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The [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief]] of India, [[Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] carried out a reform of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1903. These [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] were intended to improve the Army, which had been formed from the separate [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Bombay Army|Bombay]] and [[Madras Army|Madras]] presidency armies in 1895 to be replaced by the Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Punjab commands. The localisation of regiments was abolished, and in future every regiment was to have the opportunity of experiencing service on the [[North-West Frontier Province|Frontier]]. A new method of numbering and designating regiments was introduced. The renumbering went as follows:
*Bengal regiments retained their existing numbers.
*Punjab regiments, less the 5th Gurkhas, were numbered consecutively, adding 50, so that, for example, the 4th Sikh Infantry and the 1st Punjab Infantry became 54th and 55th.
*The Guides remained unnumbered.
*Madras regiments added 60 and, since over the years a number of them had been increasingly recruited in the Punjab, this was recognised in their titles, the 30th Madras, for example, becoming the 90th Punjabis.
*The Hyderabad Contingent regiments were brought into the Line as 94th to 99th.
*The Bombay regiments added 100, so that the 1st Bombay Grenadiers became the 101st Grenadiers, and so on.<ref name=pp/>

By 1903, the total strength of the Indian Army was 240,000 men.<ref name=p85>Perry, p.85</ref> They served in 39 cavalry regiments, 135 infantry battalions (including 17 [[Gurkha]]),<ref name=p85/> a joint cavalry-infantry unit the [[Corps of Guides (British India)|Corps of Guides]], three [[sapper]] regiments and 12 [[mountain artillery]] batteries.<ref name=su3>Sumner p.3</ref> In addition to the regular Indian Army, the armies of the Princely states, and regiments of the Auxiliary force (European volunteers) could also be called on to assist in an emergency.<ref name=su3/> The Princely states had 22,613 men in 20 cavalry regiments and 14 infantry battalions.<ref name=p86>Perry, p.86</ref> The Auxiliary force could field another 40,000 men in 11 regiments of horse and 42 volunteer infantry battalions.<ref name=p85/> Also available were the Frontier Militia and the Military Police, which could field 34,000 men between them.<ref name=p85/>

==Cavalry==
===Bodyguard troops===
*[[Governor General's Bodyguard|Governor-General's Bodyguard]]<ref>''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 873</ref>
*Governor's Bodyguard, Madras
*Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay<ref name=cav/>

===Former Bengal Regiments===
*[[1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)]]
*[[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]]
*[[3rd Skinner's Horse]]
*[[4th Lancers]] - (4th Cavalry in 1904)
*[[5th Cavalry (Indian Army)|5th Cavalry]]
*[[6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry]] - (6th King Edward's Own Cavalry in 1906)
*[[7th Lancers]] - (7th Hariana Lancers in 1904)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 887</ref>
*[[8th Lancers]] - (8th Cavalry in 1904)
*[[9th Hodson's Horse]]
*[[Hodson's Horse|10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)]]
*[[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers]] - (11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) in 1904)
*[[12th Cavalry]]
*[[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 899</ref>
*[[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
*[[15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)]]
*[[16th Cavalry]]
*[[17th Cavalry]]
*[[18th King George's Own Lancers|18th Tiwana Lancers]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 909</ref>
*[[19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>
*[[20th Deccan Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 913</ref> - former '''Hyderabad regiment'''

===Former Punjab Regiments===
*[[21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] - (21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse) in 1904)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 915</ref>
*[[22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] - (22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) in 1904)
*[[23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]
*[[25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Madras regiments===
*[[26th Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 923</ref>
*[[27th Light Cavalry]]
*[[28th Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', pp. 928</ref>

===Former Hyderabad regiments===
*[[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]]
*[[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Bombay regiments===
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]]
*[[32nd Lancers]]
*[[The Poona Horse|33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 937</ref>
*[[The Poona Horse|34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse]]
*[[35th Scinde Horse]]
*[[36th Jacob's Horse]]
*[[37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Local Corps===
*[[38th Central India Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 947</ref>
*39th central horse<ref name=cav>{{cite web|title=The Cavalry|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalry1903.htm}}</ref>

==Cavalry and Infantry==
*[[Corps of Guides (British India)|Queen's Own Corps of Guides]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 964</ref>

==Infantry==

===Former Thiyyar Regiments===
*[[Thiyyar Regiment]]

===Former Bengal Regiments===
*[[1st Brahmans]]
*[[2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry]]
*[[3rd Brahmans]]
*[[4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs]]
*[[5th Light Infantry]]
*[[6th Jat Light Infantry]]
*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs]]
*[[8th Rajputs]]
*[[9th Bhopal Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1050</ref> - former '''Local Corps'''
*[[10th Jats]]
*[[11th Rajputs]]
*[[12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1066</ref><ref>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/12thpioneers.htm Britishempire.co.uk web page on 12th Pioneers (Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regt)]</ref>
*[[13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)]]
*[[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs|14th Ferozepore Sikhs]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1074</ref>
*[[15th Ludhiana Sikhs]]
*[[16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)]]
*[[17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1086</ref>
*[[18th Infantry]]
*[[19th Punjabis]]
*[[20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis]] - (20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) in 1904)
*[[21st Punjabis]]
*[[22nd Punjabis]]
*[[23rd Sikh Pioneers]]

*[[25th Punjabis]]
*[[26th Punjabis]]
*[[27th Punjabis]]
*[[28th Punjabis]]
*[[29th Punjabis]]
*[[30th Punjabis]]
*[[31st Punjabis]]
*[[32nd Sikh Pioneers]]
*[[33rd Punjabis]]
*[[34th Sikh Pioneers]]
*[[35th Sikhs]]
*[[36th Sikhs]]
*[[37th Dogras]]
*[[38th Dogras]]
*[[39th Garhwal Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1178</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[40th Pathans]]
*[[41st Dogras]]
*[[42nd Deoli Regiment]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1191</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[43rd Erinpura Regiment]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1195</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[44th Merwara Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1199</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[45th Rattray's Sikhs]]
*[[46th Punjabis]]
*[[47th Sikhs]]
*[[48th Pioneers]]<ref name=infreg>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/indianinfantry1903.htm|title=The Infantry|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>

===Former Punjab Regiments===
*[[51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
*[[56th Infantry (Frontier Force)]] - (56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1906)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1247</ref>
*[[57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]Sainis of Haryana
*[[58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]Sainis and Mauryas of Haryana
*[[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Madras Regiments===
*[[61st Pioneers]]
*[[62nd Punjabis]]
*[[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1271</ref>
*[[64th Pioneers]]
*[[65th Carnatic Infantry]] (Disbanded 1904)<ref name=pp/>
*[[66th Punjabis]]
*[[67th Punjabis]]
*[[69th Punjabis]]
*[[71st Coorg Rifles]] (Disbanded 1904)<ref name=pp/>
*[[72nd Punjabis]]
*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[74th Punjabis]]
*[[75th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[76th Punjabis]]
*[[77th Moplah Rifles]] (Disbanded 1907)<ref name=pp/>
*[[78th Moplah Rifles]] (Disbanded 1907)<ref name=pp/>
*[[79th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[80th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[81st Pioneers]]
*[[82nd Punjabis]]
*[[83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1339</ref>
*[[84th Punjabis]]
*[[86th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[87th Punjabis]]
*[[88th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[89th Punjabis]]
*[[90th Punjabis]]
*[[91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)]]
*[[92nd Punjabis]]
*[[93rd Burma Infantry]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Hyderabad Regiments===
*[[94th Russell's Infantry]]
*[[95th Russell's Infantry]]
*[[96th Berar Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1391</ref>
*[[97th Deccan Infantry]]
*[[98th Infantry]]
*[[99th Deccan Infantry]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Bombay Regiments===
*[[101st Grenadiers]]
*[[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1411</ref>
*[[103rd Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[104th Wellesley's Rifles]]
*[[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[107th Pioneers]]
*[[108th Infantry]]
*[[109th Infantry]]
*[[110th Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[112th Infantry]]
*[[113th Infantry]]
*[[114th Mahrattas]]
*[[116th Mahrattas]]
*[[117th Mahrattas]]
*[[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)]]
*[[120th Rajputana Infantry]]
*[[121st Pioneers]]
*[[122nd Rajputana Infantry]]
*[[123rd Outram's Rifles]]
*[[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1491</ref>
*[[125th Napier's Rifles]]
*[[126th Baluchistan Infantry]]
*[[127th Baluch Light Infantry]]
*[[128th Pioneers]]
*[[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis]]
*[[130th Baluchis]]<ref name=pp>Barthorp, pp.15-42</ref><ref name=infreg/>

===Gurkha Line===
(mostly former Bengal Regiments)
*[[1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1595</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|2nd (the Prince of Wales's Own) Gúrkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1600</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1606</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1611</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1617</ref> - former ''' 25th Native Punjab Infantry'''
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[6th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1623</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd battalion (Raised in 1904) <ref name=6thgrorg>{{cite web|title=History of the 6th Gurkhas|url=http://www.6thgurkhas.org/theregiment_history.shtml|publisher=6th Gurkhas.org|access-date=2009-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829045842/http://www.6thgurkhas.org/theregiment_history.shtml|archive-date=29 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[7th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1629</ref>
**1st Battalion (Became ''2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles'' in 1907.)<ref name=pp/>
**(2nd battalion raised 1907)
*[[8th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1635</ref>
**1st Battalion
**(2nd battalion formed in 1907 from the ''7th Gurkha Rifles'')
*[[9th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1641</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion (Raised in 1904)
*[[10th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1647</ref> - former '''Madras Regiment'''
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion raised 1903 (Became ''1st/7th Gurkha Rifles'' 1907. New 2nd/10th Battalion raised 1908.)<ref name=pp/><ref name=britem>{{cite web|title=The Gurkhas|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/gurkha1903.htm}}</ref>

==Support Arms==
===Indian Mountain Artillery===
*[[21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 972</ref>
*[[22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 973</ref>
*[[23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=QIALjan19p974>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 974</ref>
*[[24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=QIALjan19p974/>
*[[25th Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALjan19p975>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 975</ref>
*[[26th Jacob's Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALjan19p975/>
*27th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 976</ref>
*28th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976/>
*29th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p977>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 977</ref>
*30th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976/>
*31st Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)<ref name=QIALp978>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 978</ref>
*32nd Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)<ref name=QIALp978/>
*The Frontier Garrison Artillery<ref name=QIALp979>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 979</ref>

===Engineers===
*[[Bengal Engineer Group|1st Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 986</ref>
*[[Madras Engineer Group|2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 991</ref>
*[[Bombay Engineer Group|3rd Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 996</ref>
*Indian Submarine Mining Corps<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-09-28|title=Military Engineers in India|url=http://www.reubique.com/indiaeng.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Engineers |access-date=2009-09-28 |url=http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm |archive-date=25 July 2009 }}</ref>

==Services==

*Army Bearer Corps<ref name=Jacksonp465>Jackson, p. 465</ref>
** No.22 Company
** No.23 Company
*Army Clothing Department
*[[Army Hospital Corps]]<ref name=Jacksonp465/>
** No.17 Company
** No.18 Company
*Army Remount Department<ref>Jackson, p. 475</ref>
*[[Army Veterinary Service]]<ref>Jackson, p. 477</ref>
*[[Indian Medical Department]]
*[[Indian Medical Service]]<ref>Jackson, p. 463</ref>
*Indian Ordnance Department<ref>Jackson, p. 481</ref>
*[[Supply and Transport Corps]]<ref>Jackson, p. 457</ref>

==Imperial Service Troops==

*[[Alwar Lancers]]
*[[Alwar Infantry]]
*[[Bahawalpur Mounted Rifles and Camel Transport Corps]]
*[[Bikaner Camel Corps]]<ref>Jackson, p. 498</ref>
*[[Bikaner Light Infantry]]
*[[Gwalior Lancers]]
*[[Gwalior Infantry]]
*[[Gwalior Transport Corps]]
*[[Hyderabad Lancers]]
*[[Jaipur Transport Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&52>Gaylor, pp. 50 & 52</ref>
*[[Jind Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&52/>
*[[Jodhpur Lancers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Kapurthala Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53>Gaylor, pp. 50 & 53</ref>
*[[Kashmir Artillery]]<ref name=Gaylorp50>Gaylor, p.50</ref>
**No. 1 Mountain Battery
**No. 2 Mountain Battery
*[[Kashmir Infantry]]
*[[Kashmir Rifles]]
*[[Malerkotla Sappers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Mysore Infantry]]
*[[Mysore Lancers]]
*[[Mysore Horse]]
*[[Mysore Transport Corps]]
*[[Nabha Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Patiala Lancers]]
*[[Patiala Infantry]]
*[[Sirmoor Sappers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>

==Volunteer Corps==
===Cavalry===

*[[Allahabad Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509>Jackson, p. 509. Amalgamated as '''United Provinces Light Horse''' 1904.</ref>
*[[Assam Valley Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 606</ref>
*[[Bihar Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 601</ref>
*[[Bombay Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 604</ref>
*[[Calcutta Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 603</ref>
*[[Cawnpore Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Chota Nagpur Regiment|Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp37>Gaylor, p. 37</ref>
*[[Ghazipur Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Gorakhpur Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Oudh Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Punjab Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 605</ref>
*[[Surma Valley Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 602</ref>
*[[United Provinces Light Horse]] formed 1904 by amalgamating the Allahabad, Cawnpore, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, & Oudh Light Horse.<ref name=Jacksonp509/>

===Artillery===

*[[Bombay Volunteer Artillery]]<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*[[Calcutta Naval Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Cossipore Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Karachi Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp34>Gaylor, p. 34</ref>
*[[Madras Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Moulmein Volunteer Artillery Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>

===Engineers===
*Calcutta Company<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*Bombay Company<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*Karachi Company<ref name=Gaylorp34/>

===Infantry===

*[[Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38>Gaylor, p. 38</ref>
*[[Allahabad Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp33>Gaylor, p. 33</ref>
*[[Assam Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40>Gaylor, p. 40</ref>
*[[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43>Gaylor, p. 43</ref>
*[[Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*[[Burma Railways Volunteers Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Calcutta Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/><ref>''India List'', 1902.</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd (Presidency) Battalion
**3rd (Cadet) Battalion
*[[Cawnpore Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp34/>
*[[Coorg and Mysore Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39>Gaylor, p. 39</ref>
*[[East Coast Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39/>
*[[East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41>Gaylor, p. 41</ref>
*[[Eastern Bengal Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39/>
*[[Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41/>
*[[Great Indian Pensinula Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41>Gaylor, p. 41</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion - former Midland Railway Volunteer Corps
*[[Hyderabad Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Kolar Gold Fields Battalion]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Lucknow Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp35>Gaylor, p. 35</ref>
*[[Madras Railway Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp42>Gaylor, p. 42</ref>
*[[Madras Volunteer Guards]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Malabar Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Nagpur Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Naini Tal Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp42/>
*[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion]]<ref name=Gaylorp41/>
*[[Poona Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Punjab Volunteer Rfle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp36>Gaylor, p. 36</ref>
*[[Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp36/>
*[[Simla Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp34/>
*[[South Andaman Volunteer Rifles Corps]]
*[[South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp42/>
*[[Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>

==Frontier Corps and Para-Military Units==
===North-West Frontier and Baluchistan===
*[[Chitral Scouts]]<ref name=IALOct03p58>''IAL October 1903'', p. 58</ref>
*[[Frontier Constabulary]]
*[[Khyber Rifles]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[Kurram Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[North Waziristan Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[South Waziristan Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[Mekran Levy Corps]]<ref name=IALOct04>''IAL October 1904'', p. 52</ref>
*[[Zhob Levy Corps]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>

===North-East Frontier and Burma===

*[[Assam Rifles|Assam Military Police]]
*[[Burma Military Police]]

==Units formed in World War I==
===Cavalry===
*[[40th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[41st Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[42nd Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[43rd Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[44th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[45th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[46th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]

===Artillery===
*[[33rd (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp979/>
*[[34th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp980>''QIAL'' January 1919, p. 980</ref>
*[[35th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp980/>
*[[39th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref>''QIAL'' January 1919, p. 981</ref>

===Infantry===
*[[49th Bengalis]]
*1st Battalion, [[Kumaon Regiment|50th Kumaon Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles
*1st Battalion, [[70th Burma Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*3rd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*4th Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*[[71st Punjabis]]
*[[85th Burman Rifles]]
*[[111th Mahars]]<ref>''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 1447-50</ref>
*1st Battalion, [[131st United Provinces Regiment]]
*2nd Battalion, 131st United Provinces Regiment
*1st Battalion, [[132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment]] renamed 3rd Battalion, [[30th Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment renamed 4th Battalion, 30th Punjabis
*[[133rd Regiment]]
*[[140th Patiala Regiment]]
*[[141st Bikanir Infantry]]
*[[142nd Jodhpur Infantry]]
*[[143rd Narsingh (Dholpur) Infantry]]
*[[144th Bharatpur Infantry]]
*[[145th Alwar (Jai Paltan) Infantry]]
*1st Battalion, [[150th Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 150th Infantry
*3rd Battalion, 150th Infantry
*1st Battalion, [[151st Sikh Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 151st Sikh Infantry
*3rd Battalion, [[151st Punjabi Rifles]]
*1st Battalion, [[152nd Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 152nd Punjabis
*3rd Battalion, 152nd Punjabis
*1st Battalion, [[153rd Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 153rd Punjabis
*3rd Battalion, [[153rd Rifles]]
*1st Battalion, [[154th Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 154th Infantry
*3rd Battalion, 154th Infantry
*1st Battalion, [[155th Pioneers]]
*2nd Battalion, 155th Pioneers
*1st Battalion, [[156th Infantry]]
*1st Battalion, [[11th Gurkha Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles
*3rd Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles
*4th Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles

===Paramilitary===
*[[Mohmand Militia]]<ref>''The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account'', p. 20</ref>
*[[Sistan Levy Corps]]

==See also==
*[[Kitchener Reforms]]
*[[List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)]]
*[[List of regiments of the Indian Army]]
*[[Thiyyar Regiment]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|3}}

==References==
*{{cite book |title= Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|last= Barthorp|first= Michael|author2=Jeffrey Burn |year= 1979|publisher= Osprey Publishing|isbn= 0-85045-307-0|pages= [https://archive.org/details/indianinfantryre00bart/page/n15 15]–33|url=https://archive.org/details/indianinfantryre00bart|url-access= limited}}
*Gaylor, John. ''Sons of John Company - The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91''. Parapress. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1996. {{ISBN|1-898594-41-4}}.
*Jackson, Maj. Donovan. ''India's Army''. Sampson Low. London, 1940.
*{{cite book|title=The Commonwealth armies: manpower and organisation in two world wars War|first=Frederick William|last=Perry|publisher=Manchester University Press ND|year=1988|isbn=0-7190-2595-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
*''The Indian Army List October 1903''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1903.
*''The Indian Army List October 1904''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1904.
*''The Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1919.
*''The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1926.

===Online===
* http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm

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The [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief]] of India, [[Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] carried out a reform of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1903. These [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] were intended to improve the Army, which had been formed from the separate [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Bombay Army|Bombay]] and [[Madras Army|Madras]] presidency armies in 1895 to be replaced by the Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Punjab commands. The localisation of regiments was abolished, and in future every regiment was to have the opportunity of experiencing service on the [[North-West Frontier Province|Frontier]]. A new method of numbering and designating regiments was introduced. The renumbering went as follows:
*Bengal regiments retained their existing numbers.
*Punjab regiments, less the 5th Gurkhas, were numbered consecutively, adding 50, so that, for example, the 4th Sikh Infantry and the 1st Punjab Infantry became 54th and 55th.
*The Guides remained unnumbered.
*Madras regiments added 60 and, since over the years a number of them had been increasingly recruited in the Punjab, this was recognised in their titles, the 30th Madras, for example, becoming the 90th Punjabis.
*The Hyderabad Contingent regiments were brought into the Line as 94th to 99th.
*The Bombay regiments added 100, so that the 1st Bombay Grenadiers became the 101st Grenadiers, and so on.<ref name=pp/>

By 1903, the total strength of the Indian Army was 240,000 men.<ref name=p85>Perry, p.85</ref> They served in 39 cavalry regiments, 135 infantry battalions (including 17 [[Gurkha]]),<ref name=p85/> a joint cavalry-infantry unit the [[Corps of Guides (British India)|Corps of Guides]], three [[sapper]] regiments and 12 [[mountain artillery]] batteries.<ref name=su3>Sumner p.3</ref> In addition to the regular Indian Army, the armies of the Princely states, and regiments of the Auxiliary force (European volunteers) could also be called on to assist in an emergency.<ref name=su3/> The Princely states had 22,613 men in 20 cavalry regiments and 14 infantry battalions.<ref name=p86>Perry, p.86</ref> The Auxiliary force could field another 40,000 men in 11 regiments of horse and 42 volunteer infantry battalions.<ref name=p85/> Also available were the Frontier Militia and the Military Police, which could field 34,000 men between them.<ref name=p85/>

==Cavalry==
===Bodyguard troops===
*[[Governor General's Bodyguard|Governor-General's Bodyguard]]<ref>''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 873</ref>
*Governor's Bodyguard, Madras
*Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay<ref name=cav/>

===Former Bengal Regiments===
*[[1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)]]
*[[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]]
*[[3rd Skinner's Horse]]
*[[4th Lancers]] - (4th Cavalry in 1904)
*[[5th Cavalry (Indian Army)|5th Cavalry]]
*[[6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry]] - (6th King Edward's Own Cavalry in 1906)
*[[7th Lancers]] - (7th Hariana Lancers in 1904)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 887</ref>
*[[8th Lancers]] - (8th Cavalry in 1904)
*[[9th Hodson's Horse]]
*[[Hodson's Horse|10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)]]
*[[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers]] - (11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) in 1904)
*[[12th Cavalry]]
*[[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 899</ref>
*[[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
*[[15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)]]
*[[16th Cavalry]]
*[[17th Cavalry]]
*[[18th King George's Own Lancers|18th Tiwana Lancers]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 909</ref>
*[[19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>
*[[20th Deccan Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 913</ref> - former '''Hyderabad regiment'''

===Former Punjab Regiments===
*[[21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] - (21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse) in 1904)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 915</ref>
*[[22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] - (22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) in 1904)
*[[23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]
*[[25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Madras regiments===
*[[26th Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 923</ref>
*[[27th Light Cavalry]]
*[[28th Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', pp. 928</ref>

===Former Hyderabad regiments===
*[[29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)]]
*[[30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Bombay regiments===
*[[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]]
*[[32nd Lancers]]
*[[The Poona Horse|33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 937</ref>
*[[The Poona Horse|34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse]]
*[[35th Scinde Horse]]
*[[36th Jacob's Horse]]
*[[37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)]]<ref name=cav/>

===Former Local Corps===
*[[38th Central India Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 947</ref>
*39th central horse<ref name=cav>{{cite web|title=The Cavalry|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalry1903.htm}}</ref>

==Cavalry and Infantry==
*[[Corps of Guides (British India)|Queen's Own Corps of Guides]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 964</ref>

==Infantry==

===Former Thiyyar Regiments===
*[[Thiyyar Regiment]]

===Former Bengal Regiments===
*[[1st Brahmans]]
*[[2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry]]
*[[3rd Brahmans]]
*[[4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs]]
*[[5th Light Infantry]]
*[[6th Jat Light Infantry]]
*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs]]
*[[8th Rajputs]]
*[[9th Bhopal Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1050</ref> - former '''Local Corps'''
*[[10th Jats]]
*[[11th Rajputs]]
*[[12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1066</ref><ref>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/12thpioneers.htm Britishempire.co.uk web page on 12th Pioneers (Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regt)]</ref>
*[[13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)]]
*[[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs|14th Ferozepore Sikhs]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1074</ref>
*[[15th Ludhiana Sikhs]]
*[[16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)]]
*[[17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1086</ref>
*[[18th Infantry]]
*[[19th Punjabis]]
*[[20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis]] - (20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) in 1904)
*[[21st Punjabis]]
*[[22nd Punjabis]]
*[[23rd Sikh Pioneers]]

*[[25th Punjabis]]
*[[26th Punjabis]]
*[[27th Punjabis]]
*[[28th Punjabis]]
*[[29th Punjabis]]
*[[30th Punjabis]]
*[[31st Punjabis]]
*[[32nd Sikh Pioneers]]
*[[33rd Punjabis]]
*[[34th Sikh Pioneers]]
*[[35th Sikhs]]
*[[36th Sikhs]]
*[[37th Dogras]]
*[[38th Dogras]]
*[[39th Garhwal Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1178</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[40th Pathans]]
*[[41st Dogras]]
*[[42nd Deoli Regiment]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1191</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[43rd Erinpura Regiment]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1195</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[44th Merwara Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1199</ref> - former Rajputana '''Local Corps'''
*[[45th Rattray's Sikhs]]
*[[46th Punjabis]]
*[[47th Sikhs]]
*[[48th Pioneers]]<ref name=infreg>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/indianinfantry1903.htm|title=The Infantry|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>

===Former Punjab Regiments===
*[[51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)]]
*[[55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
*[[56th Infantry (Frontier Force)]] - (56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) in 1906)<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1247</ref>
*[[57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]Sainis of Haryana
*[[58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]Sainis and Mauryas of Haryana
*[[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Madras Regiments===
*[[61st Pioneers]]
*[[62nd Punjabis]]
*[[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1271</ref>
*[[64th Pioneers]]
*[[65th Carnatic Infantry]] (Disbanded 1904)<ref name=pp/>
*[[66th Punjabis]]
*[[67th Punjabis]]
*[[69th Punjabis]]
*[[71st Coorg Rifles]] (Disbanded 1904)<ref name=pp/>
*[[72nd Punjabis]]
*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[74th Punjabis]]
*[[75th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[76th Punjabis]]
*[[77th Moplah Rifles]] (Disbanded 1907)<ref name=pp/>
*[[78th Moplah Rifles]] (Disbanded 1907)<ref name=pp/>
*[[79th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[80th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[81st Pioneers]]
*[[82nd Punjabis]]
*[[83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1339</ref>
*[[84th Punjabis]]
*[[86th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[87th Punjabis]]
*[[88th Carnatic Infantry]]
*[[89th Punjabis]]
*[[90th Punjabis]]
*[[91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)]]
*[[92nd Punjabis]]
*[[93rd Burma Infantry]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Hyderabad Regiments===
*[[94th Russell's Infantry]]
*[[95th Russell's Infantry]]
*[[96th Berar Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1391</ref>
*[[97th Deccan Infantry]]
*[[98th Infantry]]
*[[99th Deccan Infantry]]<ref name=infreg/>

===Former Bombay Regiments===
*[[101st Grenadiers]]
*[[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1411</ref>
*[[103rd Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[104th Wellesley's Rifles]]
*[[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[107th Pioneers]]
*[[108th Infantry]]
*[[109th Infantry]]
*[[110th Mahratta Light Infantry]]
*[[112th Infantry]]
*[[113th Infantry]]
*[[114th Mahrattas]]
*[[116th Mahrattas]]
*[[117th Mahrattas]]
*[[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)]]
*[[120th Rajputana Infantry]]
*[[121st Pioneers]]
*[[122nd Rajputana Infantry]]
*[[123rd Outram's Rifles]]
*[[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1491</ref>
*[[125th Napier's Rifles]]
*[[126th Baluchistan Infantry]]
*[[127th Baluch Light Infantry]]
*[[128th Pioneers]]
*[[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis]]
*[[130th Baluchis]]<ref name=pp>Barthorp, pp.15-42</ref><ref name=infreg/>

===Gurkha Line===
(mostly former Bengal Regiments)
*[[1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1595</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|2nd (the Prince of Wales's Own) Gúrkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1600</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[3rd Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1606</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1611</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1617</ref> - former ''' 25th Native Punjab Infantry'''
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion
*[[6th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1623</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd battalion (Raised in 1904) <ref name=6thgrorg>{{cite web|title=History of the 6th Gurkhas|url=http://www.6thgurkhas.org/theregiment_history.shtml|publisher=6th Gurkhas.org|access-date=2009-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829045842/http://www.6thgurkhas.org/theregiment_history.shtml|archive-date=29 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[7th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1629</ref>
**1st Battalion (Became ''2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles'' in 1907.)<ref name=pp/>
**(2nd battalion raised 1907)
*[[8th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1635</ref>
**1st Battalion
**(2nd battalion formed in 1907 from the ''7th Gurkha Rifles'')
*[[9th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1641</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion (Raised in 1904)
*[[10th Gurkha Rifles]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 1647</ref> - former '''Madras Regiment'''
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion raised 1903 (Became ''1st/7th Gurkha Rifles'' 1907. New 2nd/10th Battalion raised 1908.)<ref name=pp/><ref name=britem>{{cite web|title=The Gurkhas|publisher=britishempire.co.uk|access-date=2009-09-25|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/gurkha1903.htm}}</ref>

==Support Arms==
===Indian Mountain Artillery===
*[[21st Kohat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 972</ref>
*[[22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 973</ref>
*[[23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=QIALjan19p974>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 974</ref>
*[[24th Hazara Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]]<ref name=QIALjan19p974/>
*[[25th Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALjan19p975>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 975</ref>
*[[26th Jacob's Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALjan19p975/>
*27th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 976</ref>
*28th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976/>
*29th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p977>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 977</ref>
*30th Mountain Battery<ref name=QIALjan19p976/>
*31st Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)<ref name=QIALp978>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 978</ref>
*32nd Mountain Battery (Raised 1907)<ref name=QIALp978/>
*The Frontier Garrison Artillery<ref name=QIALp979>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 979</ref>

===Engineers===
*[[Bengal Engineer Group|1st Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 986</ref>
*[[Madras Engineer Group|2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 991</ref>
*[[Bombay Engineer Group|3rd Sappers and Miners]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 996</ref>
*Indian Submarine Mining Corps<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-09-28|title=Military Engineers in India|url=http://www.reubique.com/indiaeng.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Engineers |access-date=2009-09-28 |url=http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm |archive-date=25 July 2009 }}</ref>

==Services==

*Army Bearer Corps<ref name=Jacksonp465>Jackson, p. 465</ref>
** No.22 Company
** No.23 Company
*Army Clothing Department
*[[Army Hospital Corps]]<ref name=Jacksonp465/>
** No.17 Company
** No.18 Company
*Army Remount Department<ref>Jackson, p. 475</ref>
*[[Army Veterinary Service]]<ref>Jackson, p. 477</ref>
*[[Indian Medical Department]]
*[[Indian Medical Service]]<ref>Jackson, p. 463</ref>
*Indian Ordnance Department<ref>Jackson, p. 481</ref>
*[[Supply and Transport Corps]]<ref>Jackson, p. 457</ref>

==Imperial Service Troops==

*[[Alwar Lancers]]
*[[Alwar Infantry]]
*[[Bahawalpur Mounted Rifles and Camel Transport Corps]]
*[[Bikaner Camel Corps]]<ref>Jackson, p. 498</ref>
*[[Bikaner Light Infantry]]
*[[Gwalior Lancers]]
*[[Gwalior Infantry]]
*[[Gwalior Transport Corps]]
*[[Hyderabad Lancers]]
*[[Jaipur Transport Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&52>Gaylor, pp. 50 & 52</ref>
*[[Jind Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&52/>
*[[Jodhpur Lancers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Kapurthala Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53>Gaylor, pp. 50 & 53</ref>
*[[Kashmir Artillery]]<ref name=Gaylorp50>Gaylor, p.50</ref>
**No. 1 Mountain Battery
**No. 2 Mountain Battery
*[[Kashmir Infantry]]
*[[Kashmir Rifles]]
*[[Malerkotla Sappers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Mysore Infantry]]
*[[Mysore Lancers]]
*[[Mysore Horse]]
*[[Mysore Transport Corps]]
*[[Nabha Infantry]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>
*[[Patiala Lancers]]
*[[Patiala Infantry]]
*[[Sirmoor Sappers]]<ref name=Gaylorp50&53/>

==Volunteer Corps==
===Cavalry===

*[[Allahabad Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509>Jackson, p. 509. Amalgamated as '''United Provinces Light Horse''' 1904.</ref>
*[[Assam Valley Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 606</ref>
*[[Bihar Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 601</ref>
*[[Bombay Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 604</ref>
*[[Calcutta Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 603</ref>
*[[Cawnpore Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Chota Nagpur Regiment|Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp37>Gaylor, p. 37</ref>
*[[Ghazipur Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Gorakhpur Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Oudh Light Horse]]<ref name=Jacksonp509/>
*[[Punjab Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 605</ref>
*[[Surma Valley Light Horse]]<ref>''QIAL January 1919'', p. 602</ref>
*[[United Provinces Light Horse]] formed 1904 by amalgamating the Allahabad, Cawnpore, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, & Oudh Light Horse.<ref name=Jacksonp509/>

===Artillery===

*[[Bombay Volunteer Artillery]]<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*[[Calcutta Naval Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Cossipore Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*[[Karachi Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp34>Gaylor, p. 34</ref>
*[[Madras Artillery Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Moulmein Volunteer Artillery Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>

===Engineers===
*Calcutta Company<ref name=Gaylorp37/>
*Bombay Company<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*Karachi Company<ref name=Gaylorp34/>

===Infantry===

*[[Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38>Gaylor, p. 38</ref>
*[[Allahabad Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp33>Gaylor, p. 33</ref>
*[[Assam Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40>Gaylor, p. 40</ref>
*[[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43>Gaylor, p. 43</ref>
*[[Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Berar Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp33/>
*[[Burma Railways Volunteers Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Calcutta Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/><ref>''India List'', 1902.</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd (Presidency) Battalion
**3rd (Cadet) Battalion
*[[Cawnpore Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp34/>
*[[Coorg and Mysore Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39>Gaylor, p. 39</ref>
*[[East Coast Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39/>
*[[East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41>Gaylor, p. 41</ref>
*[[Eastern Bengal Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp39/>
*[[Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41/>
*[[Great Indian Pensinula Railway Volunteer Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp41>Gaylor, p. 41</ref>
**1st Battalion
**2nd Battalion - former Midland Railway Volunteer Corps
*[[Hyderabad Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Kolar Gold Fields Battalion]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Lucknow Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp35>Gaylor, p. 35</ref>
*[[Madras Railway Volunteers]]<ref name=Gaylorp42>Gaylor, p. 42</ref>
*[[Madras Volunteer Guards]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Malabar Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Nagpur Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Naini Tal Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp38/>
*[[Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp42/>
*[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion]]<ref name=Gaylorp41/>
*[[Poona Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp35/>
*[[Punjab Volunteer Rfle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp36>Gaylor, p. 36</ref>
*[[Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Shillong Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp36/>
*[[Simla Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp40/>
*[[Sind Volunteer Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp34/>
*[[South Andaman Volunteer Rifles Corps]]
*[[South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>
*[[Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps]]<ref name=Gaylorp42/>
*[[Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles]]<ref name=Gaylorp43/>

==Frontier Corps and Para-Military Units==
===North-West Frontier and Baluchistan===
*[[Chitral Scouts]]<ref name=IALOct03p58>''IAL October 1903'', p. 58</ref>
*[[Frontier Constabulary]]
*[[Khyber Rifles]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[Kurram Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[North Waziristan Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[South Waziristan Militia]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>
*[[Mekran Levy Corps]]<ref name=IALOct04>''IAL October 1904'', p. 52</ref>
*[[Zhob Levy Corps]]<ref name=IALOct03p58/>

===North-East Frontier and Burma===

*[[Assam Rifles|Assam Military Police]]
*[[Burma Military Police]]

==Units formed in World War I==
===Cavalry===
*[[40th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[41st Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[42nd Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[43rd Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[44th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[45th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[46th Indian Cavalry Regiment]]

===Artillery===
*[[33rd (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp979/>
*[[34th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp980>''QIAL'' January 1919, p. 980</ref>
*[[35th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref name=QIALp980/>
*[[39th (Reserve) Mountain Battery]]<ref>''QIAL'' January 1919, p. 981</ref>

===Infantry===
*[[49th Bengalis]]
*1st Battalion, [[Kumaon Regiment|50th Kumaon Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles
*1st Battalion, [[70th Burma Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*3rd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*4th Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles
*[[71st Punjabis]]
*[[85th Burman Rifles]]
*[[111th Mahars]]<ref>''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 1447-50</ref>
*1st Battalion, [[131st United Provinces Regiment]]
*2nd Battalion, 131st United Provinces Regiment
*1st Battalion, [[132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment]] renamed 3rd Battalion, [[30th Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 132nd (Punjab Police) Regiment renamed 4th Battalion, 30th Punjabis
*[[133rd Regiment]]
*[[140th Patiala Regiment]]
*[[141st Bikanir Infantry]]
*[[142nd Jodhpur Infantry]]
*[[143rd Narsingh (Dholpur) Infantry]]
*[[144th Bharatpur Infantry]]
*[[145th Alwar (Jai Paltan) Infantry]]
*1st Battalion, [[150th Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 150th Infantry
*3rd Battalion, 150th Infantry
*1st Battalion, [[151st Sikh Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 151st Sikh Infantry
*3rd Battalion, [[151st Punjabi Rifles]]
*1st Battalion, [[152nd Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 152nd Punjabis
*3rd Battalion, 152nd Punjabis
*1st Battalion, [[153rd Punjabis]]
*2nd Battalion, 153rd Punjabis
*3rd Battalion, [[153rd Rifles]]
*1st Battalion, [[154th Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion, 154th Infantry
*3rd Battalion, 154th Infantry
*1st Battalion, [[155th Pioneers]]
*2nd Battalion, 155th Pioneers
*1st Battalion, [[156th Infantry]]
*1st Battalion, [[11th Gurkha Rifles]]
*2nd Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles
*3rd Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles
*4th Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles

===Paramilitary===
*[[Mohmand Militia]]<ref>''The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account'', p. 20</ref>
*[[Sistan Levy Corps]]

==See also==
*[[Kitchener Reforms]]
*[[List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)]]
*[[List of regiments of the Indian Army]]
*[[Thiyyar Regiment]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|3}}

==References==
*{{cite book |title= Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|last= Barthorp|first= Michael|author2=Jeffrey Burn |year= 1979|publisher= Osprey Publishing|isbn= 0-85045-307-0|pages= [https://archive.org/details/indianinfantryre00bart/page/n15 15]–33|url=https://archive.org/details/indianinfantryre00bart|url-access= limited}}
*Gaylor, John. ''Sons of John Company - The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91''. Parapress. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1996. {{ISBN|1-898594-41-4}}.
*Jackson, Maj. Donovan. ''India's Army''. Sampson Low. London, 1940.
*{{cite book|title=The Commonwealth armies: manpower and organisation in two world wars War|first=Frederick William|last=Perry|publisher=Manchester University Press ND|year=1988|isbn=0-7190-2595-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
*''The Indian Army List October 1903''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1903.
*''The Indian Army List October 1904''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1904.
*''The Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1919.
*''The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account''. Army Headquarters, India. Calcutta, 1926.

===Online===
* http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm

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