105th Mahratta Light Infantry

British Indian Army unit January 2020 January 2020 105th Mahratta Light Infantry Brits-Indiërs van het 6th Battalion the Mahratta Light Infantry, Bestanddeelnr 100A-1-4.jpg 6th battalion of Mahratta Light Infantry 1768—1922 British India Army Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced black Uniform Third Anglo-Mysore WarFourth Anglo-Mysore WarBeni Boo AliFirst Afghan WarSecond Afghan WarSecond Opium WarWorld War I The 105th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. The regiment's first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. This campaign was followed by the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, during which the regiment fought in both the major battles the Battle of Seedaseer and the Battle of Seringapatam. They were then used in the punitive expedition in the Beni Boo Ali campaign in 1821, against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The regiment was involved in the Siege of Kahun next during the First Afghan War. A detachment of 140 men held off the besieging force from May to September, before being forced to surrender. China was the regiments next destination during the Second Opium War. They were then part of the force used in the annexation of Burma during the Second Burmese War, this being their final action in the 19th century. After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914-1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 15 In 1922, the 105th Mahratta Light Infantry became the 2nd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army. Predecessor names 3rd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys - 1768 1st Battalion, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry - 1796 5th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824 5th Bombay Native (Light) Infantry - 1841 5th Bombay (Light) Infantry - 1885 5th Bombay Light Infantry - 1901 105th Mahratta Light Infantry - 1903 2nd Battalion the Maratha Light Infantry References Sources Barthorp Michael Burn Jeffrey 1979 Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914 Osprey Publishing 0-85045-307-0 Rinaldi Richard A 2008 Order of Battle British Army 1914 Ravi Rikhye 978-0-9776072-8-0 Sharma Gautam 1990 Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army Allied Publishers 81-7023-140-X Moberly Frederick James History of the Great War Based on Official Documents The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914–1918 I 1927 1923 HMSO London 772784341 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666 Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1788 Category:Bombay Presidency Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922 Category:1788 establishments in British India