British India → India

5^th Mahratta Light Infantry

	Presidency of Bombay
1768:	2nd Regiment of Bombay Sepoys │
1788:	2nd-6th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys │	3rd Regiment of Bombay Sepoys │
1796:	1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │
1797:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │		(Bombay Fencible Regiment) │ │ │
1800:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │
1824:	3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	5th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	16th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	17th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │	14th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry │
1841:	│ │ │	5th Regiment of Bombay Native Light Infantry │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1871:	3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Light Infantry │	│ │ │	10th Regiment of Bombay Native (Light) Infantry │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1885:	3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry │	5th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry │	10th Regiment of Bombay (Light) Infantry │	16th Regiment of Bombay Infantry │	17th Regiment of Bombay Infantry │	14th Regiment of Bombay Infantry │
1901:	3rd Bombay Light Infantry │	5th Bombay Light Infantry │	10th Bombay (Light) Infantry │	16th Bombay Infantry │	17th Bombay Infantry │	14th Bombay Infantry │
	Renumbering into the Indian Army
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1903:	103rd Mahratta Light Infantry	105th Mahratta Light Infantry	110th Mahratta Light Infantry	116th Mahrattas	117th Mahrattas	114th Mahrattas
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1916:	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1917:	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	117th Royal Mahrattas │	│ │
1918:	2nd Battalion raised 3rd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised 2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │ │	2nd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │ │
1919:	3rd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1921:	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │
1922:	1st Battalion,	2nd Battalion,	3rd Battalion,	4th Battalion,	5th Royal Battalion,	10th (Training) Battalion,
	5th Mahratta Light Infantry
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1940:	6th Battalion raised 7th Battalion raised │
1941:	8th Battalion raised 9th Battalion raised 14th Battalion raised 15th Battalion raised 16th Battalion raised 17th Battalion raised │
1942:	2nd Battalion disbanded 7th Battalion disbanded 8th Battalion disbanded 9th Battalion disbanded 10th Battalion → Regimental Center 18th Battalion raised │
1945:	The Mahratta Light Infantry │
1946:	2nd Battalion raised 14th Battalion disbanded 15th Battalion disbanded 16th Battalion disbanded 18th Battalion disbanded │
1947:	6th Battalion disbanded 17th Battalion disbanded │
			Union of India
			│
1947:	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalion │
1948:	The Maratha Light Infantry │
1949:	Baroda Rifles → 20th (Baroda) Battalion 21st (Baroda) Battalion raised │
			Republic of India
			│
1950:	│
1952:	3rd Battalion → 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment │
1957:	Rajaram Rifles → 19th (Kolhapur) Battalion 2nd Hyderabad State Infantry → 22nd (Hyderabad) Battalion │
1962:	6th Battalion raised 17th Battalion raised │
1963:	7th Battalion raised 8th Battalion raised │
1964:	9th Battalion raised │
1966:	15th Battalion raised 16th Battalion raised │
1969:	3rd Battalion raised 8th Battalion disbanded │
1971:	14th Battalion raised │
1979:	11th Battalion raised 12th Battalion raised 20th Battalion → 10th Battalion, The Mechanised Infantry Regiment │
	18th Battalion raised 26th Battalion raised 42nd Battalion raised │
1996:	21st Battalion → 21st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment │

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