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After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. In 1922, the 104th Wellesley's Rifles became the 1st Battalion
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A depiction of a subadar-major of the 104th Wellesley's Rifles (second from left) amongst other British Indian Army troops
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See Gardner, Nikolas. 2004 'Sepoys and the Siege of Kut-Al-Amara, December 1915-April 1916',
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in November 1915. Following this engagement, the division withdrew to
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began. After a lengthy siege all they surrendered in April 1916.
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3rd Battalion, Brigade of the Guards(1st Rajputana Rifles)-1949
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2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1796
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Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army
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Twenty years were to pass until their next action in the
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4th (1st Battalion Rifle Corps) Bombay Infantry - 1889
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4th Bombay Rifles

British India
Bombay Army
Bombay Command
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Beni Boo Ali
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Anglo-Persian War
Second Afghan War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
World War I
Mesopotamia Campaign
Battle of Ctesiphon
Siege of Kut
British Indian Army
Mysore Campaign
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Battle of Seringapatam
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Beni Boo Ali campaign
pirates
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Siege of Multan
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Anglo-Persian War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Central India Campaign

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