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The '''119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment originated in 1817, when it was raised as the 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.

The regiment's first action was in the [[Battle of Ghazni]] in the [[First Afghan War]]. After Afghanistan it took part in the [[Siege of Multan]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]. It returned to Afghanistan in the [[Second Afghan War]] and took part in the [[Siege of Multan]]. During [[World War I]] it was attached to the [[6th (Poona) Division]] and served in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]]. It fought in the [[Battle of Basra (1914)|Battle of Basra]], the [[Battle of Qurna]], the [[Battle of Es Sinn]] before suffering a setback at the [[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Battle of Ctesiphon]], after which it withdrew to [[Kut]]. Trapped in the city in the [[Siege of Kut]] the regiment was forced to surrender after 147 days.{{sfn|Gardner|2004|pp=307–326}} A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements, and sent to Mesopotamia.{{sfn|Sharma|1990|p=158}}

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single-battalion to multi-battalion regiments.{{sfn|Sumner|2001|p=15}} In 1922 the 119th Infantry (The Molten Regiment) became the 2nd (Mooltan Battalion), The [[9th Jat Regiment]].{{sfn|Sharma|1990|p=159}} After independence it was one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

==Predecessor names==
*1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1817-1824
*19th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1824-1885
*19th Bombay Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) – 1885-1903
*119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) - 1903-1922{{sfn|Sharma|1990|p=157}}
*2nd (Mooltan) Battalion, The 9th JAT Regiment - 1922-1947

==References==
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==Sources and further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Barthorp |first1=Michael |last2=Burn |first2=Jeffrey |year=1979 |title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=0-85045-307-0 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Gardner |first=Nikolas |year=2004 |title=Sepoys and the Siege of Kut-Al-Amara, December 1915-April 1916 |journal=War in History |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=307–326 |doi=10.1191/0968344504wh302oa|s2cid=159478598 }}
*{{cite book |last=Moberly |first=FJ |year=1923 |title=Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign |location=London |publisher=[[Imperial War Museum]] |isbn=1-870423-30-5 }}
*{{cite book |last=Rinaldi |first=Richard A |year=2008 |title=Order of Battle British Army 1914 |publisher=Ravi Rikhye |isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0 }}
*{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Gautam |year=1990 |title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=81-7023-140-X }}
*{{cite book |last=Sumner |first=Ian |title=The Indian Army 1914–1947 |year=2001 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=1-84176-196-6 }}

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