal Army					│
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1861:	11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ │		17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ │	18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ │	19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │ │	7th Regiment of Infantry (Hazara Goorkha Battalion), Punjab Irregular Force │
	transferred to the Goorkha list
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1861:	1st Goorkha Regiment (Light Infantry) │		2nd Goorkha Regiment │ │	3rd Goorkha Regiment │ │	4th Goorkha Regiment │ │	5th Goorkha Regiment (Hazara Goorkha Battalion) │
1864:	│ │ │ │		2nd Goorkha (The Sirmoor Rifle) Regiment │	3rd (The Kumaon) Goorkha Regiment │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1876:	│ │ │ │		2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Goorkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1886:	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	5th Goorkha Regiment The Hazara Goorkha Battalion │
1886:	2nd Battalion raised │		2nd Battalion raised │	│ │	2nd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │
1887:	│ │		│ │	3rd Goorkha Regiment │	│ │	5th Goorkha Regiment │
1887:	│ │		│ │	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │	│ │
1890:	│ │ │		│ │ │	2nd Battalion → 39th Bengal Infantry 2nd Battalion raised │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1891:	1st Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment │ │ │		2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles) │	3rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment │ │ │	4th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment │ │ │	5th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment │ │ │
1901:	1st Gurkha Rifles │ │ │		2nd (Prince of Wales’s Own) Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) │	3rd Gurkha Rifles │ │ │	4th Gurkha Rifles │ │ │	5th Gurkha Rifles │ │ │
1903:	1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)		│ │	│ │	│ │	5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
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1906:	1st Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)		2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
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1907:	│ │ │		│ │ │	3rd The Queen’s Own Gurkha Rifles │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1908:	│ │ │		│ │ │	3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles │	4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles │	│ │ │
1910:	1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
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1916:	│ │		│ │	4th Battalion raised │	│ │	3rd Battalion raised │
1917:	3rd Battalion raised │		3rd Battalion raised │	3rd Battalion raised │	│ │	│ │
1920:	│ │		│ │	3rd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1921:	│ │		│ │	│ │	│ │	5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
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1921:	3rd Battalion disbanded │		│ │	│ │	│ │	3rd Battalion disbanded │
1922:	│ │		│ │	4th Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1927:	│		│	│	│	│
1936:	│ │ │ │		2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1937:	1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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1940:	3rd Battalion raised │		4th Battalion raised │	3rd Battalion raised │	3rd Battalion raised │	3rd Battalion raised │
1941:	4th Battalion raised │		5th Battalion raised │	4th Battalion raised │	4th Battalion raised │	4th Battalion raised │
1942:	5th Battalion raised │		2nd Battalion captured │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:	5th Battalion disbanded 4th Battalion disbanded 3rd Battalion disbanded │		3nd Battalion → 2nd Battalion │ │ │	│ │ │ │	4th Battalion disbanded │ │ │	4th Battalion disbanded │ │ │
1947:	│ │		5th Battalion disbanded │	4th Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │
	Union of India
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1948:	│ │ │		4th Battalion → 5th Bn, 8th Gurkha Rifles │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	3rd Bn, 6th Gurkha Rifles → 5th Battalion 3rd Bn, 7th Gurkha Rifles → 6th Battalion │
1948:	1st and 2nd Battalion │		1st and 2nd Battalion transferred to the British Army	1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion │	1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion │	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th Battalion │
1949:	1st King George V’s Own Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) │			3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gorkha Rifles │ │	4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gorkha Rifles │ │	5th Royal Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) │ │
	Republic of India
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1950:	1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)			3 Gorkha Rifles	4 Gorkha Rifles	5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
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1959:	3rd Battalion raised │			│ │	│ │	│ │
1962:	│ │			│ │	4th Battalion raised │	│ │
1963:	4th Battalion raised │			5th Battalion raised │	5th Battalion raised │	4th Battalion raised │
1964:	│ │			4th Battalion raised │	│ │	│ │
1965:	5th Battalion raised │			│ │	│ │	│ │
1988:	│			│	│	│

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