The 4th Hazara Pioneers (or Independent Pioneer Battalion
) was a regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments; the
106th Hazara Pioneers became the 1st Battalion 4th Hazara Pioneers.
The 4th Hazara Pioneers were one of four Pioneer units in the 1922 reorganisation, including the
1st Madras Pioneers,
2nd Bombay Pioneers
The 2nd Bombay Pioneers was a regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was formed in 1922, when the infantry of the Indian Army moved from single battalion to multi battalion regiments. They were renamed The Corps of Bombay Pioneers in 192 ...
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3rd Sikh Pioneers The 3rd Sikh Pioneers was a regiment of the British Indian Army formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments. The 3rd Sikh Pioneers were one of four Pioneer units in the 1922 reorganisation ...
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In 1929 the designation was changed to "The Hazara Pioneers"
[April 1932 Indian Army List] and they were disbanded in 1932.
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Hazara people
The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatte ...
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British Indian Army infantry regiments
Hazara military personnel
Military units and formations established in 1922
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