The 17th Dogra Regiment was an infantry regiment of the

British Indian Army The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...

. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments. During the Second World War soldiers from the 17th Dogras fought in Malaya (1941-1942) and

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(1943-1945). After the

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in 1947, it was allocated to the

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and renamed the

Dogra Regiment The Dogra Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its roots directly from the 17th Dogra Regiment of the British Indian Army. When transferred to the Indian Army like its sister regiments, the numeral prefix w ...

Formation

* 1st Battalion, formerly the 37th (Prince of Wales's Own) Dogras * 2nd Battalion, formerly the

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* 3rd Battalion, formerly the 1st Battalion, 41st Dogras * 10th (Training) Battalion, formerly the 2nd Battalion, 41st Dogras

Citations

General sources

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