Rajput Regiment
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The Rajput Regiment is one of the oldest infantry regiments of the Indian Army, originating in 1778 with the raising of the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. The 1st battalion of the regiment was formed in 1798.
Rajput soldiers of the British Indian Army. Left to right: 13th Rajputs, man and havildar from the 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs, Subadar and servant from the 16th Rajputs, 8th Rajputs, 11th Rajputs, 2nd Queen's Own Rajput Light Infantry. Water colour by AC Lovett (1911)
A platoon of the 1/2 Rajputs (51 Brigade, 17th Division) passing a heavy artillery battery in action at Samarra in South of Kut during the First World War
An infantry section of the 2nd battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front, 1944.
A Rajput Regiment contingent during a Republic Day parade.
2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
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The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army. Raised in 1798, it was amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.
A Benet-Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry in action in Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15