17th Dogra Regiment

September 2021 British Indian Army infantry regiment (1922–1947) 17th Dogra Regiment Mountbatten inspects Indian troops at Singapore 1945.jpg 300px Lord Mountbatten inspects the 17th Dogra on the Padang after the Japanese surrender at the Municipal Building building in Singapore, 1945 1922–1947 British India British Indian Army Infantry Regimental Centre The 17th Dogra Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments. During the Second World War, soldiers from the 17th Dogras fought in Malaya (1941-1942) and Burma (1943-1945).https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1995-11-341-3 17th Dogra Regiment bayonet training, 1943 (c) 1995-11-03 collection.nam.ac.uk National Army Museum 2023-06-06 After the partition of India in 1947, it was allocated to the Indian Army and renamed the Dogra Regiment. Formation 1st Battalion, formerly the 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras 2nd Battalion, formerly the 38th Dogras 3rd Battalion, formerly the 1st Battalion, 41st Dogras 10th (Training) Battalion, formerly the 2nd Battalion, 41st Dogras Citations General sources Dogra Regiment on Bharat-Rakshak.com http://regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf-pak/punjab.htm regiments.org 17th Dogra Regiment https://web.archive.org/web/20071011104532/http://regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf-pak/punjab.htm 11 October 2007 Barthorp Michael Burn Jeffrey 1979 Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914 Osprey Publishing 0-85045-307-0 Sumner Ian The Indian Army 1914––1947 2001 Osprey Publishing 1-84176-196-6 Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments R R Category:Military units and formations established in 1922 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1947