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The '''3rd Gorkha Rifles''' or '''Third Gorkha Rifles''', abbreviated as 3 GR is an Indian Army [[infantry]] [[regiment]]. It was originally a [[Gurkha]] regiment of the [[British Indian Army]] formed in 1815. They were present at a number of actions and wars including the [[siege of Delhi]] in 1857 to the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s. After the [[Partition of India]] in 1947 the regiment was one of the six [[Gurkha|Gorkha]] regiments transferred to the [[Indian Army]] as part of the [[Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement|Tripartite Agreement]] signed between India, [[Nepal]] and [[United Kingdom|Britain]] at the time of Indian independence. Prior to independence, the regiment was known as the '''3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles'''. In 1950 the regiment's title was changed to 3rd Gorkha Rifles. Since 1947 the regiment has participated in a number of conflicts including the 1947 and 1971 wars against Pakistan. | The '''3rd Gorkha Rifles''' or '''Third Gorkha Rifles''', abbreviated as 3 GR is an Indian Army [[infantry]] [[regiment]]. It was originally a [[Gurkha]] regiment of the [[British Indian Army]] formed in 1815. This regiment recruit mainly [[Magars]] and [[Khas people|Khas/]][[Chhetri]] tribes. They were present at a number of actions and wars including the [[siege of Delhi]] in 1857 to the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s. After the [[Partition of India]] in 1947 the regiment was one of the six [[Gurkha|Gorkha]] regiments transferred to the [[Indian Army]] as part of the [[Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement|Tripartite Agreement]] signed between India, [[Nepal]] and [[United Kingdom|Britain]] at the time of Indian independence. Prior to independence, the regiment was known as the '''3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles'''. In 1950 the regiment's title was changed to 3rd Gorkha Rifles. Since 1947 the regiment has participated in a number of conflicts including the 1947 and 1971 wars against Pakistan. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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The regiment was primarily used to police the border with [[Nepal]], doing so for many decades until the [[Indian Mutiny]] began in 1857. The battalion was actively involved in the efforts to quell it. During the [[siege of Delhi]]—which lasted from March to September 1857—the regiment, part of Colonel [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell's]] Third Column, took part in the storming of [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)|Kashmiri Gate]] and gained the [[Battle Honour]] "Delhi 1857". The mutiny was quelled by July 1858. | The regiment was primarily used to police the border with [[Nepal]], doing so for many decades until the [[Indian Mutiny]] began in 1857. The battalion was actively involved in the efforts to quell it. During the [[siege of Delhi]]—which lasted from March to September 1857—the regiment, part of Colonel [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell's]] Third Column, took part in the storming of [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)|Kashmiri Gate]] and gained the [[Battle Honour]] "Delhi 1857". The mutiny was quelled by July 1858. | ||
The regiment, having been brought into the line of the [[Bengal Army]], was briefly titled the '''18th Bengal Native Infantry''' in 1861 before the regiment gained its present numeral designation when it became the '''3rd | The regiment, having been brought into the line of the [[Bengal Army]], was briefly titled the '''18th Bengal Native Infantry''' in 1861 before the regiment gained its present numeral designation when it became the '''3rd Gurkha (The Kumaon) Regiment'''.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web |url= http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051213084401/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/03GR.htm |archive-date=13 December 2005 |access-date=5 December 2020|title=3rd Gurkha Rifles |work=Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth }}</ref> The regiment saw service in an expedition to [[Bhutan]] shortly after the name change. | ||
[[File:AfghanWarIllustration1878.jpg|thumb|left|3rd | [[File:AfghanWarIllustration1878.jpg|thumb|left|3rd Gurkha during the march to Kabul.]] | ||
In 1878 the [[Second Afghan War]] began and the regiment, as part of the [[2nd Infantry Brigade (British India)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] of the [[Kandahar Field Force]], took part in the march to seize [[Kandahar]]. The field force successfully captured the city on 8 January 1879, having experienced great hardship on the march there. The following year the Kandahar Force began the march towards the Afghan capital [[Kabul]] to join [[Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Major-General Roberts]] force in an attempt to consolidate their situation in the country. During the journey, near [[Ghaziri]], the force were attacked by a large force of Afghan tribesmen at [[Battle of Ahmad Khel|Ahmad Khel]] on 19 April 1880. The fighting that ensued was intense and the field force's situation was in the balance until the Afghan forces were successfully repulsed when the 3rd | In 1878 the [[Second Afghan War]] began and the regiment, as part of the [[2nd Infantry Brigade (British India)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] of the [[Kandahar Field Force]], took part in the march to seize [[Kandahar]]. The field force successfully captured the city on 8 January 1879, having experienced great hardship on the march there. The following year the Kandahar Force began the march towards the Afghan capital [[Kabul]] to join [[Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Major-General Roberts]] force in an attempt to consolidate their situation in the country. During the journey, near [[Ghaziri]], the force were attacked by a large force of Afghan tribesmen at [[Battle of Ahmad Khel|Ahmad Khel]] on 19 April 1880. The fighting that ensued was intense and the field force's situation was in the balance until the Afghan forces were successfully repulsed when the 3rd Gurkha formed an [[infantry square]]. | ||
===1885–1914=== | ===1885–1914=== | ||
The regiment took part in the [[Third Burmese War]] after it began in 1885 and operations concluded by the following year. | The regiment took part in the [[Third Burmese War]] after it began in 1885 and operations concluded by the following year under First Brigade.<ref>Lt.Cardew, F.G., Sketch of the services of the Bengal Native Army, p389-390</ref> In 1887 the 2nd Battalion was formed, consisting entirely of Garhwalis, but this was separated from the regiment in 1890 to form the [[39th Garhwal Rifles|39th (The Garhwal) Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry]]. A new 2nd Battalion for the 3rd Gurkha was raised that same year and in 1891 the regiment was designated a [[rifle regiment]], becoming the '''3rd Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment'''.<ref name=regiments/> | ||
The 3rd Gurkhas took part in numerous campaigns in the volatile [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]], including the 1st Battalion's participation in the storming of the [[Dargai Heights]] on 20 October 1897 during the [[Tirah Campaign]]. The battalion was part of the [[Tirah Field Force]] intended to put down a large tribal revolt by the [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] and [[Orakzais]], orchestrated by [[Afghanistan]]. The 3rd Gurkhas took part in the advance into the [[Tirah Region]], meeting resistance from tribal forces before moving on to help relieve [[Fort Lockheart]] and [[Fort Gulistan]]. After this was done the force marched on [[Dargai]] where they intended to take the [[Battle of the Dargai Heights|heights above Dargai]], controlled by tribal forces. | The 3rd Gurkhas took part in numerous campaigns in the volatile [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]], including the 1st Battalion's participation in the storming of the [[Dargai Heights]] on 20 October 1897 during the [[Tirah Campaign]]. The battalion was part of the [[Tirah Field Force]] intended to put down a large tribal revolt by the [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] and [[Orakzais]], orchestrated by [[Afghanistan]]. The 3rd Gurkhas took part in the advance into the [[Tirah Region]], meeting resistance from tribal forces before moving on to help relieve [[Fort Lockheart]] and [[Fort Gulistan]]. After this was done the force marched on [[Dargai]] where they intended to take the [[Battle of the Dargai Heights|heights above Dargai]], controlled by tribal forces. | ||