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{{Short description|Infantry regiment of the British Indian Army}}
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| dates = 19 June 1917 – 1922
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The '''111th Mahars''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] that formed part of the [[Indian Army during the First World War]]. Raised in June 1917, it was disbanded in 1922.

==History==
The 111th Mahars was raised on 19 June 1917<ref name=Perry176>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=176}}</ref> at [[Mhow]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1i-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79| title=Indian Army List January 1919 — Volume 3 | date=6 February 2012 | publisher=Army Headquarters, India | pages=1447–1450 | isbn=9781781502594}}</ref> It served with the [[5th (Mhow) Division]] until October<ref name=Perry69>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=69}}</ref> when it transferred to the [[Secunderabad Brigade]], [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]].<ref name=Perry109>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=109}}</ref> In March 1918, it moved to [[Bombay Brigade]], [[6th Poona Divisional Area]] until December 1918<ref name=Perry81>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=81}}</ref> when it transferred to [[Jubbulpore Brigade]] back in 5th (Mhow) Division.<ref name=Perry69/> They served on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]] for six-month in 1920 and then in [[Aden]].<ref name=Gaylor212>{{harvnb|Gaylor|1996|pp=212}}</ref>

In 1919, the regiment absorbed the [[71st Punjabis]], but was itself was disbanded in 1922.<ref name=Gaylor9>{{harvnb|Gaylor|1996|p=9}}</ref> A new [[Mahar Regiment]] was raised in October 1941 which continues to serve in the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=Gaylor211213>{{harvnb|Gaylor|1996|pp=211–213}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}
* [[71st Punjabis]]
* [[Mahar Regiment]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Gaylor | first = John
| year = 1996
| edition = 2nd
| title = Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–1991
| publisher = Parapress
| location = Tunbridge Wells
| isbn = 1-898594-41-4
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Perry | first = F.W.
| year = 1993
| title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
| publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books
| location = Newport
| isbn = 1-871167-23-X
}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.everymanremembered.org/search/results/?regiment=111th%20Mahars | title=Every Man Remembered | publisher=The Royal British Legion | access-date=5 August 2015}}

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