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|unit_name=120th Rajputana Infantry
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|caption=A painting depicting members of the Rajputanta Rifles, of all ranks and uniforms. circa. 1911
|dates=1817–1922
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[[File:Indian troops in the firing line, Mesopotamia, January 1915.jpg|thumb|Troops of the 120th Rajputana Infantry train with a machine-gun and rifles in [[Mesopotamia]], January 1915.]]

The '''120th Rajputana Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1817, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.

The regiments first action was during the [[Anglo-Persian War]] in 1856, for which they were awarded the battle honours of ''Persia'', ''Reshire'', ''Bushire'' and ''Koosh-ah''. During [[World War I]] they were attached to the [[6th (Poona) Division]] and served in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]]. They fought in the [[Battle of Basra (1914)|Battle of Basra]], the [[Battle of Qurna]], the [[Battle of Es Sinn]] before being delivered a setback at the [[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Battle of Ctesiphon]]. Following this engagement, they withdrew to [[Kut]]. Trapped in the city during the [[Siege of Kut]] they were forced to surrender after 147 days.<ref>See 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> A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements and sent to Mesopotamia.<ref>Sharma, p.158</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 120th Rajputana Infantry became the 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own), [[6th Rajputana Rifles]].<ref>Sharma,p.159</ref> After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

==Predecessor names==
*2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native infantry - 1817
*20th Bombay Native infantry - 1824
*20th Bombay infantry - 1885
*120th Rajputana Infantry - 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}}
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}
*{{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=Singh|first= Narendar|year=2019 |title= Third Battalion The Rajputana Rifles "Waffadr Paltan" Volume 1 1818-1920 |publisher= New Delhi : Pentagon Press | isbn=978-93-86618-92-4}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

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