The 41st Dogras were an infantry regiment of the
British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1900, when they were raised as the 41st (Dogra) Bengal Infantry.
They went to China in 1904 to join an international force, staying there until 1908. In
World War I
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they served on the
Western Front and in the
Mesopotamia Campaign. There was a second battalion raised in 1917.
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 41st Dogras now became the 3rd and 10th Battalions
17th Dogra Regiment
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. After the partit ...
. The regiment was allocated to the new
Indian Army
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on independence.
Predecessor names
*41st (Dogra) Bengal Infantry - 1900
*41st Dogra Infantry - 1901
*41st Dogras - 1903
References
Sources
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*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum.
British Indian Army infantry regiments
Military units and formations established in 1900
Military units and formations disestablished in 1922
Bengal Presidency
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