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38th Dogras

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Active
  
1858–1922

Branch
  
Army

Country
  
Indian Empire

Type
  
Infantry

Part of
  
Bengal Army (to 1895) Bengal Command

Uniform
  
Red; faced dark blue, 1892 yellow

The 38th Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1858, when they were raised as the Agra Levy.

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The regiment took part in the Siege of Malakand in 1897. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905. After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. In 1922, the 38th Dogras became the 2nd Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment. In 1947, the regiment was allocated to the new Indian Army on independence.

Predecessor names

  • 1864: 38th (Agra) Regiment BNI
  • 1890: 38th (Dogra) Regiment, Bengal Infantry
  • 1901: 38th Dogra Infantry.
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  • Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian infantry regiments 1860–1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0. 
  • Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914–1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6. 
  • References

    38th Dogras Wikipedia