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The '''44th Merwara Infantry''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1824, when the Sylhet Light Infantry was raised. This first 44th eventually became the 44th Gurkhas and later [[8th Gurkha Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/44thmharwara.htm|title = The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies}}</ref><br />
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The Mhairwara Local Battalion became a civil unit in 1861, but returned to a military role as the Mhairwara Battalion in 1871. It became the 44th Merwara Infantry in 1903, after the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army. During [[World War I]] the regiment was part of the [[12th Indian Division]] and took part in the [[Battle of Shaiba]], the [[Battle of Khafajiya]] and the [[Battle of Nasiriyah (1915)|Battle of Nasiriya]] in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]].<br />
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Further reforms of the army were undertaken after World War I and nine single battalion regiments were disbanded. Being one of the nine, the 44th Merwara Infantry were disbanded on 20 June 1921.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref><br />
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==Previous names==<br />
*The Mhairwara Local Battalion - 1822<br />
*14th (Mhairwara) Local Battalion - 1823<br />
*9th (Mhairwara) Local Battalion - 1826<br />
*The Mhairwara Battalion - 1843<br />
*The Ajmer and Mhairwara Police Corps - 1861<br />
*The Mhairwara Battalion - 1871<br />
*44th Merwara Infantry - 1903<ref>''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 1199</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Frederick George Lister]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{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}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
*''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919''. Army Headquarters India. Calcutta, 1919.<br />
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