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  • 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
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  • The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army, with an origin in 1798 and amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.
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Branch
  • Army
ceremonial chief label
  • Colonel-in-Chief
command structure
ceremonial chief
Country
  • Indian Empire
Type
  • Infantry
Caption
  • A Benet-Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry in action in Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15.
Dates
  • 1798
Colors
  • Red; faced buff, 1879 blue.
colonel of the regiment
  • Brigadier-General F. A. Smith
Unit Name
  • 2
Battles
  • 1825
  • 1838
  • 1849
  • 1879
  • 1885
  • 1900
  • Delhi
  • Laswaree
  • Central India
  • Chillianwallah
  • Deig
  • Goojerat
  • Khelet
  • Maharajpore
abstract
  • The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army, with an origin in 1798 and amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.