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List of Regiments of the British Indian Army (1922)
This is a list of regiments of the British Indian Army after the reorganisation of the Indian armed forces in 1922. (May not be complete)
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Cavalry
Regular
- Governor General's Bodyguard
- Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Madras
- Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Bombay
- Govenor General's Bodgyguard, Bengal
- 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
- 2nd Lancers (Gardener's Horse)
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
- 5th King Edward's Own Horse
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 7th Light Cavalry
- 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
- 9th Royal Deccan Horse
- 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 11th Prince Albert Victoria's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers
- 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
- 15th Lancers
- 16th Light Cavalry
- 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
- 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
- 18th/19th Lancers
- 20th Lancers
- 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse in 1923)
Auxiliary
- The Assam Valley Light Horse
- The Bihar Light Horse
- The Bombay Light Horse
- The Calcutta Light Horse
- The Chota Nagpur Regiment
- The Punjab Light Horse
- The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
- The Surma Valley Light Horse
- The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
- The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)
Infantry
Regular
- 1st Punjab Regiment
- 2nd Punjab Regiment
- 3rd Madras Regiment
- 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 7th Rajput Regiment
- 8th Punjab Regiment
- 9th Jat Regiment
- 10th Baluch Regiment
- 11th Sikh Regiment
- 12th Frontier Force Regiment
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 14th Punjab Regiment
- 15th Punjab Regiment
- 16th Punjab Regiment
- 17th Dogra Regiment
- 18th Royal Garlwal Rifles
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment
- 20th Burma Rifles
- 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
- 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
- 4th Gurkha Rifles - (became 4th Prince of Wale's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1924)
- 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 7th Gurkha Rifles
- 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Gurkha Rifles
- 10th Gurkha Rifles
Auxiliary
- The Allahabad Rifles
- The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Assam Rifles
- The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps
- The Bangalore Contingent
- The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion
- The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion
- The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment
- The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
- Burma Military Police
- The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
- The Calcutta Scottish
- The Cawnpore Rifles
- The Coorg and Mysore Company
- The Coorg and Mysore Rifles
- The DelhI Contingent
- The East Coast Battalion
- The East Indian Railway Regiment
- The Eastern Bengal Company
- The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
- The Great Indian Pensinula Railway Regiment
- The Hyderabad Rifles
- The Lucknow Rifles
- The Lucknow Volunteer Rifles
- The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
- The Madras Guards
- The Mussourie Battalion
- The Nagpur Rifles
- The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
- The Nilgri Malabar Battalion
- The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
- The North West Railway Battalion
- The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
- The Poona Rifles
- The Punjab Rifles
- The Simla Rifles
- The Sind Rifles
- The South Indian Railway Battalion
Services
- The Army Bearer Corps
- The Army Clothing Department
- The Army Hospital Corps
- The Army Remount Department
- The Army Veteirary
- The Indian Medical Department
- The Indian Ordinance Department
- The Military Farms Department
- Supply and Transport Corps
Support Arms
- Mountain Artillery
- 1st King George V's Own Sappers and Miners (numeral removed 1923)
- 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (numeral removed 1923)
- 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (numeral removed 1923)
- 4th Burma Sappers and Miners (numeral removed (1923)
- Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1st Madras Pioneers
- 2nd Bombay Pioneers
- 3rd Sikh Pioneers
- 4th Hazara Pioneers
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