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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 130th King George's Own Baluchis<br />(Jacob's Rifles)
| image = 130th K.G.O. Baluchis Indian Army.jpg
| image_size = 180
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| dates = 1903–1922
| country = {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British India]]
| branch = {{army|British India|23px}}
| type = Infantry
| size = 2 Battalions
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| ceremonial_chief = [[George V]]
| ceremonial_chief_label = [[Colonel-in-Chief]]
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| colors = Drab faced drab in 1858; Green faced red; red trousers in 1881.
| colors_label = Uniform
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| battles = [[Second Afghan War]]<br />[[Boxer Rebellion]]<br />[[First World War]] ([[East African Campaign (World War I)|German East Africa]])<br />[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign#Palestine campaign|Palestine]])
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[[File:Badge of 130th King George's Own Baluchis (1903-22).jpg|thumb|alt=Badge|130th King George's Own Baluchis]]
The '''130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)''' was an [[infantry regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] raised in June 1858 as the 1st Belooch Rifles; re-designated as 1st Regiment Jacob's Rifles in September.<ref name="Ahmad 2017">Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2017). ''History of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref> It was designated as 130th Jacob's Baluchis in 1903 becoming 5th Battalion (King George's Own) [[10th Baluch Regiment]] (Jacob's Rifles) in 1922. In 1947, it was allotted to [[Pakistan Army]], where it continues to exist as '''12th Battalion of The [[Baloch Regiment]]'''.<ref name="Ahmad 2010">Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2010). ''Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref>

==Early history==
In 1858, Major [[John Jacob (British army officer)|John Jacob]] raised two local 'silladar' infantry battalions known as Belooch Rifles (re-designated as Jacob's Rifles soon after); the only silladar infantry to have existed in the Indian Army. These battalions soon earned a formidable reputation in and around [[Jacobabad]] for keeping the peace on the Sindh frontier as part of the Sind Frontier Field Force. In 1861, the first of these was accorded regular status, becoming the [[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] or Jacob's Rifles, while the second was disbanded. The regiment fought in the [[Second Afghan War]] of 1878–80 and suffered heavy casualties at the [[Battle of Maiwand]]. In 1881, it was reconstituted as a Baluch battalion and re-designated as the 30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Native Infantry or 3rd Belooch Regiment. In 1900, it was sent to [[China]] to suppress the [[Boxer Rebellion]].<ref name="Cadell, Sir Patrick 1938">Cadell, Sir Patrick. (1938). ''History of the Bombay Army''. Longmans & Green.</ref><ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998">Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (1998). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820–1939''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref><ref name="Gaylor 1991">{{cite book|last=Gaylor|first=John|title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91|publisher=Spellmount|year=1991}}</ref>

==130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)==
Subsequent to the [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] brought about in the Indian Army by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] in 1903, all former [[Bombay Army]] units had 100 added to their numbers, and the regiment's designation was changed to 130th Jacob's Baluchis. In 1906, the Prince of Wales (later [[George V]]) was appointed [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of the regiment.<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/> The regimental full dress uniform in 1914 included a rifle green turban and kurta (knee length tunic) piped in red, worn with red trousers and white gaiters. The red trousers were a distinctive feature of all five Baluch infantry regiments then serving in the Indian Army.<ref>Barthorp, Michael; Jeffrey Burn (1979). ''Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914''. p. 32. London: Osprey.</ref> During the [[First World War]] the regiment served in [[East African Campaign (World War I)|German East Africa]] and [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign#Palestine campaign|Palestine]]. In 1918 it raised a second battalion, which was disbanded in 1920.<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/>[[File:30th Regiment (Bombay) Native Infantry (3rd Belooch Battalion).jpg|thumb|right|30th Regiment (3rd Belooch Battalion) Bombay Infantry. Watercolour by AC Lovett 1890.|245px]]

==Subsequent History==
In 1922, the regiment was grouped with the five other Baluch battalions: 1st & 2nd Battalions of [[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry]], [[126th Baluchistan Infantry]], [[127th Baluch Light Infantry|127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry]] and the [[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis]], to form the 10th Baluch Regiment. The regiment's new designation was 5th Battalion (King George's Own) 10th Baluch Regiment (Jacob's Rifles).<ref name="Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin 1998"/> During the [[Second World War]], 5/10th Baluch served in [[Burma Campaign]]. The battalion's performance in the war was highly commendable. It suffered a total of 575 casualties and received a number of gallantry awards. On the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, the battalion, along with the Baluch Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army.<ref>Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939–1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.</ref><ref>Thatcher, WS. (1980). ''The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War''. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre.</ref> In 1956, the [[8th Punjab Regiment|8th Punjab]] and [[Bahawalpur Regiment]]s were merged with the [[10th Baluch Regiment|Baluch Regiment]] and 5 Baluch was redesignated as 12 Baluch (now 12 Baloch). During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], the battalion fought in the [[Kasur]] Sector.<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/>

==Genealogy==
*1858 1st Belooch Rifles
*1858 1st Regiment Jacob's Rifles
*1861 Jacob's Rifles
*1861 30th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry or Jacob's Rifles
*1881 30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Native Infantry or 3rd Belooch Regiment
*1885 30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Infantry or 3rd Belooch Regiment[[File:130th Baluchis 1912.jpg|thumb|right|Officer of 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles). Watercolour by Richard Simkin 1912.|195px]]
*1888 30th Regiment (3rd Belooch Battalion) Bombay Infantry
*1892 30th Regiment (3rd Baluch Battalion) Bombay Infantry or 30th Baluchis
*1901 30th Baluch Infantry
*1903 130th Jacob's Baluchis
*1906 130th Prince of Wales's Own Baluchis
*1910 130th Prince of Wales's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
*1910 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
*1918 1st Battalion 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
*1920 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
*1922 5th Battalion (King George's Own) 10th Baluch Regiment (Jacob's Rifles) or 5/10th Baluch
*1937 5th Battalion (King George V's Own) 10th Baluch Regiment (Jacob's Rifles)
*1945 5th Battalion (King George V's Own) The Baluch Regiment (Jacob's Rifles) or 5 Baluch
*1956 12th Battalion The Baluch Regiment or 12 Baluch
*1991 12th Battalion The Baloch Regiment or 12 Baloch<ref name="Ahmad 2010"/>[[File:JohnJacob NPG 2186a.jpg|thumb|right|Brigadier General John Jacob (1812–1858).|230px]]

==See also==
*[[10th Baluch Regiment]]
*[[Baloch Regiment|The Baloch Regiment]]
*[[John Jacob (British army officer)|Brigadier General John Jacob]], CB

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Ahmad, Lt Col Rifat Nadeem. (2017). ''History of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.
* Ahmad, Lt Col Rifat Nadeem. (2010). ''Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.
* Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (1998). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820–1939''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. {{ISBN|1-84734-130-6}}
* Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2000). ''History of the Baloch Regiment 1939–1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. {{ISBN|1-84574-094-7}}
* Barthorp, Michael, & Jeffrey Burn. (1979). ''Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914''. Osprey Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-85045-307-2}}
* Cadell, Sir Patrick. (1938). ''History of the Bombay Army''. London: Longmans & Green
*Gaylor, John (1992). ''Sons of John Company: Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1903–1991'', Spellmount Publishers Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-946771-98-1}}.
* Thatcher, WS. (1980). ''The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Second World War''. Abbottabad: The Baluch Regimental Centre.

==External links==
*''History of the Baloch Regiment 1820–1939 the Colonial Period'', text of [https://archive.today/20121208200149/http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-baloch-regiment-1820-1939-pr-18025.html pages 1 to 15] available online as download preview

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