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	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]		* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

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	* 1st Battalion, [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]		* 1st Battalion, [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]
	* 1st Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]		* 1st Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]
	* 1st Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2009-10-19\|publisher=Order of Battle\|title=77 Brigade Subordanates\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104085908/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub\|archive-date=4 January 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		* 1st Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2009-10-19\|publisher=Order of Battle\|title=77 Brigade Subordanates\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104085908/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub\|archive-date=4 January 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	===77th Parachute Brigade===		===77th Parachute Brigade===
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	* [[16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion]]		* [[16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion]]
	* 2nd Battalion, [[Parachute Regiment (India)\|Indian Parachute Regiment]]		* 2nd Battalion, [[Parachute Regiment (India)\|Indian Parachute Regiment]]
	* 4th Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment <ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2009-10-19\|publisher=Order of Battle\|title=77 Parachute Brigade Subordanates\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104082317/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub\|archive-date=2013-01-04\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		* 4th Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment <ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2009-10-19\|publisher=Order of Battle\|title=77 Parachute Brigade Subordanates\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104082317/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub\|archive-date=2013-01-04\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{~~portal~~\|World War II}}		{{Portal\|World War II}}
	* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]		* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]		[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]

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The '''77th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in [[British Raj|India]] in June 1942. The brigade was assigned to the [[Chindits]] and organised into eight columns for operations behind enemy lines in Burma. In March 1945, it was converted into the 77th Indian Parachute Brigade and assigned to the [[44th Airborne Division (India)|44th Airborne Division]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=77 Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6171&Tab=Uhi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070706171348/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6171&Tab=Uhi|archive-date=6 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Composition==
===1942–1943===
* 13th Battalion, [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]
* 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]
* 2nd Battalion, [[Burma Rifles]]
* 3rd Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]] January 1944–August 1944
* 12th Battalion, [[Nigeria Regiment]] April 1944–May 1944
* 7th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment April 1944–May 1944

===1943–1945===
* 3rd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]]
* 1st Battalion, [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]
* 1st Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]
* 1st Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=77 Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104085908/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=10073&Tab=Sub|archive-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===77th Parachute Brigade===
* [[15th (King's) Parachute Battalion]]
* [[16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion]]
* 2nd Battalion, [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Indian Parachute Regiment]]
* 4th Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment <ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=77 Parachute Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104082317/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6203&Tab=Sub|archive-date=2013-01-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War II}}
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]

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