List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)
| Indian Army | |
|---|---|
|
Star of India Red Ensign | |
| Active | 1857–1947 |
| Country |
 India |
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Type | Army |
| Size | 2.5 million men 1945 |
| Engagements |
Second Afghan War Third Afghan War Second Burmese War Third Burmese War Second Opium War 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia First Mohmand Campaign Boxer Rebellion Tirah Campaign British expedition to Tibet Sudan Campaign World War I Waziristan campaign 1919–1920 Waziristan campaign 1936–1939 World War II North West Frontier |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Claude Auchinleck |
This is a list of regiments of the Indian Army as it was following the reorganisation of the Indian Armed Forces in 1922.
Cavalry
Regular
- Governor General's Bodyguard
- Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras
- Governor General's Bodyguard, Bombay
- Governor General's Bodyguard, Bengal
- 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
- 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
- 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
- 7th Light Cavalry
- 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
- 9th Royal Deccan Horse
- 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
- 15th Lancers
- 16th Light Cavalry
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
- 18th/19th Lancers
- 20th Lancers
- 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) in 1923)
Auxiliary
- The Assam Valley Light Horse
- The Bihar Light Horse
- The Bombay Light Horse
- The Calcutta Light Horse
- The Chota Nagpur Regiment
- The Punjab Light Horse
- The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
- The Surma Valley Light Horse
- The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
- The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)
Infantry
Regular
- 1st Punjab Regiment
- 2nd Punjab Regiment
- 3rd Madras Regiment
- 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 7th Rajput Regiment
- 8th Punjab Regiment
- 9th Jat Regiment
- 10th Baluch Regiment
- 11th Sikh Regiment
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 14th Punjab Regiment
- 15th Punjab Regiment
- 16th Punjab Regiment
- 17th Dogra Regiment
- 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment
- 20th Burma Rifles
- 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
- 4th Gurkha Rifles - (became 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1924)
- 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 7th Gurkha Rifles
- 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Gurkha Rifles
- 10th Gurkha Rifles
Auxiliary Force (India)
- The Allahabad Rifles
- The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps
- The Bangalore Contingent
- The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion
- The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion
- The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment
- The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
- The Burma Railways Battalion
- The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Scottish
- The Cawnpore Rifles
- The Coorg and Mysore Company
- The Delhi Contingent
- The East Coast Battalion
- The East Indian Railway Regiment
- The Eastern Bengal Company
- The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment
- The Hyderabad Rifles
- The Lucknow Rifles
- The Lucknow Volunteer Rifles
- The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
- The Madras Guards
- The Mussourie Battalion
- The Nagpur Rifles
- The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
- The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion
- The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
- The North Western Railway Battalion
- The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
- The Poona Rifles
- The Punjab Rifles
- The Rangoon Battalion
- The Simla Rifles
- The Sind Rifles
- The South Indian Railway Battalion
- The Tenasserim Battalion
- The Upper Burma Battalion
Indian Territorial Force
- University Training Corps
- Urban Infantry
The Frontier Corps
- The Gilgit Scouts
- The Chitral Scouts
- The Kurram Militia
- The Tochi Scouts
- The South Waziristan Scouts
- The Zhob Militia
- The Pishin Scouts (1946–47)
- Khyber Rifles
Military Police and North-East Frontier units
- The Malabar Special Police
- Burma Military Police
- The Eastern Frontier Rifles, (Bengal Military Police)
- Assam Rifles
Services
- The Army Bearer Corps
- The Army Clothing Department
- The Army Hospital Corps
- The Army Remount Department
- The Army Veterinary Corps
- The Indian Medical Department
- The Indian Ordnance Department
- The Military Farms Department
- Supply and Transport Corps
Support Arms
- Mountain Artillery
- 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners(numeral omitted 1923)
- 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 4th Burma Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
- 1st Madras Pioneers
- 2nd Bombay Pioneers
- 3rd Sikh Pioneers
- 4th Hazara Pioneers
Indian State Forces
- (see separately)
Wartime Units and others formed between 1922 and 1947
- Field Artillery
- Women's Army Corps (India)
- 42nd Cavalry
- 43rd Cavalry
- 44th Cavalry
- 45th Cavalry
- 46th Cavalry
- 47th Cavalry
- 48th Cavalry
- Indian Long Range Squadron
- 21st Regiment
- 22nd Regiment
- 23rd Regiment
- 24th Regiment
- 25th Ajmer Regiment
- Kumaon Rifles
- 151 (British) Parachute Battalion
- 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion
- 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
- 154 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
- Indian Parachute Regiment
- Indian Ordnance and Mechanical Engineers
- Indian Hospital Corps formed by amalgamation of Army Hospital and Nursing Corps and the Army Bearer Corps
- Indian Medical Service formed by amalgamation of the Bengal, Bombay and Madras Medical Services
- Indian Army Medical Corps formed by amalgamation of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Medical Department, and Indian Hospital Corps
See also
- List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903)
- List of regiments of the Indian Army
- Royal Engineers Museum Indian Sappers (1740–1947)
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