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Military Units and Formations Established in 1824: 8 Gorkha Rifles, 99th Regiment of Foot, 98th Regiment of Foot, 123rd Outram's Rifles

Military Units and Formations Established in 1824: 8 Gorkha Rifles, 99th Regiment of Foot, 98th Regiment of Foot, 123rd Outram's Rifles


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Chapters: 8 Gorkha Rifles, 99th Regiment of Foot, 98th Regiment of Foot, 123rd Outram's Rifles, 97th Regiment of Foot. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 8 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1824 as part of the British East India Company and later transferred to the British Indian Army after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The regiment served in the World War I and World War II, before being one of the Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army after independence in 1947. Since then it has served in a number of conflicts including the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971. Today the 8th Gorkha Rifles is one of the most celebrated regiments of the Indian Army, having received numerous citations for bravery in the field of battle, and even producing one of the two field marshals, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, of the Indian Army. The "Shiny Eight," as the regiment is popularly known in the Gorkha fraternity of the Indian Army, can trace its history back to the 16th Sylhet Local Battalion, which was raised in 1824 as part of the British East India Company and since then the identity of the Regiment has undergone a number of transitions before reaching its present designation as the 8 Gorkha Rifles, which it achieved in 1907. Military assignments commenced as soon after the raising of the Regiment when the first battalion formed the spearhead for operations in Burma War of 1824-25. The services of the Regiment were to be requisitioned again when the British went to war with Bhutan in 1864. Two battalion columns of the Regiment sallied forth, shoulder to shoulder to crush the Bhutanese revolts and the stronghold of Devnageri. The first Victoria Cross (VC), awarded to Richard Ridge...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=823978


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157008835
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157008836
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 8 Gorkha Rifles, 99th Regiment of Foot, 98th Regiment of Foot, 123rd Outram's Rifles
  • Width: 229 mm


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