116th Mahrattas

January 2020 January 2020 116th Mahrattas Mahratta infantry lovett.png 300 Soldier of the regiment (second from right) with other Mahratta Infantry, painted in 1911. 1800-1922 British India 23px British India 23px Infantry Bombay Army (to 1895)Bombay Command Red; faced light buff, 1882 yellow Second Afghan WarWorld War I The 116th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. During World War I the regiment was attached to the 18th Indian Division for the Mesopotamia Campaign. They were involved in the Actions at the Fat-ha Gorge and on the Little Zab and the Battle of Sharqat in October 1918.warpath http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/18_ind_div.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20031128115355/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/18_ind_div.htm dead 2003-11-28 After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.Sumner p.15 In 1922, the 116th Mahrattas became the 4th Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army. Predecessor names 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1800 16th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824 16th Bombay Infantry - 1885 116th Mahrattas - 1903 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 Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914-1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 Moberly F.J. Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign September 1997 Imperial War Museum 1-870423-30-5 Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments Category:Bombay Presidency Category:Military units and formations established in 1800 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922