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|dates= 1942 - 1962, probably present
|country= [[British India]]
|branch= [[Indian Army]]
|command_structure= [[19th Infantry Division (India)|19th Infantry Division]]
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|battles= [[Burma Campaign]]
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The '''268th Indian Infantry Brigade''' is an infantry formation of the [[Indian Army]], previously of the [[British Indian Army]].

==History==
It was initially formed as 268th Indian Armoured Brigade at [[Sialkot]] in July 1942, with three regiments of the [[British Indian Armoured Corps|Indian Armoured Corps]]. 51 Regiment IAC had been formed from the 7/[[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]], 53 Regiment IAC had been formed from the MG/[[10th Baluch Regiment]], and 54 Regiment IAC had been formed from 9/[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=Indian Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=11210&Tab=Sub}}</ref>

It was converted to the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade in October 1942.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6180&Tab=Uhi}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was then assigned to the [[43rd Indian Armoured Division]] until March 1943, and subsequently the [[44th Indian Armoured Division]] until March 1944. In May 1944, the brigade moved to the [[21st Indian Infantry Division]] followed by a move to the [[23rd Indian Infantry Division]] in July 1944. In November 1944, it was the corps reserve for [[IV Corps (United Kingdom)|IV Corps]] and from December 1944, for [[XXXIII Indian Corps]]. In April 1945, it was attached to the [[British 2nd Infantry Division]] and the [[7th Indian Infantry Division]]. It was [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]] reserve between April and May 1945, before returning to 7th Division command until the end of the war.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=268 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6180&Tab=Sub&Titl=268%20Indian%20Infantry%20Brigade}}</ref>

Following the war the brigade served with the BRINJAP Division of the [[British Commonwealth Occupation Force]] in Japan.<ref name=R-R169>Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, {{ISBN|978-0-9820541-7-8}}, 2011, 169</ref> The division moved by sea to Japan 1 March-19 May 1946, stopping at Singapore and Hong Kong en route. In Japan the units of the brigade included [[1st Punjab Regiment|5/1st Punjab Regiment]], 2/[[5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]], and 1 [[Maratha Light Infantry]]. The division was disbanded on 1 May 1947 in Japan, at which time 268th Infantry Brigade was reorganised as a brigade group. It left Japan August–October 1947 for India.

The brigade then fought in [[Kashmir]] during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1947]]; it was the third brigade to enter [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name=R-R169 /> In 1962, just before the outbreak of a further war between India and Pakistan, it formed part of the [[19th Infantry Division (India)]] with both divisional and brigade headquarters at [[Baramula]]. 19th Division was part of [[XV Corps (India)|XV Corps]] in [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]].<ref>Mandeep Singh Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye, The Indian Army On The Eve Of The 1962 War: A Note, Orbat.com, v.1.0 February 29, 2008</ref>

==World War II units==
*8th Battalion, [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]]
*17th Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]]
*17th Battalion, [[7th Rajput Regiment]]
*2nd Battalion, [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]
*5th Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers
*1st Battalion, [[Assam Regiment]]
*1st Battalion, [[Chamar Regiment]]
*4th Battalion, [[3rd Madras Regiment]]
*[[Kalibahadur Regiment]], Nepal
*[[Mahindra Dal Regiment]], Nepal
*1st Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment
*2nd Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
*2nd Battalion, [[South Lancashire Regiment]]
*429th Field Company, [[Indian Engineers]]
*[[45th Cavalry]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-15|title=21 Indian Infantry Division|publisher=Order of Battle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6188&Tab=Sub}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War II}}
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*Rajendra Singh, Post-war occupation forces : Japan and South-east Asia, Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan) ; [Bombay? India] : Orient Longmans [distributor], 1958.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317005843/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=98&nid=13&start=10 British Military History - Burma 1930 - 47 (Independent Brigades)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317005857/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=113&nid=16&start=0 DYER Major General G. J. - Biographies D]

[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]
[[Category:Infantry brigades of the Indian Army after 1947]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1942]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]
[[Category:British Commonwealth Occupation Force]]

268th Indian Infantry Brigade - Revision history

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