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{{Short description|Rifle regiment of the Indian Army}}
{{Short description|Rifle regiment of the Indian Army}}
{{About|the oldest rifles regiment of the Indian Army|the similarly named infantry regiment|Rajput Regiment}}
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{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Rajputana Rifles
| unit_name = Rajputana Rifles
| native_name = राजपूताना राइफल्स
| image = Rajputana Rifles Insignia (India).svg
| image = Rajputana Rifles Insignia (India).svg
| image_size = 150px
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Regimental Insignia of the Rajputana Rifles
| caption = Regimental Insignia of the Rajputana Rifles
| dates = 10 January 1775 – present
| dates = {{Start date and age|10 January 1775}} - present
| country = {{flag|India}}
| country = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| type = Line Infantry
| type = Line Infantry
| command_structure =  
| command_structure = [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]]
| role = Infantry
| role = Infantry
| size = 25 battalions
| size = 26 battalions
| garrison = [[Delhi Cantonment]]
| garrison = [[Delhi Cantonment]]
| commander1 =Lt Gen [[C P Cariappa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>
| commander1 = Lieutenant General [[Amardeep Singh Aujla]]
| commander1_label =Colonel of the regiment
| commander1_label = Colonel of the regiment
| nickname = RajRif
| garrison_label =
| motto = ''Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (वीर भोग्य वसुंधरा )''<br> "The Brave Shall Inherit the Earth" <br>''Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai'' <br> "Hail Lord Raja Ramachandra"
| nickname = Raj Rif
| colors =  
| motto = ''Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (वीर भोग्य वसुंधरा )''{{small|([[Sanskrit]])}}<br>"The Brave Shall Inherit the Earth"
| colors = {{color box|#1A542D}} {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#E41F1C}} <br> {{small|(Dark Green, Black and Transport Red)}}
| colors_label =  
| mascot =  
| mascot =  
| battle_honours = Poonch, Hajipir, Charwa, [[Battle of Basantar|Basantar]] and Myanamati, ladi gali, [[Battle of Tololing|Tololing]]
| battles = {{Tree list}}
| notable_commanders =  
* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
** [[Battle of Chumb]]
{{tree list/end}}
| battle_honours = Poonch, Hajipir, Charwa, [[Battle of Basantar|Basantar]] and Myanamati, [[Battle of Tololing|Tololing]]
| notable_commanders = '''British Indian Army''' <br>
*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet]]
*[[Major General (United Kingdom)|Major General]] [[Thomas Wynford Rees]]
*[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] [[Geoffrey Beyts]]
'''Post-Independence''' <br>
*[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Adi M. Sethna]]
*[[Major General (India)|Major General]] [[Kulwant Singh (general)|Kulwant Singh]]
*Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon
| identification_symbol = ''Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai (राजा राम चंद्र की जय)'' <ref>{{Cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Reshmi R. |title=Jai Shri Ram: Greeting or War Cry |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/SilkStalkings/jai-shri-ram-greeting-or-war-cry/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |issn=0013-0389 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122193644/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/SilkStalkings/jai-shri-ram-greeting-or-war-cry/ |archive-date=2023-11-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<br> "Hail Lord Raja [[Rama]]"
| identification_symbol_label = War Cry
| anniversaries =  
| anniversaries =  
}}
}}


The '''Rajputana Rifles''' is the oldest [[rifle regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]]. It was originally a part of the [[British Indian Army]], when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions of the '''6th Rajputana Rifles'''. In 1945, the numeral designation was dropped from the title and in 1947 the regiment was transferred to the newly independent [[Indian Army]]. Since independence, the regiment has been involved in a number of conflicts against Pakistan, as well as contributing to the Custodian Force (India) in Korea under the aegis of the United Nations in 1953–54 and to the UN Mission to the Congo in 1962. As a [[rifle regiment]], it uses a bugle horn as its insignia, the same as the British [[Light Division (United Kingdom)|Light Division]], but unlike its British counterparts, the Rajputana Rifles march at the same march pace used in the Indian Army as a whole.
'''The Rajputana Rifles''' is the oldest [[rifle regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]], having been founded in 1775. It traces its origins to the [[British Indian Army]], when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions of the '''6th Rajputana Rifles'''. The regiment won several gallantry awards during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. In 1945, the numeral designation was dropped from the title. The regiment was transferred to the newly independent [[Indian Army]] in 1947.
 
Since [[independence of India|India's independence]], the regiment has been involved in a number of conflicts against Pakistan, as well as contributing to the Custodian Force (India) in Korea under the aegis of the United Nations in 1953–54 and to the UN Mission to the Congo in 1962. As a [[rifle regiment]], it uses a [[bugle]] horn as its insignia, the same as the British [[Light Division (United Kingdom)|Light Division]], but unlike its British counterparts, the Rajputana Rifles march at the same march pace used in the Indian Army as a whole.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}
 
The name Rajputana Rifles is derived from northwest, and the word [[Rajputana]] , a historic region in northwest India that is roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of [[Rajasthan]], as well as small sections of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Gujarat]]. It is based on the word ''Rajaputra'', meaning "son of a king, which came in 6th century.  The name Rajputana means "land of the Rajputs". The [[Aravalli Range]] crosses the southern part of the region from northeast to southwest. The northwestern part is largely the [[Thar desert]], but to the southeast, the land is extremely fertile. Rajput power rose here between the 6th and 13th centuries, and the princes resisted the early Muslim incursions, which began in the 11th century. Rajput power reached its peak in the early 15th century, but the area fell to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] when [[Akbar]] captured the [[Chittor Fort]] in 1568. But the Rajputana was safe due to mutual understanding with mughals.From their seat at [[Ajmer]] the Mughals ruled Rajputana until the early 18th century. The [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]]s held feudatories in the region from c. 1750 to 1818, when it passed to Great Britain. When Britishers came Rajputs did treaty.The Rajput princely states came under British protection by treaties in the early 19th century; most of the area was formed into Rajasthan state in 1948. Under the British, Rajputana included more than 20 princely states, notably [[Bikaner State|Bikaner]], [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]], [[Jodhpur State|Jodhpur]], [[Udaipur State|Udaipur]], and [[Ajmer State|Ajmer]]. The internal autonomy of many of the states was guaranteed.
The name Rajputana Rifles is derived from the word [[Rajputana]], a historic region in northwest India that is roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of [[Rajasthan]], as well as small sections of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Rajputana {{!}} Maharajas, Kingdoms, Rajasthan {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Rajputana |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> It is based on the [[Sanskrit]] word ''Rajaputra'', meaning "son of a king", which finds mention in ancient [[Hindu]] scriptures such as the ''[[Rigveda]]'', ''[[Ramayana]]'', and ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ&q=A+history+of+Rajasthan |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |language=en}}</ref> The name Rajputana means "land of the [[Rajputs]]".<ref name="auto"/>


==Recruitment==
==Recruitment==
The Rajputana Rifles is a multi class regiment from niet region . 50% recruits from the [[Jats|Jats]]  and 50% from [[Rajputs|Rajputs]] which are recruited in equal proportion.<ref name="Hasnain">{{cite news |last=Hasnain |first=Syed Ata |title=Demand for new caste-, faith- or ethnicity-based regiments for Indian Army not in consonance with policy or national interest |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/demand-for-new-caste-faith-or-ethnicity-based-regiments-for-indian-army-not-in-consonance-with-policy-or-national-interest-6494681.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723142534/https://www.firstpost.com/india/demand-for-new-caste-faith-or-ethnicity-based-regiments-for-indian-army-not-in-consonance-with-policy-or-national-interest-6494681.html |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pandit">{{cite news |last=Pandit |first=Rajat |title=Netas look for brownie points over Army |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Netas-look-for-brownie-points-over-Army/articleshow/4392467.cms |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=Times of India |agency=TNN |date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723143705/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Netas-look-for-brownie-points-over-Army/articleshow/4392467.cms |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Rajputana Rifles is a fixed class regiment with equal proportions of Rajputs and Jats and now under [[Agnipath Scheme]] all groups and caste are recruited.<ref name="Hasnain">{{cite news |last=Hasnain |first=Syed Ata |title=Demand for new caste-, faith- or ethnicity-based regiments for Indian Army not in consonance with policy or national interest |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/demand-for-new-caste-faith-or-ethnicity-based-regiments-for-indian-army-not-in-consonance-with-policy-or-national-interest-6494681.html |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723142534/https://www.firstpost.com/india/demand-for-new-caste-faith-or-ethnicity-based-regiments-for-indian-army-not-in-consonance-with-policy-or-national-interest-6494681.html |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pandit">{{cite news |last=Pandit |first=Rajat |title=Netas look for brownie points over Army |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Netas-look-for-brownie-points-over-Army/articleshow/4392467.cms |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=Times of India |agency=TNN |date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723143705/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Netas-look-for-brownie-points-over-Army/articleshow/4392467.cms |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Lineage==
==Lineage==
The regiment's origins lie in the 18th century when the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] (HEIC) recruited [[Rajputs]] to protect its operations. The impressive performance of French local units which were composed of local recruits mixed with French officers, helped the HEIC to decide that it needed to do something similar. In January 1775, it raised its first local infantry units which included the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys, which is considered to be the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army.<ref name=Sharma97/> The 5th Battalion was successively redesignated as 9th Battalion Bombay Sepoys in 1778; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1796; 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1824, and then 4th Regiment Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) in 1881.<ref name="BE104">[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/104thwellesleys.htm Britishempire.co.uk - 104th Wellesley's Rifles]</ref> It thus became the first rifle regiment of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name=Sharma97/> In 1899 the battalion was once more renamed as 4th Regiment (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry and again in 1901 as 4th Bombay Rifles.<ref name="BE104"/>
The regiment's origins lie in the 18th century when the [[East India Company|East India Company (EIC)]] recruited [[Rajputs]] to protect its operations. The impressive performance of French local units which were composed of local recruits mixed with French officers, helped the EIC to decide that it needed to do something similar. In January 1775, it raised its first local infantry units which included the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys, which is considered to be the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army.<ref name=Sharma97/> The 5th Battalion was successively redesignated as 9th Battalion Bombay Sepoys in 1778; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1796; 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1824, and then 4th Regiment Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) in 1881.<ref name="BE104">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/104thwellesleys.htm|title=British Indian Army Regiments|first=Stephen|last=Luscombe|website=www.britishempire.co.uk}}</ref> It thus became the first rifle regiment of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name=Sharma97/> In 1899 the battalion was once more renamed as 4th Regiment (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry and again in 1901 as 4th Bombay Rifles.<ref name="BE104"/>


In [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener's]] 1903 reorganisation of the Indian Army, 4th Bombay Rifles became 104th Wellesley's Rifles, to commemorate the fact that the regiment had been commanded in 1800 by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later the [[Duke of Wellington (title)|Duke of Wellington]]).<ref>Mackenzie 1951, p. 25.</ref> In the further re-organisation in 1921, six regiments were brought together to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles Regiment:
In [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener's]] 1903 reorganisation of the Indian Army, 4th Bombay Rifles became 104th Wellesley's Rifles, to commemorate the fact that the regiment had been commanded in 1800 by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later the [[Duke of Wellington (title)|Duke of Wellington]]).<ref>Mackenzie 1951, p. 25.</ref> In the further re-organisation in 1921, the following six regiments were brought together to form the six battalions of the '''6th Rajputana Rifles Regiment''':<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-03-17_114.pdf|title=PIB|date=1950-03-14|access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref>


[[File:Rajputana.jpg|thumb|A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. c. 1911]]
[[File:Rajputana.jpg|thumb|A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. c. 1911]]
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*5th Battalion - [[125th Napier's Rifles]]
*5th Battalion - [[125th Napier's Rifles]]
*10th (Training) Battalion - [[13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)]].
*10th (Training) Battalion - [[13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)]].
*18th Battalion - ([[Saurashtra Rifles]])<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 104–105.</ref>
*18th Battalion - (Saurashtra Rifles)<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 104–105.</ref>


In 1945 the regiments of the [[British Indian Army]] dropped the numeral in their titles and so the Rajputana Rifles assumed its current name. In 1947 after the [[partition of India]] the regiment was allocated to the newly formed [[Indian Army]]. In 1949, the 1st battalion was transferred to the newly raised [[Brigade of the Guards]], becoming the 3rd battalion, Brigade of the Guards.
In 1945, the regiments of the [[British Indian Army]] dropped the numeral in their titles and so the Rajputana Rifles assumed its current name. In 1947, after the [[partition of India]], the regiment was allocated to the newly formed [[Indian Army]]. In 1949, the 1st battalion was transferred to the newly raised [[Brigade of the Guards]], becoming the 3rd battalion, Brigade of the Guards.


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Rajputana Rifles assault on Meiktila.jpg|thumb|right|Men of the regiment during the [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Battle of Meiktila]], Burma 1945]]
[[File:Kirkee.jpg|right|thumb|Battle of Khadki, 1817]]
In 1817 the 4th battalion met the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] at the [[Battle of Khadki]]. The defence earned the regiment the battle honor of "Khadki". In 1856–57 the 1st, 2nd, and 4th battalions were together in the [[Anglo-Persian War|Persian]] theatre of operations. In 1856 Capt. [[John Augustus Wood]] of the 2nd battalion (then the 20th Bombay Native Infantry) was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for storming [[Bushire]] Fort.<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 97–98.</ref> This was the first Victoria Cross to be won in an Indian unit.<ref>Mackenzie 1951, p. 131.</ref> Sub. Maj Mohammed Sharief and Sub. Peer Bhatt were recommended for the Victoria Cross for their actions in the same battle but were turned down as at that time the medal category was not open to Indians.<ref>Sharma 1990, p. 98.</ref><ref>Until 1911, the [[Indian Order of Merit]] was the highest gallantry award that Indian soldiers were eligible for. After 1911, the Victoria Cross was extended to all soldiers of the British Empire.</ref>


In 1817, the 4th battalion met the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] at the [[Battle of Khadki]]. The defence earned the regiment the battle honor of "Khadki". In 1856–57 the 1st, 2nd, and 4th battalions were together in the [[Anglo-Persian War|Persian]] theatre of operations. In 1856, Captain [[John Augustus Wood]] of the 2nd battalion (then the 20th Bombay Native Infantry) was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for storming [[Bushire]] Fort.<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 97–98.</ref> This was the first Victoria Cross to be won in an Indian unit.<ref>Mackenzie 1951, p. 131.</ref> Sub. Maj Mohammed Sharief and Sub. Peer Bhatt were recommended for the Victoria Cross for their actions in the same battle, but were turned down as at that time the medal category was not open to Indians.<ref>Sharma 1990, p. 98.</ref><ref>Until 1911, the [[Indian Order of Merit]] was the highest gallantry award that Indian soldiers were eligible for. After 1911, the Victoria Cross was extended to all soldiers of the British Empire.</ref>
[[File:Indian troops in the firing line, Mesopotamia, January 1915.jpg|thumb|120th Rajputana Rifles man the firing lines in Mesopotamia, 1915]]
In 1878–1880, during the [[Second Afghan War]], the 1st battalion marched 145 miles in 5 days from [[Quetta]] to [[Kandahar]] and laid siege to the city. In 1900–1902, the 3rd battalion was part of a force used to contain the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]].
In 1878–1880, during the [[Second Afghan War]], the 1st battalion marched 145 miles in 5 days from [[Quetta]] to [[Kandahar]] and laid siege to the city. In 1900–1902, the 3rd battalion was part of a force used to contain the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]].


[[World War I]] saw the regiment fight in battlefields from [[France]] to [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. The 5th battalion was in all theatres of the war and participated in [[General Allenby]]’s march to recapture [[Jerusalem]].
[[World War I]] saw the regiment fight in battlefields from [[France]] to [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. The 5th battalion was in all theatres of the war and participated in [[General Allenby]]’s march to recapture [[Jerusalem]].[[File:Rajputana Rifles assault on Meiktila.jpg|thumb|right|Men of the regiment during the [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Battle of Meiktila]], Burma 1945]]During [[World War II]], the regiment was expanded to thirteen battalions and served in the Middle East, Burma and Malaya.<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 106–109.</ref> The 4th battalion had the distinction of earning two Victoria Crosses during this conflict.<ref>Sharma 1990, p. 106.</ref>


During [[World War II]] the regiment was expanded to thirteen battalions and served in the Middle East, Burma and Malaya.<ref>Sharma 1990, pp. 106–109.</ref> The 4th battalion had the distinction of earning two Victoria Crosses during this conflict.<ref>Sharma 1990, p. 106.</ref>
Over the course of its existence, members of the regiment have received four [[Victoria Cross]]es, 44 [[Military Cross]]es, one [[Param Vir Chakra]], three [[Ashok Chakra Award|Ashok Chakra]]s, one [[Padma Bhushan]], fourteen [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, ten [[Maha Vir Chakra]]s, eleven [[Kirti Chakra]]s, 18 [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, two [[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal]], 50 [[Vir Chakra]]s, 28 [[Shaurya Chakra]]s, 122 [[Sena Medal]]s (including Bar), 39 [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, three [[Yudh Seva Medal]]s, 85 [[Mentioned in dispatches|Mentions-in-Dispatches]] and 55 [[Arjuna Award]]s.<ref name=Sharma97>Sharma 1990, p. 97. and {{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/104-Raj-Rif.html |title=Bharat Rakshak :: Land Forces Site - the Rajputana Rifles |access-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711194150/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/104-Raj-Rif.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>


Over the course of its existence, members of the regiment have received six [[Victoria Cross]]es, two [[Military Cross]]es, one [[Param Vir Chakra]], three [[Ashok Chakra Award|Ashok Chakra]]s, one [[Padma Bhushan]], fourteen [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, ten [[Maha Vir Chakra]]s, eleven [[Kirti Chakra]]s, 18 [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, two [[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal]], 50 [[Vir Chakra]]s, 28 [[Shaurya Chakra]]s, 122 [[Sena Medal]]s (including Bar), 39 [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]s, three [[Yudh Seva Medal]]s, 85 [[Mentioned in dispatches|Mentions-in-Dispatches]] and 55 [[Arjun Award]]s.<ref name=Sharma97>Sharma 1990, p. 97. and {{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/104-Raj-Rif.html |title=Bharat Rakshak :: Land Forces Site - the Rajputana Rifles |access-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711194150/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Infantry/104-Raj-Rif.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>
==Units==
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with the Indian Army Band Contingents (participants of the Beating Retreat Ceremony) and Provost Outrides, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 30, 2018.jpg|alt=Members of the Rajputana Rifles.|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] with members of the Band of the Rajputana Rifles following the [[Beating Retreat]], [[Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi|Rashtrapati Bhavan]], 30 January 2018.]]


==Units==
The Rajputana Rifles consists of twenty regular [[battalion]]s, four [[Rashtriya Rifles]] battalions and two [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]] battalions -
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with the Indian Army Band Contingents (participants of the Beating Retreat Ceremony) and Provost Outrides, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 30, 2018.jpg|alt=Members of the Rajputana Rifles.|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] with members of the Band of the Rajputana Rifles following the [[Beating Retreat]], [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], 30 January 2018.]]
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2023}}
[[File:Stamp of India - 2018 - Colnect 820147 - Bicentenary of the Rajputana Rifles.jpeg|thumb|300px|Postage stamp released in 2018 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Third Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.]]
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[[File:Stamp of India - 2020 - Colnect 942482 - Bicentenary of the Fourth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.jpeg|thumb|300px|Postage stamp released in 2020 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Fourth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.]]
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;"| Battalion
*2nd Battalion (formerly [[120th Rajputana Infantry]])
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;"| Raising Date
*3rd Battalion (formerly [[122nd Rajputana Infantry]])
! scope="col" style="width: 550px;"| Remarks
*4th Battalion (formerly [[123rd Outram's Rifles]])
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;"| References
*5th Battalion (formerly [[125th Napier's Rifles]])
|-style="background:#EEE8AA"
*6th Battalion (Param Vir Chakra Paltan)
|1st Battalion §
*7th Battalion (Mynamati Battalion)
|1775
*8th Battalion
|Raised as 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. Converted to 3rd Battalion, [[Brigade of the Guards]] on 1 September 1949. Pre-independence : 28 battle honours, post-independence : battle honour ''Gadra Road''
*9th Battalion
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://samsshopping.com/product/3-guards-1-raj-rif/|title=3 Guards (1) Raj Rif )|date=2015-09-08|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
*11th Battalion
|-
*12th Battalion (formerly 31st Rajputana Rifles)
|2nd Battalion
*13th Battalion
|1817
*14th Battalion
|Raised as the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Designated [[120th Rajputana Infantry]] in 1903 and 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own), 6th Rajputana Rifles in 1922. Battle honours of ''Persia, Reshire, Bushire, Koosh-Ab, Mesopotamia, Shaiba, Kut-Al-Amara, '' and ''Ctesiphon''. Captain [[John Augustus Wood]] won the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1856 at [[Bushire]], [[Persian Empire|Persia]]. Post independence battle honours – ''Poonch, Tololing'' and ''Drass''; theatre honour – ''Kargil''.
*15th Battalion
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19990719-kargil-war-rajputana-rifles-first-to-be-cited-for-their-dogged-bravery-in-tololing-824799-1999-07-18|title=Kargil war: Rajputana Rifles first to be cited for their dogged bravery in Tololing|date=1999-07-19|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|date=3 August 1860|issue=22409|page=2860}}</ref>
*16th Battalion
|-
*17th Battalion (former [[Imperial Service Troops]])
|3rd Battalion
* 18th Battalion (former Saurashtra Rifles [[Nawanagar State Forces]])
|1818
*19th Battalion
|Raised as 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Underwent many name changes, was designated [[122nd Rajputana Infantry]], before present designation. Battle honours –''China, Afghanistan, Basra and Shaiba, Kut-Al-Amra, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, Irrawady, Mandalay'' and ''Fort Dufferin''. Theatre honours – ''Persia, Mesopotamia, Burma 1932-34, Burma 1944-45, Jammu & Kashmir'' and ''Rajasthan''.
*20th Battalion
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/3rd-bn-the-rajputana-rifles/|title=Third Battalion, Rajputana Rifles|date=2018-11-03|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
*21st Battalion
|-
*22nd Battalion
|4th Battalion (Outram's)
* 9 Rashtriya Rifles
|1820
* 18 Rashtriya Rifles
|Raised on 26 May 1820 from elements which took part in the [[Battle of Khadki]] in November 1817, as the First Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the East India Company Indian Army. In the reorganisation of 1903, it took on the name of [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|Sir James Outram]] and was designated the [[123rd Outram's Rifles]]. Won two Victoria Crosses (Subedar [[Richhpal Ram]] and CHM [[Chhelu Ram]]), and 23 Battle/Theatre Honours during the pre-independence period. Post-Independence battle honours – ''Charwa'' and ''Uri'', theatre honour ''Punjab 1965''.
* 43 Rashtriya Rifles
|<ref>{{cite book|last=Rawlinson|first=H. G.|title= Outram's Rifles: A History of the 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles|publisher= Naval & Military Press Ltd|year=2005|url= https://indianculture.gov.in/reports-proceedings/outrams-rifles-history-4th-battalion-6th-rajputana-rifles|isbn=978-1845743253}}</ref>
* 57 Rashtriya Rifles
|-
Others:
|5th Battalion (Napier's)
*1st Battalion is now 3rd Battalion, [[Brigade of the Guards]]
|1820
*18th Battalion is now 11th Mechanised Infantry Regiment
|Raised as 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry, underwent many changes, designated [[125th Napier's Rifles]] in 1903 and present designation in 1945. Won one Victoria Cross in 1858 and 27 battle honours before independence.
*23rd Battalion was transformed in 2013 into the 23rd Battalion, [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute Regiment]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://istampgallery.com/5th-bn-napiers-the-rajputana-rifles/|title=5th Bn (Napiers), the Rajputana Rifles|date=1995-11-28|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref>
*105 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajputana Rifles – Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi  
|-
*128 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajputana Rifles Eco - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
|6th Battalion
|1962
|Nicknamed the ''Param Vir Chakra Paltan'' and ''Shooting Sixth'', the regiment was raised in 1940 by Lieutenant Colonel NG Gane {{small|[[Military Cross|MC]]}} at [[Faizabad]]. Theatre honour ''Burma'' during World War II. CHM [[Piru Singh]] was awarded the PVC during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]. The battalion was awarded the theatre honour ''Jammu and Kashmir'' and battle honour ''Darapari''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/6th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/|title=Sixth Battalion Rajputana Rifles|date=2016-01-17|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|7th Battalion  
|1962
|Raised 1941, fought in [[British Malaya|Malaya]], disbanded at the end of war. Re-raised in 1962 at Delhi Cantonment. Battle honour ''Mynamati'' and theatre honour ''East Pakistan, 1971''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://samsshopping.com/product/7th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/|title= 7th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2012-03-01|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|8th Battalion
|1963
|Raised in 1941 and saw action in the [[Arakan Campaign 1942–43|Arakan Campaign]], battle honour ''Rathedaung'', disbanded 1947. Re-raised by Lieutenant Colonel JJ Lal in Delhi.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/8th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/|title=8th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2013-01-03|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|9th Battalion
|1964
|Raised 1941 at [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]], converted to an anti-aircraft regiment, disbanded 1945. Re-raised at [[Delhi Cantonment]] by Lieutenant Colonel C Silva.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/9th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/ |title=9th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2014-09-28|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> 
|-
|11th Battalion
|1964
|Raised by Lieutenant Colonel Risal Singh at [[Kanchrapara]]. [[Rajesh Kumar (soldier)|Havildar Rajesh Kumar]] was posthumously awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] in 2010.
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://samsshopping.com/product/11th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/ |title=11th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2014-10-01|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|12th Battalion
|1968
|Raised as 31 Rajputana Rifles on 15 January 1968 and re-designated as 12 Rajputana Rifles on 23 February 1971. Theatre honour : ''East Pakistan, 1971''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stampdigest.in/2018/05/13/aps-cover-jan-2018-golden-jubilee-12th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles-raj-rif/ |title=12th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2018-01-15|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|13th Battalion
|1966
|Raised as the [[New Delhi]] by Lieutenant Colonel Jai Singh {{small|[[Sena Medal|SM]]}}. Nicknamed ''Thundering Thirteen''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/13-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/ |title=13 Battalion The Rajputana Rifles|date=2015-01-20|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|14th Battalion
|1966
|Raised as 11 Rajputana Rifles (TA), disbanded 1947, re-raised 1966 by Lieutenant Colonel Harbhajan Singh at [[Golconda]]. Nicknamed '' Fighting Fourteen''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://samsshopping.com/product/14th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/ |title=14 Rajputana Rifles|date=2016-10-01|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|15th Battalion  
|1976
|
|
|-
|16th Battalion  
|1979
|
|
|-
|17th Battalion  
|1934
|Former [[Imperial Service Troops]], raised as Sawai Man Guards of Jaipur State Forces, battle honour ''Ledi Gali'' during 1948 operations, absorbed into Indian Army in 1951.
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://amberfort.org/nishan-parade-at-amber-fort/|title= Nishan Parade at Amber Fort |date=2019-10-17|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-style="background:#EEE8AA"
|18th Battalion §
|1941?
|Former Saurashtra Rifles, ([[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar State Forces]]); now 11th [[Mechanised Infantry Regiment]]. Battle honours ''Asal Uttar'' and ''Basantar''.
|
|-
|19th Battalion
|1962
|Raised at [[Delhi Cantonment]] by Lieutenant Colonel SP Kutky. Captain [[Ummed Singh Mahra]] was posthumously awarded the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] in 1971. Awarded theatre honour ''East Pakistan, 1971''.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/19th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifles/|title=19th Battalion|date=2012-09-01|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref>
|-
|20th Battalion
|1981
|Raised in Delhi Cantonment
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samsshopping.com/product/20th-battalion-the-rajputana-rifle/|title=20th Battalion|date=2006-01-01|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref>
|-
|21st Battalion  
|1985
|
|
|-
|22nd Battalion
|
|
|
|-style="background:#EEE8AA"
|23rd Battalion §
|
|Converted to 23rd Battalion, [[Parachute Regiment (India)|Parachute Regiment]] in 2013
|
|-
|24th Battalion
|
|
|
|- style="background:#10D0E0
|2 Bhairav Battalion || 2025 || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ddnews.gov.in/en/bhairav-battalion-suryastra-make-debut-at-r-day-parade-showcasing-indias-new-combat-edge/|title=Raising of all 25 Bhairav battalions expected to be complete in the next few months|date=2026-02-02|access-date=2026-03-14}}</ref>
|- style="background:#D0FFD0"
|9 Rashtriya Rifles
|1994
|
|
|-style="background:#D0FFD0"
|18 Rashtriya Rifles
|1994
|
|
|-style="background:#D0FFD0"
|43 Rashtriya Rifles
|2005?
|
|
|-style="background:#D0FFD0"
|57 Rashtriya Rifles
|
|
|
|-style="background:#FFD0D0"
|105 (TA) Battalion
|1949
|Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi; nicknamed ''Rajputana Terriers''
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52048|title=Rajputana Terriers Turn Sixty|date=2009-08-21|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref>
|-style="background:#FFD0D0"
|128 (TA) Battalion
|1983
|Eco - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051008/saturday/main1.htm|title=Battling for green cover|date=2005-10-08|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
|-
|}
§ indicates former units.


==Alliances==
==Alliances==
*{{GBR}} - [[Cheshire Regiment|The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment]]; 5th Bn
*{{GBR}} - [[Cheshire Regiment|The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment]]; 5th Battalion


==Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum==
==Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum==
The Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum in the Rajputana Rifles Centre is located inside the [[Delhi Cantonment]]. The museum covers the rich history of the regiment in the most modern fashion. The museum is around 7000 square feet in size and covers the history of the regiment from its inception. The museum exhibits weapons and uniforms and narrates the history through large format images and audiovisual film. The museum was designed and conceived by Holistic Design a Delhi-based design studio headed by Nikhil Bhardwaj who specializes in designing museums and exhibitions. Col. M. S. Niranjan of the 19th battalion was the director of the museum project. It is rated as the finest military museum in India and even compared to the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.
The Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum in the Rajputana Rifles Centre is located inside the [[Delhi Cantonment]]. The museum covers the rich history of the regiment in the most modern fashion. The museum is around 7000 square feet in size and covers the history of the regiment from its inception. The museum exhibits weapons and uniforms and narrates the history through large format images and audiovisual film. The museum was designed and conceived by Holistic Design a Delhi-based design studio headed by Nikhil Bhardwaj who specializes in designing museums and exhibitions. Col. M. S. Niranjan of the 19th battalion was the director of the museum project. It is rated as the finest military museum in India and even compared to the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.


==Gallantry Awards==
==Battle Honours==
{{unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
'''Pre Independence'''<ref name="IA">{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=mP2z8s8E1dSVlVoDRr01CQ==&ParentID=QQdum6YwvvCMZsfcMSUpvw==|title=The Rajputana Rifles|access-date=2023-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|title=Indian Army List for January 1941|publisher=Army Headquarters, India|date=1941|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284990/page/n549/mode/2up?q=rajputana&view=theater|page=752}}</ref>
*Coy Hav. Maj. [[Piru Singh]] - [[Param Vir Chakra]], 6 Raj Rif
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*Coy. Hav. Maj. [[Chhelu Ram]] - [[Victoria Cross]], 6 Raj Rif
*[[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War|Mysore]]
* Maj. [[Padmapani Acharya]] - [[Maha Vir Chakra]], 2 Raj Rif
*[[Battle of Seringapatam|Seringapatam]]
* Maj. [[Vivek Gupta (major)|Vivek Gupta]] - [[Maha Vir Chakra]], 2 Raj Rif
*[[Invasion of Île Bonaparte|Bourbon]]
*Nk. [[Digendra Kumar]] - [[Maha Vir Chakra]], 2 Raj Rif
*[[Battle of Khadki|Kirkee]] 1817
* Capt. [[Neikezhakuo Kenguruse]] - Maha Vir Chakra, 2 Raj Rif
*[[Beni Boo Alli (Battle honour)|Beni Boo Alli]]
* Hav. [[Rajesh Kumar (soldier)|Rajesh Kumar]] - [[Ashoka Chakra]], 11 Raj Rif
*[[Battle of Miani|Meeanee]] 1943
* Nk. [[Neeraj Kumar Singh]] - [[Ashoka Chakra]], 13 Raj Rif
*[[Battle of Dubba|Hyderabad 1843]]
* Capt. Umaid Singh - [[Ashoka Chakra]], 19 Raj Rif
*[[Battle of Aliwal|Aliwal]] 1846
* Capt. (Later Col) [[Karni Singh Rathore]] - [[Kirti Chakra]], 17 Raj Rif, (Sawaiman Guards)
*[[Siege of Multan (1848-1849)|Mooltan]]
* Maj (Later Brig) JK Tomar - Vir Chakra, 9 Raj Rif
*[[Second Anglo-Sikh War|Punjaub]]
* [http://www.captainvijyantthapar.com Capt. Vijayant Thapar] - [[Vir Chakra]], 2 Raj Rif
*[[Anglo-Persian War|Reshire]]
*Col. Daljit Singh Randhawa - [[Military Cross]], Vishisht Seva Medal, 5/6 Raj Rif
*[[Anglo-Persian War|Bushire]] 1856
*Lt. Gen. [[Abhay Krishna]] - Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, [[Sena Medal]], Vishisht Seva Medal
*[[Anglo-Persian War|Koosh-Ab]]
*Col. [[Magod Basappa Ravindranath]] - [[Vir Chakra]], 2 Raj Rif
*[[Anglo-Persian War|Persia]]
*Capt. Mohammed Haneef Uddin -[[Vir Chakra]], 11 Raj Rif
*[[Central India Campaign (1858)|Central India]]
*Maj.Gen Shivkaran Alok Dubey Yudh Seva medal, Maha Vir Chakra, 22 Raj Rif
*[[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinia]]
* Hav. Sugan Singh Maha Vir Chakra, 7 RAJ RIF
*[[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Kandahar 1880]]
*LNK NO 20976 IDSM 4TH OUTRMN'S RAJPUTANA RIFLES
*[[Chitral Expedition|Chitral]]
*[[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878–80]]
*[[Third Anglo-Burmese War|Burma 1885–87]]
*[[British East Africa 1896|British East Africa]]
*[[Boxer Rebellion|China 1900]]
*[[Third Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
*[[Battle of Givenchy|Givenchy 1914]]
*[[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve Chapelle]]
*[[Battle of Aubers|Aubers]]
*[[Battle of Festubert|Festubert 1915]]
*[[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders 1914–15]]
*[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Egypt 1915]]
*[[Gaza (Battle honour)|Gaza]]
*[[Battle of Nebi Samwill (1917)|Nebi Samwil]]
*[[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Jerusalem]]
*[[Action of Tell 'Asur|Tell 'Asur]]
*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Megiddo]]
*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Sharon]]
*[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine 1917–18]]
*[[Battle of Basra (1914)|Basra]]
*[[Battle of Shaiba|Shaiba]]
*[[Battle of Es Sinn|Kut al Amara 1915]]
*[[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Ctesiphon]]
*[[Siege of Kut|Defence of Kut al Amara]]
*[[Tigris 1916 (Battle honour)|Tigris 1916]]
*[[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|Baghdad]]
*[[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia 1914–18]]
*[[Persian campaign (World War I)|Persia 1918]]
*[[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa 1914]]
*[[East African Campaign (World War II)|Abyssinia 1941]]
*[[Syria–Lebanon campaign|Syria 1941]]
*[[North African Campaign|North Africa 1940–43]]
*[[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy 1943–45]]
*[[Malayan Campaign|Malaya 1941–42]]
*[[Burma Campaign|Burma 1942–1945]]
{{div col end}}
'''Post Independence'''<ref name="IA"/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|Punch]]
*[[Battle of Asal Uttar|Asal Uttar]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Charwa]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|J&K 1965]]
*[[Battle of Basantar|Basantar]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Mynamati]]
*[[Kargil War|Tololing]]
*[[Kargil War|Drass]]
{{div col end}}
 
==Gallantry awards (Pre-independence)==
[[File:Stamp of India - 2018 - Colnect 820147 - Bicentenary of the Rajputana Rifles.jpeg|thumb|300px|Postage stamp released in 2018 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Third Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 2020 - Colnect 942482 - Bicentenary of the Fourth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.jpeg|thumb|300px|Postage stamp released in 2020 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Fourth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.]]
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2023}}
{{big|'''Pre-1914'''}}
 
'''[[Victoria Cross]]'''
*Captain [[John Augustus Wood]], 20th Bombay Native Infantry
*Lieutenant [[William Francis Frederick Waller]], 24th Bombay Native Infantry
 
{{big|'''1914-1921'''}}<ref>{{cite book|last=India|first=Adjutant General of |title=List of Honours Awarded to the Indian Army August 1914 to August 1921|date=1930|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210111|publisher= Committee Indian War Memorial Delhi}}</ref><br/>
'''[[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]]'''
*Captain Edwin James Mollison, 125th Napier's Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12947/page/988|title=The London Gazette, Issue:12947, Page:988|date=1916-06-05|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
'''[[Military Cross]]'''
*Captain W. Odell, 123rd Outram's Rifles - attached 125th Napier Rifles<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29202/supplement/6128|title=The London Gazette, Issue:29202, Page:6128|date=1915-06-22|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
*Lieutenant C. F. F. Moore, 123rd Outram's Rifles - attached 4th Gurkha Rifles<ref name="MC"/>
*Lieutenant Charles Oliver Robins Mosse, 120th Rajputana Infantry<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29550/supplement/4006|title=The London Gazette, Issue:29550, Page:4006|date=1916-04-14|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
*Lieutenant John Bell Nelson, 125th Napier's Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31158/supplement/1681|title=The London Gazette, Issue:31158, Page:1681|date=1919-01-31|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
*Subedar Harnath Singh, 1st Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles (Egypt)
'''[[Order of British India]]'''
*Subedar Parbhudhan Singh, 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment), (East Africa)
*Subedar Major Hassan Muhammad, 104th Wellesley's Rifles (Kut-Al-Amara)
*Subedar Harchant Jat, 104th Wellesley's Rifles (Kut-Al-Amara)
*Subedar Major Khitab Gul, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
*Subedar Sri Bahadur Singh, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
*Subedar Indar Singh, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Kut-Al-Amara)
*Acting Subedar Major Abdul Shakur Khan, 122nd Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
*Subedar Major Umar Din, 125th Napier's Rifles (France)
*Subedar Nizam-ud-din, 125th Napier's Rifles (Egypt)
 
'''[[Indian Order of Merit]]'''
*Subedar Bakhtawar Singh, 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment), (East Africa)
*Subedar Sabal Singh, Naik Net Singh, Lance Naik Guman Singh, Rifleman Kheta Ram, Rifleman Dhanna Ram, Rifleman Maula Dad, Naik Narsu Singh, Rifleman Manji Singh, Naik Malik Khan, Subedar Mukh Ram, Colour Havildar Ganpat Singh, Havildar Allahditta (Mesopotamia), Subedar Tiku Ram (Kut-Al-Amara); all from 104th Wellesley's Rifles
*Subedar Dunga Rawat, Sepoy Hukam Singh, Colour Havildar Ganesh Ram, Sepoy Lachhman Singh, Sepoy Kum Singh, Subedar Major Khitab Gul, Havildar Girwar, (Mesopotamia), Havildar Uhet Singh, Jemadar Nara, (Kut-Al-Amara); all from 120th Rajputana Infantry
*Subedar Harnath Singh, Jemadar Bhim Singh, Subedar Major Bhura Ram, Jemadar Hans Ram, Jemadar Arjun Ram, Jemadar Nanig Ram, Naik Amir Hussain, (Egypt), Jemadar Mubarik Ali, (attached 58th Rifles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29639/supplement/6319|title=The London Gazette, Issue:29639, Page:6319|date=1916-06-23|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref> all from 123rd Outram's Rifles
*Rifleman Bal Singh, Jemadar Munshi Singh, Havildar Sher Khan, Rifleman Goru Ram, Lance Naik Feroz Khan, (Mesopotamia), Subedar Major Jahan Shah, Rifleman Sukh Singh, Colour Havildar Rahim Ali, Subedar Nizam-ud-din, Jemadar Sheobaksh Singh, (Egypt), all from 125th Napier's Rifles
'''[[Indian Distinguished Service Medal]]'''
*World War I - 3 medals (13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment)), 20 medals (104th Wellesley's Rifles), 21 medals (120th Rajputana Infantry), 2 medals (122nd Rajputana Infantry), 16 medals (123rd Outram's Rifles), 18 medals (125th Napier's Rifles)
'''[[Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Army)|Indian Meritorious Service Medal]]'''
*World War I - 10 medals (13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment)), 26 medals (104th Wellesley's Rifles), 6 medals (120th Rajputana Infantry), 5 medals (122nd Rajputana Infantry), 51 medals (123rd Outram's Rifles), 46 medals (125th Napier's Rifles)
'''[[Croix De Guerre]] (French)'''
*Subedar Major Hasan Muhammad, Subedar Mukh Ram (France), 104th Wellesley's Rifles; Subedar Major Khitab Gil (France) 120th Rajputana Infantry
'''Leim Alilimdetaire (French)'''
*Naik Jema Baksh (Egypt) 120th Rajputana Infantry; Colour Havildar Allahbad Khan (Mesopotamia), 125th Napier's Rifles
'''Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives en Bronze (French)'''
*Subedar Major Bhura Ram, 123rd Outram's Rifles; CQMH Madat Khan, 125th Napier's Rifles
 
{{big|'''1921-1939'''}}<br/>
'''[[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]]'''
*Captain John Allan Ferguson, 13th Rajputs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13742/page/1526|title=The Edinburgh Gazette, Issue:13742, Page:1526|date=1921-09-13|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
*Major Robert Denis Ambrose, 1st Battalion (Wellesley's), 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34542/page/5281|title=The London Gazette, Issue:34542, Page:5281|date=1938-08-16|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
'''[[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]]'''
*Major Harold James Huxford, 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles (Napiers)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14133/page/632|title=The London Gazette, Issue:14133, Page:632|date=1925-06-06|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
'''[[Distinguished Service Order]]'''
*Lieutenant Colonel John Duncan Grant, 13th Rajputs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32778/page/8955|title=The London Gazette, Issue:32778, Page:8955|date=1922-12-19|access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
 
'''Military Cross'''
*Lieutenant Geoffrey Herbert Bruno Beyts, 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33894/page/8133|title=The London Gazette, Issue:33894, Page:8133|date=1932-12-20|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
*Lieutenant Roy Edward Percy Wyndham, 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34426/page/5177|title=The London Gazette, Issue:34426, Page:5177|date=1937-08-13|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
*Lieutenant Richard Harold Robert Alderman, 4th Battalion (Outram's), 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34533/page/4677|title=The London Gazette, Issue:34533, Page:4677|date=1938-07-19|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
{{big|'''1939-1947'''}}<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|title=The Tiger Kills|date=1944|publisher=Director of Public Relations, India Command, Government of India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527937|page=329}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|title=The Tiger Strikes|date=1942|publisher=Director of Public Relations, India Command, Government of India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523873|page=157}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36574/supplement/2964|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36574, Page:2964|date=1944-06-20|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37061/supplement/2336|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37061, Page:2336|date=1945-05-01|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37151/supplement/3384|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37151, Page:3384|date=1945-06-26|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><br/>
'''Victoria Cross'''
*Company Havildar-Major [[Chhelu Ram]] - [[Victoria Cross]], 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36107/supplement/3373|title=The London Gazette, 36107, page 3373|date=1943-07-23|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Subedar [[Richhpal Ram]], 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35207/supplement/3807|title=The London Gazette, 35207, page 3807|date=1941-07-01|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
'''Distinguished Service Order'''
*Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Herbert Bruno Beyts, Lieutenant Colonel PRH Skrine, Lieutenant Colonel WAL James, Lieutenant Colonel R Lawrenson, Lieutenant Colonel RB Scott, Lieutenant Colonel L Jones, Lieutenant J. McHadden, Major (temporary) John Lewis Haycroft Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel (acting) George Edgar Parker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37476/page/1048|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37476, Page:1048|date=1946-02-19|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37433/supplement/498|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37433, Page:498|date=1946-01-15|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
'''Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire'''
*Brigadier (acting) Victor George Joseph Barton,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2769|title=The London Gazette, Issue:37598, Page:2769|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Franz Reginald Lindsay Goadb,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/12|title=The London Gazette, Issue:38161, Page:12|date=1947-12-30|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Major Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert James Sheppard,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35586/page/2484|title=The London Gazette, Issue:35586, Page:2484|date=1942-06-05|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Colonel (temporary) Bertram Bayliss,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37433/supplement/493|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37433, Page:493|date=1946-01-15|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Lieutenant-Colonel (local) George Roy Stevens,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2771|title=The London Gazette, Issue:37598, Page:2771|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Major RB Broadbent, *Major Chand Narain Das<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4670|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37274Page:4670|date=1945-09-18|access-date=2026-02-20}}</ref>
'''Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire'''
*Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) Denis Gill Ryan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37386/supplement/6059|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37386, Page:6059|date=1945-12-11|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Claude Morgan Hutchings,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35204/supplement/3739|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:35204, Page:3739|date=1941-06-27|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Major (temporary) Alan Philip Young, Major (temporary) David Ralph Morgan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37386/supplement/6066|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37386, Page:6066|date=1945-12-11|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Captain Alan Stuart Roger,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36563/supplement/2851|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36563, Page:2851|date=1944-06-13|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Captain DL Powell Jones, Captain (temporary) John Lewis Warren,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37407/page/31|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37407, Page:31|date=1945-12-28|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Captain (Temporary) Liaqat Saeed Khan Lodi,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37595/supplement/2732|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37595, Page:2732|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Captain (temporary Major) George Edgar Parker,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36287/supplement/5472|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36287, Page:5472|date=1943-12-14|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Captain (temporary) Harold Anthony Burke,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37433/supplement/494|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37433, Page:494|date=1946-01-15|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Captain Stanley Broadbent, Major (temporary) Abdul Rashid Choudhri,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2773|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37598, Page:2773|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> Captain (temporary) Ghulam Nabi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37119/supplement/2945|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37119, Page:2945|date=1945-06-08|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>  Jemadar Farman Ali.
'''Military Cross'''
*Major (temporary) Leslie Louis Fleming, Major (temporary) Geoffrey Arthur Hasler, Major (temporary) George Edgar Parker, Major (temporary) John Keith Parry, Major (acting) John Campbell Anderson, Major (temporary) Hubert Michael Close, Captain GE Charter, Captain Mian Khan, Captain CE Cayley, Captain GR Riddick, Captain KR Gentles, Captain Ivan Bernard St. Regis Surita, Captain JRM French, Captain EW Dixon, Captain AT Murray, Captain Dinesh Chandra Misra, Captain (temporary) John Michael Beamish, Lieutenant Geoffrey Earle Dubois, Lieutenant Daljit Singh Randhawa, Captain (temporary) Ivon Charles Jameson, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Edward Wilberforce Dixon, 2nd Lieutenant NL Kapur,  2nd Lieutenant Bashir Ahmed, Captain Alexander Hendrick Roosmale Cocq, Lieutenant Gilbert Llewellyn Young-Western, Lieutenant Denis Oswald O'Leary, 2nd Lieutenant JM Ashworth, 2nd Lieutenant PK Horwood, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Sworup Singh Kalaan, Subedar Tota Ram, Subedar Kesari Singh, Jemadar Sanwal Ram, Jemadar Kalu Ram, Subedar Kalyan Singh, Jemadar (acting Subedar) Usman Ghani, Jemadar Anwar Beg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1545|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36994, Page:1545|date=1945-03-20|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37349/supplement/5575|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37349, Page:5575|date=1945-11-13|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36679/supplement/4051|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36679, Page:4051|date=1944-08-29|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36730/supplement/4570|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36730, Page:4570|date=1944-10-03|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37780/supplement/5466|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37780, Page:5466|date=1946-11-05|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37223/supplement/4157|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37223, Page:4157|date=1945-08-14|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37521/supplement/1669|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37521, Page:1669|date=1946-04-02|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37433/supplement/500|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37433, Page:500|date=1946-01-15|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7334|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:35396, Page:7334|date=1941-12-26|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36764/supplement/4901|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36764, Page:4901|date=1944-10-24|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37310/supplement/5098|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37310, Page:5098|date=1945-10-16|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37172/supplement/3597|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37172, Page:3597|date=1945-07-10|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36287/supplement/5473|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36287, Page:5473|date=1943-12-14|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
'''[[Indian Order of Merit|Indian Order of Merit, 1st Class]]'''
*Subedar Niaz Ali Khan
'''Indian Order of Merit'''
*Subedar Jiwan Ram, Subedar Akbar Khan, Subedar Mohammed Yusuf, Jemadar Bohita Ram, Jemadar Bhura Ram, Jemadar Jailal Ram, Havildar Mohammed Akbar, Havildar Hardewa Ram, Havildar Fatteh Khan, Havildar Durjan Singh, Naik Dost Mohammed, Rifleman Dharam Singh Ram, Jemadar Hoshiar Singh, Havildar Bhima Ram, Subedar Bostan Khan, Subedar Amar Singh, Jemadar Jagna Ram, Jemadar Niaz Ali Khan, Havildar Ganpat Ram, Havildar Habib Khan, Havildar Sheodan Singh, Havildar Goru Ram, Havildar Bhagirath Singh, Naik Bhopal Singh, L/Naik Anop Singh, L/Naik Bhaira Ram, L/Naik Mahji Khan, Subedar Barisal Singh, Naik Binja Ram, Subadar-Major Narain Singh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36287/supplement/5474|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36287, Page:5474|date=1943-12-14|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37101/supplement/2745|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37101, Page:2745|date=1945-05-29|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
'''Indian Distinguished Service Medal'''
*Subedar Sukh Ram, Subedar Govinda Ram, Jemadar Gopichand Ram, Jemadar Bhagwana Ram,  Jemadar Lall Khan, Jemadar Jita Ram, Jemadar Bhopal Singh, Jemadar Gurdial Ram, Havildar Panna Ram, Havildar Mull Singh, Havildar Inayat Khan, Havildar Phula Ram, Havildar Ratti Ram, Havildar Mohammed Niwaz, Havildar Atta Mohammed, Havildar Juglal Ram, Havildar Neki Ram, Naik Bhagwana Ram, Naik Ramnath Ram, Naik Hem Singh, Naik Begraj Ram, Naik Het Ram, Naik Mohammed Inayat Ali, Lance-Naik Jagat Singh, Lance-Naik Chandgi Ram, Lance-Naik Bega Ram, Lance-Naik Kasi Ram, Lance-Naik Khushi Mohammed, Lance-Naik Kalyan Singh, Rifleman Nandkaran Ram, Rifleman Puran Ram, Rifleman Mangal Singh,  Rifleman Fidda Huissain, Rifleman Mohammed Yusuf, Rifleman Harsukh Ram, Jemadar Hoshiar Singh, Havildar Bhima Ram, Subedar Peroze Khan, Jemadar Gulab Khan, Jemadar Harnarain Ram, Jemadar Jowahir Singh, Havildar Harnath Singh, Havildar Sardara Ram, Naik Suba Khan, Nail Khema Ram, L/Naik Kara Ram, L/Naik Sagat Singh, Rifleman Dipa Ram, Rifleman Jiwan Singh, Rifleman Mumphal Ram, Rifleman Sobh Singh, Rifleman Amilal Ram, Rifleman Sanwat Singh, Havildar Chatterbui Singh, Havildar Punjraj Singh, Naik Dalpat Singh, Subedar Sardar Khan, Havildar Bhopsingh Ram, Company Havildar-Major (acting) Sheodayal Singh, Sepoy (acting Naik) Hak Ram, Lance-Naik Jugal Singh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37595/supplement/2740|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37595, Page:2740|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35715/supplement/4158|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:35715, Page:4158|date=1942-09-22|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
 
'''[[Military Medal]]'''
*Naik Mohd Khan, Naik Fasal Hussain, Naik Jhuntha Ram, Lance-Naik Abdul Rehman, Sweeper Wazir, Rifleman Mohd Sharif, Rifleman Parmeshwar Singh, Rifleman Zaman Ali, Naik Kishan Singh, Naik Megh Singh, Naik (Acting) Lal Singh, Lance-Naik Karam Ellahi, Naik Chuni Ram, Company Havildar-Major Jisukh Ram, Havildar Himta Ram, Naik Kana Ram, Lance-Naik Zarif Khan, Company Havildar-Major Naurang Ram, Rifleman Khuda Dad, Rifleman Ramkunwar Singh, Rifleman Sheochand Ram, Naik Qaim Khan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37521/supplement/1670|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37521, Page:1670|date=1946-04-02|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36679/supplement/4052|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36679, Page:4052|date=1944-08-29|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4678|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37274, Page:4678|date=1945-09-18|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1546|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36994, Page:1546|date=1945-03-20|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37433/supplement/501|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37433, Page:501|date=1946-01-15|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37595/supplement/2739|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37595, Page:2739|date=1946-06-04|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36730/supplement/4571|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36730, Page:4571|date=1944-10-03|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37040/supplement/2080|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37040, Page:2080|date=1945-04-17|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36699/supplement/4250|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:36699, Page:4250|date=1944-09-12|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
'''[[British Empire Medal]]'''
*Lance-Naik Dusera Ram,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37717/supplement/4507|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37717, Page:4507|date=1946-08-06|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> Havildar-Major Mir Badshah, Rifleman Mehraj Din<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38079/supplement/4514|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:38079, Page:4514|date=1947-09-23|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
'''[[Cross of Merit (Poland)|Gold Cross of Merit]]'''
*Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Benois Edwardes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37138/supplement/3244|title=The London Gazette, Supplement:37138, Page:3244|date=1945-06-19|access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref>
 
'''[[Mentioned in dispatches]]'''
*87 numbers
 
==Gallantry awards (Post-independence)==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2026}}
[[File:Stamp of India - 1995 - Colnect 163734 - 5th Battalion Napiers The Rajputana Rifles - 175th Annive.jpeg|thumb|300px|Postage stamp released in 1995 to commemorate 175 years of the Fifth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.]]
'''[[Param Vir Chakra]]'''
*Company Havildar Major [[Piru Singh]], 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1952/E-2286-1952-0017-106013.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 17|date=1952-01-26|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
 
'''[[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]]'''
*Havildar [[Rajesh Kumar (soldier)|Rajesh Kumar]], 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1110|title= Havildar Rajesh Kumar|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain [[Ummed Singh Mahra]], 19th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1078|title=Captain Ummed Singh Mahra|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naik [[Neeraj Kumar Singh]], 13th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1114|title=Nk Neeraj Kumar Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
 
'''[[Maha Vir Chakra]]'''
*Major General Swarup Singh Kalaan, MC, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1272|title=ajor General Swarup Singh Kalaan, MC|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Raghubir Singh Rajawat, 18th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1285|title=Lt Col Raghubir Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Lieutenant Ved Prakash Trehan, 4th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1238|title=Lieutenant Ved Prakash Trehan|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Dhonkal Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1178|title=Rifleman Dhonkal Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naik Sugan Singh, 7th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1446|title= Naik Sugan Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major [[Padmapani Acharya]], 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1503|title= Major Padmapani Acharya|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major [[Vivek Gupta (major)|Vivek Gupta]], 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1501|title= Major Vivek Gupta|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naik [[Digendra Kumar]], 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1508|title=Naik Digendra Kumar|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain [[Neikezhakuo Kenguruse]], 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1505|title=Capt Neikezhakuo Kenguruse|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
'''[[Kirti Chakra]]'''
*Lieutenant Colonel Kamaldeep Singh, 18 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3582|title=Lt Col Kamaldeep Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain (Later Colonel) [[Karni Singh Rathore]], 17th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (Sawaiman Guards)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3216|title=Capt Karni Singh Rathore|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain Ashutosh Kumar, 5th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3583|title=Capt Ashutosh Kumar |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Havildar Amar Singh, 17th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3206|title=Havildar Amar Singh|access-date=2023-08-29}}</ref>
*Naib Subedar Umaid Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1269?lang=english|title=Naib Subedar Umaid Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naik Rajinder Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3581|title= Naik Rajinder Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Pushpender Singh (on deputation to 28 Assam Rifles)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3575|title=Maj Pushpender Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Lance Naik Hoshiar Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (Sawaiman Guards)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3169|title=L/Nk Hoshiar Singh |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Aditya Pratap Singh (on deputation to Assam Rifles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/aug/doc2025814609001.pdf|title=List of personnel is being conferred with awards and defence decorations on the occasion of Independence Day 2025|date=2025-08-14|access-date=2025-08-22}}</ref>
 
'''[[Vir Chakra]]'''
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*Lieutenant Colonel Mahabir Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1528?lang=english|title=Lieutanant Colonel Mahabir Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Balbir Singh Poonia, 7th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2775|title=Major Balbir Singh Poonia|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Rajender Singh Rajawat, 18th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2442|title=Major Rajender Singh Rajawat|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Ram Swarup Sharma, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3364|title=Major Ram Swarup Sharma|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major (later Brigadier) Jitendra Kumar Tomar, 9th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1918|title=Maj Jitendra Kumar Tomar|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain Vijayant Thapar, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2660|title=Capt Vijayant Thapar|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Colonel [[Magod Basappa Ravindranath]], 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2715|title=Colonel Magod Basappa Ravindranath |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Major Mohit Saxena, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2650|title=Major Mohit Saxena|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Captain Mohammed Haneef Uddin, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2656|title=Captain Haneef Uddin|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Subedar Rajab Ali, 8th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1775?lang=english|title=Subedar Rajab Ali|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naib Subedar Mangej Singh, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2688?lang=english|title=Naib Subedar Mangej Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Jemadar Sanwal Ram, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1269?lang=english|title=Jemadar Sanwal Ram|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Havildar Hazari Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1686|title=Havildar Hazari Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naik Sheo Chand Ram, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1385|title=Naik Sheo Chand Ram|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Lance Naik Prem Singh, 12th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2817|title=Lance Naik Prem Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*CHM Yashvir Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2695?lang=english|title=CHM Yashvir Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Havildar Prem Kumar Chauhan, 5th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/4277?lang=english|title=Havildar Prem Kumar Chauhan|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Rewat Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1750|title=Rifleman Rewat Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Mathan Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3213|title=Rifleman Mathan Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Mohan Singh, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2678|title=Rifleman Mohan Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Jai Ram Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2731|title=Rifleman Jai Ram Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Mahilal Singh, 4th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/3211|title=Rifleman Mahilal Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Chagan Singh, 12th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1939|title=Rifleman Chagan Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
{{div col end}}
'''[[Shaurya Chakra]]'''
*Lance Naik Ayyub Ali, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/4696|title= Lance Naik Ayyub Ali|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Naib Subedar Lal Singh Khichi, 57 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/857 |title=Nb Sub Lal Singh Khichi|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Lance Naik Deshpal Singh, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/586|title= Lance Naik Deshpal Singh|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Lakshman Singh, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/589|title=Rifleman Lakshman Singh |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Havildar Hanuman Ram Saran, 18 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/4606|title=Hav Hanuman Ram Saran |access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Rifleman Mukesh Kumar, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/4996|title=Rifleman Mukesh Kumar|access-date=2023-04-04}}</ref>
*Havildar Bhim Singh, 7RR, Rajputana Rifles<sup>[https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1993 <nowiki>[151]</nowiki>]</sup>
 
==See also==
 
* [[Rajput Regiment]]  
* [[List of regiments of the Indian Army]]


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar  (2019) ''''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Waffadar Paltan' Volume 1 1818-1920'' (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) {{ISBN|978-93-86618-92-4}}
* Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar  (2019) ''''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Waffadar Paltan' Volume 1 1818-1920'' (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) {{ISBN|978-93-86618-92-4}}
* Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar  (2020) ''''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Gods Own' Volume 2 1921-2018'' (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) {{ISBN|978-81-944659-2-8}}
* Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar  (2020) ''''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Gods Own' Volume 2 1921-2018'' (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) {{ISBN|978-81-944659-2-8}}
* Brigadier Raghubir Singh Rajawat [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/ww-2-veteran-and-mvc-recipient-in-1965-war%C2%A0brig-raghubir-singh%C2%A0passes-away-at-99-267922]


==External links==
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This article is about the oldest rifles regiment of the Indian Army. For the similarly named infantry regiment, see Rajput Regiment.

Rajputana Rifles
राजपूताना राइफल्स
Regimental Insignia of the Rajputana Rifles
Active10 January 1775; 251 years ago (10 January 1775) - present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleInfantry
Size26 battalions
Part ofWestern Command
Garrison/HQDelhi Cantonment
Nickname(s)Raj Rif
Motto(s)Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (वीर भोग्य वसुंधरा )(Sanskrit)
"The Brave Shall Inherit the Earth"
Colors     
(Dark Green, Black and Transport Red)
Engagements
Battle honoursPoonch, Hajipir, Charwa, Basantar and Myanamati, Tololing
Commanders
Colonel of the regimentLieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla
Notable
commanders		British Indian Army

Post-Independence

Insignia
War CryRaja Ramchandra Ki Jai (राजा राम चंद्र की जय) [1]
"Hail Lord Raja Rama"

The Rajputana Rifles is the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army, having been founded in 1775. It traces its origins to the British Indian Army, when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles. The regiment won several gallantry awards during World War I and World War II. In 1945, the numeral designation was dropped from the title. The regiment was transferred to the newly independent Indian Army in 1947.

Since India's independence, the regiment has been involved in a number of conflicts against Pakistan, as well as contributing to the Custodian Force (India) in Korea under the aegis of the United Nations in 1953–54 and to the UN Mission to the Congo in 1962. As a rifle regiment, it uses a bugle horn as its insignia, the same as the British Light Division, but unlike its British counterparts, the Rajputana Rifles march at the same march pace used in the Indian Army as a whole.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name Rajputana Rifles is derived from the word Rajputana, a historic region in northwest India that is roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as small sections of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.[2] It is based on the Sanskrit word Rajaputra, meaning "son of a king", which finds mention in ancient Hindu scriptures such as the Rigveda, Ramayana, and Mahabharata.[3] The name Rajputana means "land of the Rajputs".[2]

Recruitment[edit | edit source]

The Rajputana Rifles is a fixed class regiment with equal proportions of Rajputs and Jats and now under Agnipath Scheme all groups and caste are recruited.[4][5]

Lineage[edit | edit source]

The regiment's origins lie in the 18th century when the East India Company (EIC) recruited Rajputs to protect its operations. The impressive performance of French local units which were composed of local recruits mixed with French officers, helped the EIC to decide that it needed to do something similar. In January 1775, it raised its first local infantry units which included the 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys, which is considered to be the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army.[6] The 5th Battalion was successively redesignated as 9th Battalion Bombay Sepoys in 1778; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1796; 4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1824, and then 4th Regiment Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) in 1881.[7] It thus became the first rifle regiment of the British Indian Army.[6] In 1899 the battalion was once more renamed as 4th Regiment (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry and again in 1901 as 4th Bombay Rifles.[7]

In Kitchener's 1903 reorganisation of the Indian Army, 4th Bombay Rifles became 104th Wellesley's Rifles, to commemorate the fact that the regiment had been commanded in 1800 by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington).[8] In the further re-organisation in 1921, the following six regiments were brought together to form the six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles Regiment:[9]

A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. c. 1911

In 1945, the regiments of the British Indian Army dropped the numeral in their titles and so the Rajputana Rifles assumed its current name. In 1947, after the partition of India, the regiment was allocated to the newly formed Indian Army. In 1949, the 1st battalion was transferred to the newly raised Brigade of the Guards, becoming the 3rd battalion, Brigade of the Guards.

History[edit | edit source]

Battle of Khadki, 1817

In 1817, the 4th battalion met the Marathas at the Battle of Khadki. The defence earned the regiment the battle honor of "Khadki". In 1856–57 the 1st, 2nd, and 4th battalions were together in the Persian theatre of operations. In 1856, Captain John Augustus Wood of the 2nd battalion (then the 20th Bombay Native Infantry) was awarded the Victoria Cross for storming Bushire Fort.[11] This was the first Victoria Cross to be won in an Indian unit.[12] Sub. Maj Mohammed Sharief and Sub. Peer Bhatt were recommended for the Victoria Cross for their actions in the same battle, but were turned down as at that time the medal category was not open to Indians.[13][14]

120th Rajputana Rifles man the firing lines in Mesopotamia, 1915

In 1878–1880, during the Second Afghan War, the 1st battalion marched 145 miles in 5 days from Quetta to Kandahar and laid siege to the city. In 1900–1902, the 3rd battalion was part of a force used to contain the Boxer Rebellion in China.

World War I saw the regiment fight in battlefields from France to Palestine. The 5th battalion was in all theatres of the war and participated in General Allenby’s march to recapture Jerusalem.

Men of the regiment during the Battle of Meiktila, Burma 1945

During World War II, the regiment was expanded to thirteen battalions and served in the Middle East, Burma and Malaya.[15] The 4th battalion had the distinction of earning two Victoria Crosses during this conflict.[16]

Over the course of its existence, members of the regiment have received four Victoria Crosses, 44 Military Crosses, one Param Vir Chakra, three Ashok Chakras, one Padma Bhushan, fourteen Param Vishisht Seva Medals, ten Maha Vir Chakras, eleven Kirti Chakras, 18 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, two Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, 50 Vir Chakras, 28 Shaurya Chakras, 122 Sena Medals (including Bar), 39 Vishisht Seva Medals, three Yudh Seva Medals, 85 Mentions-in-Dispatches and 55 Arjuna Awards.[6]

Units[edit | edit source]

Members of the Rajputana Rifles.
President Ram Nath Kovind with members of the Band of the Rajputana Rifles following the Beating Retreat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, 30 January 2018.

The Rajputana Rifles consists of twenty regular battalions, four Rashtriya Rifles battalions and two Territorial Army battalions -

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Battalion Raising Date Remarks References
1st Battalion § 1775 Raised as 5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. Converted to 3rd Battalion, Brigade of the Guards on 1 September 1949. Pre-independence : 28 battle honours, post-independence : battle honour Gadra Road [17]
2nd Battalion 1817 Raised as the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Designated 120th Rajputana Infantry in 1903 and 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own), 6th Rajputana Rifles in 1922. Battle honours of Persia, Reshire, Bushire, Koosh-Ab, Mesopotamia, Shaiba, Kut-Al-Amara, and Ctesiphon. Captain John Augustus Wood won the Victoria Cross in 1856 at Bushire, Persia. Post independence battle honours – Poonch, Tololing and Drass; theatre honour – Kargil. [18][19]
3rd Battalion 1818 Raised as 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Underwent many name changes, was designated 122nd Rajputana Infantry, before present designation. Battle honours –China, Afghanistan, Basra and Shaiba, Kut-Al-Amra, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, Irrawady, Mandalay and Fort Dufferin. Theatre honours – Persia, Mesopotamia, Burma 1932-34, Burma 1944-45, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan. [20]
4th Battalion (Outram's) 1820 Raised on 26 May 1820 from elements which took part in the Battle of Khadki in November 1817, as the First Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the East India Company Indian Army. In the reorganisation of 1903, it took on the name of Sir James Outram and was designated the 123rd Outram's Rifles. Won two Victoria Crosses (Subedar Richhpal Ram and CHM Chhelu Ram), and 23 Battle/Theatre Honours during the pre-independence period. Post-Independence battle honours – Charwa and Uri, theatre honour Punjab 1965. [21]
5th Battalion (Napier's) 1820 Raised as 1st Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry, underwent many changes, designated 125th Napier's Rifles in 1903 and present designation in 1945. Won one Victoria Cross in 1858 and 27 battle honours before independence. [22]
6th Battalion 1962 Nicknamed the Param Vir Chakra Paltan and Shooting Sixth, the regiment was raised in 1940 by Lieutenant Colonel NG Gane MC at Faizabad. Theatre honour Burma during World War II. CHM Piru Singh was awarded the PVC during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. The battalion was awarded the theatre honour Jammu and Kashmir and battle honour Darapari. [23]
7th Battalion 1962 Raised 1941, fought in Malaya, disbanded at the end of war. Re-raised in 1962 at Delhi Cantonment. Battle honour Mynamati and theatre honour East Pakistan, 1971. [24]
8th Battalion 1963 Raised in 1941 and saw action in the Arakan Campaign, battle honour Rathedaung, disbanded 1947. Re-raised by Lieutenant Colonel JJ Lal in Delhi. [25]
9th Battalion 1964 Raised 1941 at Nasirabad, converted to an anti-aircraft regiment, disbanded 1945. Re-raised at Delhi Cantonment by Lieutenant Colonel C Silva. [26]
11th Battalion 1964 Raised by Lieutenant Colonel Risal Singh at Kanchrapara. Havildar Rajesh Kumar was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra in 2010. [27]
12th Battalion 1968 Raised as 31 Rajputana Rifles on 15 January 1968 and re-designated as 12 Rajputana Rifles on 23 February 1971. Theatre honour : East Pakistan, 1971. [28]
13th Battalion 1966 Raised as the New Delhi by Lieutenant Colonel Jai Singh SM. Nicknamed Thundering Thirteen. [29]
14th Battalion 1966 Raised as 11 Rajputana Rifles (TA), disbanded 1947, re-raised 1966 by Lieutenant Colonel Harbhajan Singh at Golconda. Nicknamed Fighting Fourteen. [30]
15th Battalion 1976
16th Battalion 1979
17th Battalion 1934 Former Imperial Service Troops, raised as Sawai Man Guards of Jaipur State Forces, battle honour Ledi Gali during 1948 operations, absorbed into Indian Army in 1951. [31]
18th Battalion § 1941? Former Saurashtra Rifles, (Nawanagar State Forces); now 11th Mechanised Infantry Regiment. Battle honours Asal Uttar and Basantar.
19th Battalion 1962 Raised at Delhi Cantonment by Lieutenant Colonel SP Kutky. Captain Ummed Singh Mahra was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra in 1971. Awarded theatre honour East Pakistan, 1971. [32]
20th Battalion 1981 Raised in Delhi Cantonment [33]
21st Battalion 1985
22nd Battalion
23rd Battalion § Converted to 23rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 2013
24th Battalion
2 Bhairav Battalion 2025 [34]
9 Rashtriya Rifles 1994
18 Rashtriya Rifles 1994
43 Rashtriya Rifles 2005?
57 Rashtriya Rifles
105 (TA) Battalion 1949 Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi; nicknamed Rajputana Terriers [35]
128 (TA) Battalion 1983 Eco - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan [36]

§ indicates former units.

Alliances[edit | edit source]

Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum[edit | edit source]

The Rajputana Rifles Regimental Museum in the Rajputana Rifles Centre is located inside the Delhi Cantonment. The museum covers the rich history of the regiment in the most modern fashion. The museum is around 7000 square feet in size and covers the history of the regiment from its inception. The museum exhibits weapons and uniforms and narrates the history through large format images and audiovisual film. The museum was designed and conceived by Holistic Design a Delhi-based design studio headed by Nikhil Bhardwaj who specializes in designing museums and exhibitions. Col. M. S. Niranjan of the 19th battalion was the director of the museum project. It is rated as the finest military museum in India and even compared to the Imperial War Museum in London.

Battle Honours[edit | edit source]

Pre Independence[37][38]

Post Independence[37]

Gallantry awards (Pre-independence)[edit | edit source]

Postage stamp released in 2018 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Third Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.
Postage stamp released in 2020 to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Fourth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Pre-1914

Victoria Cross

1914-1921[39]
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire

  • Captain Edwin James Mollison, 125th Napier's Rifles[40]

Military Cross

  • Captain W. Odell, 123rd Outram's Rifles - attached 125th Napier Rifles[41]
  • Lieutenant C. F. F. Moore, 123rd Outram's Rifles - attached 4th Gurkha Rifles[41]
  • Lieutenant Charles Oliver Robins Mosse, 120th Rajputana Infantry[42]
  • Lieutenant John Bell Nelson, 125th Napier's Rifles[43]
  • Subedar Harnath Singh, 1st Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles (Egypt)

Order of British India

  • Subedar Parbhudhan Singh, 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment), (East Africa)
  • Subedar Major Hassan Muhammad, 104th Wellesley's Rifles (Kut-Al-Amara)
  • Subedar Harchant Jat, 104th Wellesley's Rifles (Kut-Al-Amara)
  • Subedar Major Khitab Gul, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
  • Subedar Sri Bahadur Singh, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
  • Subedar Indar Singh, 120th Rajputana Infantry (Kut-Al-Amara)
  • Acting Subedar Major Abdul Shakur Khan, 122nd Rajputana Infantry (Mesopotamia)
  • Subedar Major Umar Din, 125th Napier's Rifles (France)
  • Subedar Nizam-ud-din, 125th Napier's Rifles (Egypt)

Indian Order of Merit

  • Subedar Bakhtawar Singh, 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment), (East Africa)
  • Subedar Sabal Singh, Naik Net Singh, Lance Naik Guman Singh, Rifleman Kheta Ram, Rifleman Dhanna Ram, Rifleman Maula Dad, Naik Narsu Singh, Rifleman Manji Singh, Naik Malik Khan, Subedar Mukh Ram, Colour Havildar Ganpat Singh, Havildar Allahditta (Mesopotamia), Subedar Tiku Ram (Kut-Al-Amara); all from 104th Wellesley's Rifles
  • Subedar Dunga Rawat, Sepoy Hukam Singh, Colour Havildar Ganesh Ram, Sepoy Lachhman Singh, Sepoy Kum Singh, Subedar Major Khitab Gul, Havildar Girwar, (Mesopotamia), Havildar Uhet Singh, Jemadar Nara, (Kut-Al-Amara); all from 120th Rajputana Infantry
  • Subedar Harnath Singh, Jemadar Bhim Singh, Subedar Major Bhura Ram, Jemadar Hans Ram, Jemadar Arjun Ram, Jemadar Nanig Ram, Naik Amir Hussain, (Egypt), Jemadar Mubarik Ali, (attached 58th Rifles)[44] all from 123rd Outram's Rifles
  • Rifleman Bal Singh, Jemadar Munshi Singh, Havildar Sher Khan, Rifleman Goru Ram, Lance Naik Feroz Khan, (Mesopotamia), Subedar Major Jahan Shah, Rifleman Sukh Singh, Colour Havildar Rahim Ali, Subedar Nizam-ud-din, Jemadar Sheobaksh Singh, (Egypt), all from 125th Napier's Rifles

Indian Distinguished Service Medal

  • World War I - 3 medals (13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment)), 20 medals (104th Wellesley's Rifles), 21 medals (120th Rajputana Infantry), 2 medals (122nd Rajputana Infantry), 16 medals (123rd Outram's Rifles), 18 medals (125th Napier's Rifles)

Indian Meritorious Service Medal

  • World War I - 10 medals (13th Rajputs (The Shekhawatti Regiment)), 26 medals (104th Wellesley's Rifles), 6 medals (120th Rajputana Infantry), 5 medals (122nd Rajputana Infantry), 51 medals (123rd Outram's Rifles), 46 medals (125th Napier's Rifles)

Croix De Guerre (French)

  • Subedar Major Hasan Muhammad, Subedar Mukh Ram (France), 104th Wellesley's Rifles; Subedar Major Khitab Gil (France) 120th Rajputana Infantry

Leim Alilimdetaire (French)

  • Naik Jema Baksh (Egypt) 120th Rajputana Infantry; Colour Havildar Allahbad Khan (Mesopotamia), 125th Napier's Rifles

Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives en Bronze (French)

  • Subedar Major Bhura Ram, 123rd Outram's Rifles; CQMH Madat Khan, 125th Napier's Rifles

1921-1939
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

  • Captain John Allan Ferguson, 13th Rajputs[45]
  • Major Robert Denis Ambrose, 1st Battalion (Wellesley's), 6th Rajputana Rifles[46]

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

  • Major Harold James Huxford, 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles (Napiers)[47]

Distinguished Service Order

  • Lieutenant Colonel John Duncan Grant, 13th Rajputs[48]

Military Cross

  • Lieutenant Geoffrey Herbert Bruno Beyts, 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles[49]
  • Lieutenant Roy Edward Percy Wyndham, 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles[50]
  • Lieutenant Richard Harold Robert Alderman, 4th Battalion (Outram's), 6th Rajputana Rifles[51]

1939-1947[52][53][54][55][56]
Victoria Cross

Distinguished Service Order

  • Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Herbert Bruno Beyts, Lieutenant Colonel PRH Skrine, Lieutenant Colonel WAL James, Lieutenant Colonel R Lawrenson, Lieutenant Colonel RB Scott, Lieutenant Colonel L Jones, Lieutenant J. McHadden, Major (temporary) John Lewis Haycroft Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel (acting) George Edgar Parker.[59][60]

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

  • Brigadier (acting) Victor George Joseph Barton,[61] Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Franz Reginald Lindsay Goadb,[62] Major Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert James Sheppard,[63] Colonel (temporary) Bertram Bayliss,[64] Lieutenant-Colonel (local) George Roy Stevens,[65] Major RB Broadbent, *Major Chand Narain Das[66]

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

  • Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) Denis Gill Ryan,[67] Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Claude Morgan Hutchings,[68] Major (temporary) Alan Philip Young, Major (temporary) David Ralph Morgan,[69] Captain Alan Stuart Roger,[70] Captain DL Powell Jones, Captain (temporary) John Lewis Warren,[71] Captain (Temporary) Liaqat Saeed Khan Lodi,[72] Captain (temporary Major) George Edgar Parker,[73] Captain (temporary) Harold Anthony Burke,[74] Captain Stanley Broadbent, Major (temporary) Abdul Rashid Choudhri,[75] Captain (temporary) Ghulam Nabi[76] Jemadar Farman Ali.

Military Cross

  • Major (temporary) Leslie Louis Fleming, Major (temporary) Geoffrey Arthur Hasler, Major (temporary) George Edgar Parker, Major (temporary) John Keith Parry, Major (acting) John Campbell Anderson, Major (temporary) Hubert Michael Close, Captain GE Charter, Captain Mian Khan, Captain CE Cayley, Captain GR Riddick, Captain KR Gentles, Captain Ivan Bernard St. Regis Surita, Captain JRM French, Captain EW Dixon, Captain AT Murray, Captain Dinesh Chandra Misra, Captain (temporary) John Michael Beamish, Lieutenant Geoffrey Earle Dubois, Lieutenant Daljit Singh Randhawa, Captain (temporary) Ivon Charles Jameson, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Edward Wilberforce Dixon, 2nd Lieutenant NL Kapur, 2nd Lieutenant Bashir Ahmed, Captain Alexander Hendrick Roosmale Cocq, Lieutenant Gilbert Llewellyn Young-Western, Lieutenant Denis Oswald O'Leary, 2nd Lieutenant JM Ashworth, 2nd Lieutenant PK Horwood, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Sworup Singh Kalaan, Subedar Tota Ram, Subedar Kesari Singh, Jemadar Sanwal Ram, Jemadar Kalu Ram, Subedar Kalyan Singh, Jemadar (acting Subedar) Usman Ghani, Jemadar Anwar Beg.[77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89]

Indian Order of Merit, 1st Class

  • Subedar Niaz Ali Khan

Indian Order of Merit

  • Subedar Jiwan Ram, Subedar Akbar Khan, Subedar Mohammed Yusuf, Jemadar Bohita Ram, Jemadar Bhura Ram, Jemadar Jailal Ram, Havildar Mohammed Akbar, Havildar Hardewa Ram, Havildar Fatteh Khan, Havildar Durjan Singh, Naik Dost Mohammed, Rifleman Dharam Singh Ram, Jemadar Hoshiar Singh, Havildar Bhima Ram, Subedar Bostan Khan, Subedar Amar Singh, Jemadar Jagna Ram, Jemadar Niaz Ali Khan, Havildar Ganpat Ram, Havildar Habib Khan, Havildar Sheodan Singh, Havildar Goru Ram, Havildar Bhagirath Singh, Naik Bhopal Singh, L/Naik Anop Singh, L/Naik Bhaira Ram, L/Naik Mahji Khan, Subedar Barisal Singh, Naik Binja Ram, Subadar-Major Narain Singh.[90][91]

Indian Distinguished Service Medal

  • Subedar Sukh Ram, Subedar Govinda Ram, Jemadar Gopichand Ram, Jemadar Bhagwana Ram, Jemadar Lall Khan, Jemadar Jita Ram, Jemadar Bhopal Singh, Jemadar Gurdial Ram, Havildar Panna Ram, Havildar Mull Singh, Havildar Inayat Khan, Havildar Phula Ram, Havildar Ratti Ram, Havildar Mohammed Niwaz, Havildar Atta Mohammed, Havildar Juglal Ram, Havildar Neki Ram, Naik Bhagwana Ram, Naik Ramnath Ram, Naik Hem Singh, Naik Begraj Ram, Naik Het Ram, Naik Mohammed Inayat Ali, Lance-Naik Jagat Singh, Lance-Naik Chandgi Ram, Lance-Naik Bega Ram, Lance-Naik Kasi Ram, Lance-Naik Khushi Mohammed, Lance-Naik Kalyan Singh, Rifleman Nandkaran Ram, Rifleman Puran Ram, Rifleman Mangal Singh, Rifleman Fidda Huissain, Rifleman Mohammed Yusuf, Rifleman Harsukh Ram, Jemadar Hoshiar Singh, Havildar Bhima Ram, Subedar Peroze Khan, Jemadar Gulab Khan, Jemadar Harnarain Ram, Jemadar Jowahir Singh, Havildar Harnath Singh, Havildar Sardara Ram, Naik Suba Khan, Nail Khema Ram, L/Naik Kara Ram, L/Naik Sagat Singh, Rifleman Dipa Ram, Rifleman Jiwan Singh, Rifleman Mumphal Ram, Rifleman Sobh Singh, Rifleman Amilal Ram, Rifleman Sanwat Singh, Havildar Chatterbui Singh, Havildar Punjraj Singh, Naik Dalpat Singh, Subedar Sardar Khan, Havildar Bhopsingh Ram, Company Havildar-Major (acting) Sheodayal Singh, Sepoy (acting Naik) Hak Ram, Lance-Naik Jugal Singh.[92][93]

Military Medal

  • Naik Mohd Khan, Naik Fasal Hussain, Naik Jhuntha Ram, Lance-Naik Abdul Rehman, Sweeper Wazir, Rifleman Mohd Sharif, Rifleman Parmeshwar Singh, Rifleman Zaman Ali, Naik Kishan Singh, Naik Megh Singh, Naik (Acting) Lal Singh, Lance-Naik Karam Ellahi, Naik Chuni Ram, Company Havildar-Major Jisukh Ram, Havildar Himta Ram, Naik Kana Ram, Lance-Naik Zarif Khan, Company Havildar-Major Naurang Ram, Rifleman Khuda Dad, Rifleman Ramkunwar Singh, Rifleman Sheochand Ram, Naik Qaim Khan.[94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102]

British Empire Medal

  • Lance-Naik Dusera Ram,[103] Havildar-Major Mir Badshah, Rifleman Mehraj Din[104]

Gold Cross of Merit

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Benois Edwardes[105]

Mentioned in dispatches

  • 87 numbers

Gallantry awards (Post-independence)[edit | edit source]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Postage stamp released in 1995 to commemorate 175 years of the Fifth Battalion of Rajputana Rifles.

Param Vir Chakra

Ashok Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

  • Major General Swarup Singh Kalaan, MC, Rajputana Rifles[110]
  • Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Raghubir Singh Rajawat, 18th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[111]
  • Lieutenant Ved Prakash Trehan, 4th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[112]
  • Rifleman Dhonkal Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[113]
  • Naik Sugan Singh, 7th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[114]
  • Major Padmapani Acharya, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[115]
  • Major Vivek Gupta, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[116]
  • Naik Digendra Kumar, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[117]
  • Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[118]

Kirti Chakra

  • Lieutenant Colonel Kamaldeep Singh, 18 RR, Rajputana Rifles[119]
  • Captain (Later Colonel) Karni Singh Rathore, 17th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (Sawaiman Guards)[120]
  • Captain Ashutosh Kumar, 5th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[121]
  • Havildar Amar Singh, 17th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[122]
  • Naib Subedar Umaid Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[123]
  • Naik Rajinder Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[124]
  • Major Pushpender Singh (on deputation to 28 Assam Rifles)[125]
  • Lance Naik Hoshiar Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles (Sawaiman Guards)[126]
  • Major Aditya Pratap Singh (on deputation to Assam Rifles)[127]

Vir Chakra

  • Lieutenant Colonel Mahabir Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[128]
  • Major Balbir Singh Poonia, 7th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[129]
  • Major Rajender Singh Rajawat, 18th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[130]
  • Major Ram Swarup Sharma, Rajputana Rifles[131]
  • Major (later Brigadier) Jitendra Kumar Tomar, 9th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[132]
  • Captain Vijayant Thapar, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[133]
  • Colonel Magod Basappa Ravindranath, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[134]
  • Major Mohit Saxena, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[135]
  • Captain Mohammed Haneef Uddin, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[136]
  • Subedar Rajab Ali, 8th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[137]
  • Naib Subedar Mangej Singh, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[138]
  • Jemadar Sanwal Ram, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[139]
  • Havildar Hazari Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[140]
  • Naik Sheo Chand Ram, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[141]
  • Lance Naik Prem Singh, 12th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[142]
  • CHM Yashvir Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[143]
  • Havildar Prem Kumar Chauhan, 5th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[144]
  • Rifleman Rewat Singh, 6th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[145]
  • Rifleman Mathan Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[146]
  • Rifleman Mohan Singh, 11th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[147]
  • Rifleman Jai Ram Singh, 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[148]
  • Rifleman Mahilal Singh, 4th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[149]
  • Rifleman Chagan Singh, 12th Battalion, Rajputana Rifles[150]

Shaurya Chakra

  • Lance Naik Ayyub Ali, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles[151]
  • Naib Subedar Lal Singh Khichi, 57 RR, Rajputana Rifles[152]
  • Lance Naik Deshpal Singh, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles[153]
  • Rifleman Lakshman Singh, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles[154]
  • Havildar Hanuman Ram Saran, 18 RR, Rajputana Rifles[155]
  • Rifleman Mukesh Kumar, 9 RR, Rajputana Rifles[156]
  • Havildar Bhim Singh, 7RR, Rajputana Rifles[151]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar (2019) ''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Waffadar Paltan' Volume 1 1818-1920 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) ISBN 978-93-86618-92-4
  • Singh, Colonel Dr Narendar (2020) ''Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles 'Gods Own' Volume 2 1921-2018 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) ISBN 978-81-944659-2-8
  • Brigadier Raghubir Singh Rajawat [1]

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