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The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1795 and again in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.




World War II


The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting with the Jats showing their mettle in North Africa, Ethiopia, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and Java-Sumatra. A large number of gallantry awards were won including a Victoria Cross (by Jemadar Abdul Hafiz) and two George Crosses (by Islam-ud-Din and Abdul Rahman). At the end of the war the Regiment, in company with other regiments of the Indian Infantry, dropped the numeral 9 from its title and became simply the Jat Regiment. After independence it was allocated to the new Indian Army. The Regiment at independence had about 1/4th or 25% Muslims recruited from Panwar Rajput Muslims from around Rohtak and Hisar, Haryana and from Muslim Jats in Montgomery and Okara in West Punjab, in all-Muslim companies of the 10th Jats and 6th Jat Light Infantry. The Muslim companies and platoons were merged into the Bahawalpur Regiment and the 130th Baluchis as the families of the soldiers moved to Pakistan upon partition. They were replaced by Hindu Jat and Tarkhan soldiers from Bahawalnagar and Minchinabad serving in 127th Baluch Light Infantry and widened recruitment of Haryana Gujjars and Ahirs from around Rohtak and Gurgaon.




Formation


1st Battalion ex 6th Jat Light Infantry
2nd Battalion ex 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
3rd Battalion ex 10th Jats
4th Battalion ex 18th Infantry
10th (Training) Battalion ex 2nd Battalion, 6th Jat Light Infantry




= Formed in World War II

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7th Battalion
8th Battalion
9th Battalion
14th Battalion
15th Battalion




See also


Jat people
Jat Regiment
List of Jats
Jat Mahasabha
World Jat Aryan Foundation
Dev Samhita
Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks
Jat reservation agitation
20th Lancers
10th Jats
14th Murray's Jat Lancers
6th Jat Light Infantry




References






Sources


Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Allied Publishers. ISBN 81-7023-140-X.

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• List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)