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The '''1st Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in September 1939, in [[Abbottabad]] in [[British Raj|India]]. It was assigned to HQ [[Rawalpindi]] District until May 1942, when it joined the [[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Indian Infantry Division]] until the end of the war.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-22|publisher=Order of Battle|title=75 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=63309&Tab=Uhi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120531151417/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=63309&Tab=Uhi|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-31}}</ref><br />
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==Formation==<br />
*1st Battalion, [[5th Gurkha Rifles]] to November 1940<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] to April 1940<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[5th Gurkha Rifles]] February to December 1940 and January to June 1941 <br />
*1st Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] April 1940 to February 1942<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Devonshire Regiment]] September 1940 to April 1941<br />
*1st Battalion, [[7th Rajput Regiment]] October 1940 to September 1941<br />
*3rd Battalion, [[5th Gurkha Rifles]] October 1940 to March 1941<br />
*3rd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] October 1940 to March 1941<br />
*4th Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] March to October 1941<br />
*4th Battalion, [[5th Gurkha Rifles]] March to October 1941<br />
*4th Battalion, [[7th Gurkha Rifles]] March to October 1941<br />
*4th Battalion, [[10th Gurkha Rifles]] March to October 1941<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[Nepalese Infantry (Rifle Regiment)]] April 1941 to February 1942<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Patiala Infantry]] April 1941 to August 1945<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]] June to September 1941<br />
*7th Battalion, [[14th Punjab Regiment]] February to April 1942<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Assam Regiment]] April 1942 to March 1944<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] May 1942 to August 1945<br />
*1st Battalion, [[16th Punjab Regiment]] February to October 1943 and December 1943 to August 1945<br />
*9th Battalion, [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] February to April 1944<br />
*[[Kalibahadur Regiment]], [[Nepal]] May to August 1944<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] June to July 1944<br />
*158th Field Artillery Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] February to April 1944 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-22|publisher=Order of Battle|title=1 Indian Brigade units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6154&Tab=Sub}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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