List of regiments of the Indian Army (1903)

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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 Command|Bengal]], [[Bombay Command|Bombay]], [[Madras Command|Madras]] and [[Punjab Command|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 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)]]
*[[58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)]]
*[[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 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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