6th Jat Light Infantry
Akhil Chaitanya | |
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Active | 1997 |
Country | India |
Branch | Engineer |
The 6th Jat Light Infantry were an
First Anglo-Sikh War, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Boxer Rebellion and World War I. After World War I the Indian Government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.[1] The 6th Jat Light Infantry became the new 1st Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment. After India gained independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army
.
See also
- Jat people
- Jat Regiment
- List of Jats
- Jat Mahasabha
- World Jat Aryan Foundation
- Dev Samhita
- Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks
- Jat reservation agitation
- 20th Lancers
- 10th Jats
- 14th Murray's Jat Lancers
- 9th Jat Regiment
References
- ^ Sumner, p.15
- Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914-1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.