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The '''117th Mahrattas''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the Bombay Fencible Regiment.

During [[World War I]] the regiment was attached to the [[6th (Poona) Division]] and served in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]], delivered a setback at the [[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Battle of Ctesiphon]] in November 1915. They were forced to withdrew back to [[Kut]], and forced to surrender after the [[Siege of Kut]].<ref>Gardner, Nikolas. 2004 'Sepoys and the Siege of Kut-Al-Amara, December 1915-April 1916', ''War in History'' (journal) 11(3), pp. 307-326</ref>

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 117th Mahrattas became the 5th Battalion [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]]. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

== Predecessor names ==
*Bombay Fencible Regiment - 1800
*1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry - 1803
*17th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824
*17th Bombay Infantry - 1885
*117th Matrattas - 1903

== References ==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last1=Barthorp|first1=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}

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