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12th Indian Infantry Division The 12th RAPID Division is a division of the Indian Army. It was formed during World War II in January 1943, in Persia. It was renamed South Persia Area in January 1945. During the war it had 34th Indian Infantry Brigade, 39th Indian Infantry B ...

Formation

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July to August 1943 * 21st King George V's Own Horse July to August 1943 *3rd Battalion,

11th Sikh Regiment The 11th Sikh Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.S ...

July 1943 to May 1944 and August 1944 to April 1945 *4th Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment July to August 1943 and June 1945 *5th Battalion,

13th Frontier Force Rifles The 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions. History The 13th Frontier Force Rifle ...

July 1943 to March 1945 *1st Battalion,

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September 1944 to August 1945 *17th Battalion,

10th Baluch Regiment The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After Partition of India, independence, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab Regiment, 8th Punja ...

September 1944 to August 1945 *2nd Battalion,

Hydrabad Infantry Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. Hyderabad, or Hydrabad, may also refer to: India * Hyderabad district, India, a district in the state of Telangana * Hyderabad State, a pre-1948 princely state ruled by ...

(ISF) January to August 1945 *75th Cavalry Garrison Regiment, Indian Armoured Corps January to June 1945 *14th Battalion,

12th Frontier Force Regiment The 12th Frontier Force Regiment was formed in 1922 as part of the British Indian Army. It consisted of five regular battalions; numbered 1 to 5 and the 10th (Training) Battalion. During the Second World War a further ten battalions were raised. ...

March to August 1945 *

Jodhpur Sardar Risala Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

(ISF) June to August 1945 *2nd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles

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British Indian Army brigades {{WWI-stub

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