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	\|unit_name=~~6th [[Jat]] Light Infantry~~		\| unit_name = Akhil Chaitanya
	\| image= ~~6th Jat Regiment Headquarters Group (Photo 24-144).jpg~~		\| image =
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	\|caption= ~~Headquarters Group near [[Merville, Nord\|Merville]], [[France]] July 1915~~		\| caption =
	\|dates=~~1803-1922~~		\| dates = 1997
	\|country=~~{{flagicon\|British Raj}} [[British Raj\|Indian Empire]]~~		\| country = India
	\|branch=~~Army~~		\| branch = Engineer
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	\|ceremonial_chief=~~[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom\|King Edward VII]] (1904)~~		\| ceremonial_chief =
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	\|battles=~~Nagpore<br />1838 - 42 Afghanistan<br /> Kandahar<br /> Ghuznee<br />1842 Cabul<br /> Maharapore<br /> Sobraon<br />1878 - 80 Afghanistan<br />1878 Ali Masjid<br />1900 China~~		\| battles =
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	The '''6th Jat Light Infantry''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bengal Army]], later of the united [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years they were known by a number of different names the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1842, the 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1842–1861, the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1861–~~1897 and finally~~ after the [[Kitchener Reforms\|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army the 6th [[Jat]] Bengal (Light) Infantry. The regiment was involved in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], the [[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.<ref>Sumner, p.15</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/6thjatltinf.htm \|title=Armed Forces: Units: Indian Infantry: 6th Jat Light Infantry \|publisher=British Empire \|access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref>		[https://akhilchiatanya.com The] '''6th Jat Light Infantry''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bengal Army]], later of the united [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years they were known by a number of different names the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1842, the 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1842–1861, the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1861– after the [[Kitchener Reforms\|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army the 6th [[Jat]] Bengal (Light) Infantry. The regiment was involved in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], the [[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.<ref>Sumner, p.15</ref> 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==		==See also==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=6th [[Jat]] Light Infantry
| image= 6th Jat Regiment Headquarters Group (Photo 24-144).jpg
| image_size = 200
|caption= Headquarters Group near [[Merville, Nord|Merville]], [[France]] July 1915
|dates=1803-1922
|country={{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|Indian Empire]]
|branch=Army
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|size=
|command_structure=[[Bengal Army]] (to 1895), [[Bengal Command]]
|garrison=
|ceremonial_chief=[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] (1904)
|ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|nickname=
|motto=
|colors=Red; faced pea-green, 1887 white
|colors_label=Uniform
|march=
|mascot=
|battles=Nagpore 1838 - 42 Afghanistan Kandahar Ghuznee 1842 Cabul Maharapore Sobraon 1878 - 80 Afghanistan 1878 Ali Masjid 1900 China
|notable_commanders=
|anniversaries=
}}
The '''6th Jat Light Infantry''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bengal Army]], later of the united [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years they were known by a number of different names the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1842, the 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1842–1861, the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1861–1897 and finally after the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army the 6th [[Jat]] Bengal (Light) Infantry. The regiment was involved in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], the [[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.<ref>Sumner, p.15</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/6thjatltinf.htm |title=Armed Forces: Units: Indian Infantry: 6th Jat Light Infantry |publisher=British Empire |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref>

==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 (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]
* [[10th Jats]]
* [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
* [[9th Jat Regiment]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1803]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:1803 establishments in the British Empire]]

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